Welcoming Your Second Baby. Vicki Lansky

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Название Welcoming Your Second Baby
Автор произведения Vicki Lansky
Жанр Секс и семейная психология
Серия Lansky, Vicki
Издательство Секс и семейная психология
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781931863681



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      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       SOME THINGS DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL

       CHAPTER ONE - How Can I Best Prepare Our Child for the Birth of a New Baby?

       When to Share Your Great News With Your Child

       Preparing Your Child for Life With a New Baby

       Promoting Self-esteem for the New Big Brother or Sister

       Other Ways to Help Prepare Your Child for the Baby’s Birth

       Preparing a 1-Year-Old Child for a New Baby

       Preparing Your Older Child or Teenager

       When the New Baby Arrives

       Preparing Your Pet for a New Baby

       Sharing Age-Appropriate Reproductive Information

       “The Birds & the Bees” Books

       CHAPTER TWO - How Can I Help Our Child Adjust to My Absence While I’m in the Hospital?

       Preparing Your Child for Your Hospital Stay

       Before You Go to the Hospital

       Shortly Before the Baby is Due

       When You’re in the Hospital

       When Your Child Visits You at the Hospital

       Coming Home

       Gender Baby Blues

       CHAPTER THREE - What If We Want Our Child to Be Present at the Birth of the Baby?

       Preparing a Child to be Present at the Birth

       In the Birthing Room

       The Birth Doula and the Second Baby

       CHAPTER FOUR - How Can I Keep Our Older Child from Feeling Left Out?

       A Gift for the Older Sibling

       Within the Family

       Teaching How to Hold A Baby

       While You’re Feeding the Baby

       Nursing

       Bottle-Feeding

       When Visitors Come

       The Shared Room

       Childproofing the Shared Room

       A Sibling Library

       CHAPTER FIVE - How can I Get Our Jealous Older Child to Accept (or even like!) ...

       Jealousy in a Child 2 or Under

       Jealousy in a 3-Year- Old

       Jealousy in a 4- or 5-Year-Old

       Jealousy in School-Age Children

       Jealousy in Preteens and Teens

       Helping Children Handle Their Feelings of Jealousy

       Second-Stage Jealousy: When the Baby Becomes Mobile

       Regression in Young Children

       Helping Your Child Handle Anger

       “Big Kids” Can Help

       Playing With the Baby

       Teaching Gentleness

       How to Keep Kids Close

       CHAPTER SIX - How Can I Help Our Child Handle Special Circumstances?

       If You’re Adopting a Baby

       If the New Baby is a Half-Sibling

       If You’re Having Two (or More)

       If Your Baby is Ill or Premature

       If