how do i introduce my 1 yr old son to his newborn brother?

[Melissa]

my baby boy is due sep 16 and my son will be turning 1 in august its getting close and i was jw if anyone had babies this close and how should i introduce my son to his new baby brother. im scared its gonna be hard bc he will only be 1 and is still such a baby himsel! any advice will help thanks

 

[Matt]

no idea but congratulations!

The only piece of advice I can give and i'm sure you already know it is not to leave them alone together

 

[Sarah]

There's not many ways to do it. Just start with letting your 1 year old look at the new baby. Let him touch lightly but make sure you tell him to" becareful and nice" and all that, and yes like above said ( never ever ever leave them alone together) a friend of mind did and walked into her 3 year told trying to feed her 4 month old corn nuts! Its the things the older ones can do that they think are" nice" that can end up bad. Really bad. Good luck with everything!

 

[dvbrown]

I am due sept 28 and my daughter turns 1 on monday and what I was going to do was just have her come to the hospital after and have bonding time with me and the baby and let her touch him and just let her know to be nice and gentle. It is going to be hard because for a year all the attention from my husband and I were all on her you just have to balance time between the two! Good luck tho

 

[Meghan]

Just let the oldest baby see the newborn up close but block the newborns head so the oldest doesn't get too excited and pat too roughly. I lowered my youngest to see her big sissy and blocked her head with my hand and the only thing my oldest did was give her a hug and pat her lightly, just remind the oldest baby to be nice and give loves.
My kids are only 11 months and 2 weeks apart.

 

[Tito Alvidrez]

You should just be straight forward. Just kindly put them together and let them play together and interact n junk. I'm sure they will be cool with eachother.

 

[Lauren Olalde]

Wow these other answers are jokes... HA! Well, Ill tell you I have done it 2x my sons are 15 months apart and my son and my baby girl are 15.5 months apart... all still under the age of three. Just let him come to the hospital and see him of course and say this is baby brother he is coming home with us! let him help and be almost overly excited about him being involved because you know how they are, if you want them to do something (be involved) they will do the opposite at that age. Just continue to give big brother lots of attention. PLEASE take this last bit advise, its not that bad I PROMISE!!! Its really fun its good that he is so young and they are close together, they will never have a memory without eachother. Keep you head up and get all the rest you can in the hospital. OH and be prepared for this... The hardest part will be that you oldest will not care. That just broke my heart, that I was going to be in the hospital for another 2 days and when he left from the visit he really had no clue what just happened, didn't seem to care, ugh that was tough I cried that night alone with my second son. I am a stay at home mom we have an extremely close relationship, and he still left happily Good luck though!!

 

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