When I was a kid, I wasn't that aware of having a baby sister. She grew up in a different country, so I get to know her when I was 4yrs old. I admit I was a nasty older sister 🤣🤣🤣 I even told her when she first came home that everything in the house was mine. I literally didn't want to share anything with her 😅😅😅. Good thing though as we grew up, I learned to share everything with her, eventually.
Now having my 3rd child, my second born was not that excited to have a baby sister or brother. My husband and I took turns in explaining to her that having a baby sister or brother is kinda fun. Being a 6yr old kid and all, she thinks that her unborn sibling could wreck havoc in her world. She even had a playmate that tells her that her sibling would be her greatest rival in life 🤣🤣🤣.
As parents we definitely wouldn't want our kids fighting over things. So having said that, My husband and I took the time of carefully explaining to her how important her unborn sibling would be in our lives. Assurance is one of the things she was anxious of. So being a daddy's girl, my husband took the reigns in assuring her that we love her and the baby equally. It is important that we say to our kids how dear they are to us.
With the baby continuing to grow in my belly, my 2nd born began to change her attitude towards her unborn sibling. Soon she began to felt the squirms and acrobatics of her baby sibling. Her anger towards having a baby sibling gradually changed into excitement as she saw signs of life in my belly. Now every morning she would talk to the baby, giving hugs every now and then, helping in preparing the things her baby brother or sister would wear. Now she even tells her playmate that she will be the best elder sister, and give her sibling everything he/she would want 😅. Talk about change really 🤣.