Preparing Your Child for a Sibling

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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I thought being mommy to one child was terrific...amazing...wonderful...and EXTREEEEEEMELY challenging – especially in the early years! So, I admire all you parents who choose to do it more than once! When a new baby comes into the family, everyone has to adjust. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive, offering new analysis and advice on some of life's more perplexing
0:08.4	problems deep-dive.
0:09.8	Marriage, relationships, mental health, and more.
0:12.6	Deep Dive, Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:18.4	Listen to me, I thought being a mommy to one child was terrific, amazing, wonderful,
0:24.2	and extremely challenging, especially in the early years.
0:27.6	So I admire all of you parents who choose to do it more than once, when a new baby comes
0:33.2	into the family, everyone has to adjust.
0:36.2	In today's Deep Dive, I'm talking about the best ways to help prepare your older children
0:41.4	for their new roles as big sisters and big brothers.
0:45.2	If you do it right, your transition to being the parents of more than one will be easier
0:50.6	too.
0:51.6	You've heard of the older child who was potty trained at sleeping through the night before
0:55.3	the new baby came home, reverting to bed-wedding, waking up at all hours, like since can enable.
1:03.6	There has been sibling, jealousy, rivalry, negative behaviors, like baby birds in the nest, vying
1:11.8	for mommy and daddy's attention is sort of biologically built in.
1:16.5	But with some planning and effort, you'll be able to help minimize attention seeking
1:20.7	from your older child and involve them in the nurturing of and bonding with their new
1:26.1	sibling.
1:27.4	Let's start with Dustin's call.
1:29.2	His son wasn't just welcoming a new sibling, he was becoming a big brother to quadruplets
1:36.4	and was having a hard time with the idea.
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