When my wife was pregnant, we made a concerted effort to encourage our daughter’s belief that he was her baby, that somehow he was a communal baby, the family’s baby, if you will. When she talked about the upcoming event, it wasn’t “Mommy is going to have a baby!” It was “I’m going [...]
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Every addition or subtraction in a family results in great stress. Every addition or subtraction results in changes, big and small, for everyone.
When your first baby was born, chances are, your world was turned upside down. Your priorities changed. Your plans were rearranged and always, the biggest consideration for every family decision was how it [...]
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My son has recently started becoming jealous of his 7-month-old sister. My husband and I were prepared for this when our daughter was born, but are surprised to see this jealousy pop up now.
We have tried what seems like everything in the book. We’ve tried extra one-on-one time with him. And, since [...]
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