Im trying 4 another baby will my older child become jelous?

Question

i have a gorgeous 8 year old girl iv just came off the pill 3 weeks ago so i hope the pregnacy happens quick as iv been on the pill for 8 years! anyway although my little girl wants a little brother or sister im just worried when the baby comes along she will get jelous has any1 been in this situation? my daughter is a total mummys girl im always with her and i love her to peaces ill envolve her with helping the baby but im just worried incase it changes my little girl this is happened in my brothers life with his kids any advice any1 :) thanks x

Answer 1

When the new baby arrives include your daughter in everything you do with the new baby, like bathing, feeding, dressing and etc.  this will make her feel involved and not jealous. My two younger one are only 18 months apart and including him in on everything worked out really well.

Answer 2

At 8 years old I would have adored a baby brother or sister! My mum felt she was too old after she had me, so I was the youngest, but I know I would have been thrilled and like a second mother to it. What's your daughter like? Is she into playing with dolls? That's a good indicator that she'll enjoy having a real live baby around. Of course, there may be moments when the baby's screaming and she's trying to watch TV or something and she'll get fed up, but I imagine on the whole she'll be pretty excited about the new arrival. And at the age of 8 I imagine she could be quite useful, doing things like pushing the pram around the garden to give you 5 minutes peace!

Answer 3

A new baby will always change things within the household, and it is a good possibility that she could become jealous of the new baby, but it sounds like you'll be able to handle it just fine, because you will involve her.  She'll come to understand that your attention will be split between the 2 of them.  I can't really say what happened in your brothers case, but I only assume that the elder thought that mommy and daddy were spending too much time with baby, and that's why it's really important to involve the big sister from the very beginning.

Everything will be fine, you'll see!

Best wishes and baby dust!!

Answer 4

I have had 5 children and the age gap of my third to the first child was 10 years a son and the same as you 8 years my daughter.They were both great about it because i kept them involved with the pregnancy buying new things for the baby and made sure that they were at the hospital not to long aft their brother was born.You might want to buy your daughter something special for when your new baby is born so when the baby is getting gifts, she wont feel left out.I went on to have my fourth and fifth baby and i can honestly say that none of them were jealous of each other. all the best x

Answer 5

she'll probably get a little jelous, then that'll change into her being protective of the new baby. its probably natural for her to be a little jelous but that'll go away :)