New baby
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Helping an Older Child Adjust to a New Baby: What to Expect and What Helps
The older child who responded to the news of a new baby with delight may now be hitting the baby, refusing to eat, and wetting the bed again at 3.5 ye...
How Older Children Experience the Arrival of a New Baby
A new baby arrives and your three-year-old, who was thrilled in theory, suddenly hits the bassinet, refuses the potty, and asks if the baby can go bac...
Family Dynamics After the Birth of a Child
A new baby doesn't just add one person to a family. It rearranges the relationships among everyone already there. Most parents are caught off guard by...
Helping an Older Child Adjust to a New Baby: Regression, Jealousy, and What Helps
The older child who was thrilled about the new baby during pregnancy and then became clingy, demanding, or intermittently unkind to the infant once it...
Sibling Jealousy When a New Baby Arrives
Very few things in a young child's life match the disruption of a new sibling. The child who was at the centre of the family's attention discovers, ov...