How to help children adjust to a new baby in the family

Welcoming a new baby can be joyful, but the transition can also bring big changes for first born children and their parents. Parents may find themselves wondering how to support everyone in the family’s needs during this time.  

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi talks with returning guest Gen Muir, a social worker, parent educator, founder of Connected Parenting and mum of four. Gen brings her professional insight and lived experience to this conversation and shares practical, reassuring ways to understand children’s big feelings during times of change, such as when a new sibling arrives. 

In this episode, you will hear:  

•  Why the change from one child to two can feel particularly challenging [00:02:00].
• How parents can make their child feel secure when there is another baby on the way [00:4:00].
•  Ways parents can prepare themselves for this transition [00:7:00].
•  How language and the way we talk to children play a part in welcoming a new sibling [00:23:00]. 

Further information and resources 

• Parent-child relationship: How positive connections support children’s wellbeing 

• Supporting children with big feelings 

• Why siblings fight and when to step in 
• Connected Parenting

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