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Listen to me, I thought being a mommy to one child was terrific, amazing, wonderful,

and extremely challenging, especially in the early years.

So I admire all of you parents who choose to do it more than once, when a new baby comes

into the family, everyone has to adjust.

In today's Deep Dive, I'm talking about the best ways to help prepare your older children

for their new roles as big sisters and big brothers.

If you do it right, your transition to being the parents of more than one will be easier

too.

You've heard of the older child who was potty trained at sleeping through the night before

the new baby came home, reverting to bed-wedding, waking up at all hours, like since can enable.

There has been sibling, jealousy, rivalry, negative behaviors, like baby birds in the nest, vying

for mommy and daddy's attention is sort of biologically built in.

But with some planning and effort, you'll be able to help minimize attention seeking

from your older child and involve them in the nurturing of and bonding with their new

sibling.

Let's start with Dustin's call.

His son wasn't just welcoming a new sibling, he was becoming a big brother to quadruplets

and was having a hard time with the idea.

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