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1: I'm going to be a big sister
THis book is pretty cute. My daughter is 5 and liked it. She wanted me to change the names in the book to read her as the main character. This book tells about little things like small objects and toys to keep away from the baby and what the baby should play with and little details of how important the big sister is too. It also shows a little about how the baby is born.
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2: Awesome book to help prepare daughter for new sibling...
This book is very informational on a child's level. My daughter will be 4 in a couple of weeks and she understands it well. The book gets your child to know 'amanda' the character in the book whose mommy is expecting. It tells about mommy's physical changes and the developing baby's changes. It also eases the mind by telling your older child that she will get to spend time with grandma while mommy's at the hospital. Great book! Highly recommended!!
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3: Great book!
My little girl is about to become a big sister for the first time and this book was excellent to help her understand the changes that are coming. We love reading it together.
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4: My daughter loved it!
When preparing my first child for the birth of her sister I had read some literature that recommended this as a good place to start. Thank goodness I listened! My daughter loved it and wanted to read it over and over. It really got her excited about her new baby sister and helped her understand that there were going to be some changes (not all easy either), but that it was a great blessing. The one thing I would have preferred be left out was 'how the baby is born'... First of all, don't want my 3 year old knowing about the uterus and birth canal, but also, I was a planned C-Section, so it didn't even apply and I still had to explain it separately, and now the difference between the two. Overall though, she loved it and it was a great choice! Be prepared to read it often.
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5: My daughter loves this book!
My daughter is three and had just started to get interested in my pregnancy when we got her this book. Her eyes lit up when I read her the title and she has not stopped talking about being a big sister since we read through the book. It answered some of her questions about the new baby that is coming and gave her more things to think about that we hadn't talked about with her yet (such as having to put up toys that are dangerous for the baby). I think this was the perfect book to help make the new baby talk more concrete for her and to get her excited about the new baby. She is eagerly anticipating her little sibling's birth and now knows that she will have to keep dangerous toys away from the baby, wash her hands before handling the baby, and that Mommy and Daddy will go to the hospital for a few days when the baby is born, but someone will take care of her while we are gone. She is also looking forward to all the ways she can help take care of the baby and the things she will be able to teach him or her.
I think it is a very sweet book that nicely balances factual information in a format young children can absorb. It makes reference to the baby growing in the mother's uterus and coming out the birth canal, which explains things just enough for my three-year-old without being too detailed and graphic. I don't mind reading it over and over again, which is required with any favorite book at our house.
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