We're Having a Baby: Adapting To A New Baby (Campbell Big Steps, 4)

I bought this book for my 2 1/2 year old daughter a couple of months before the birth of my second child. She already knew that Mum was having a baby but as I had never spent the night away from her before I wanted her to understand what was going to happen once the baby was due.She already had and loved the potty training book from this series, so I knew she found the flaps/push and pull elements engaging. I often find that these kinds of educational children's books don't tend to keep her interest. So the interactive parts used in this series are very helpful in keeping her attention on what might be an otherwise 'boring' book. Each page also has tips for parents on how to introduce the impending arrival of a sibling to a young child. Most of the tips are quite obvious but still a nice idea.We read this book a couple of times a week up to the birth of her little brother and when the time came she was very well prepared for what would happen. My baby is now 5 months old and my daughter still sometimes chooses to read this book, and talks about the things that happened when her brother was born- Remembering that Granny and Grandad looked after her etc.Overall, a good tool in explaining the process of a new siblings arrival to a toddler in a fun and engaging way. Great for sparking a conversation with your child. Nothing can truly prepare a toddler for what changes a new baby will bring to the family dynamic but this is a good way to start!

Great story book to read to soon to become siblings.Lovely story to help settle those worries and explain what is going to happen. Nice pictures too

I have used this book twice for two pregnancy’s and it has been a great addition in preparing my older children for the new addition to the house! Would highly recommend!

This book is full of interactive pictures but possibly too young for my 4 year old. Wasn’t very informative but it would have been good as an introduction to what’s happening but she’s already aware, just wanted the book to help her understand the time frame since she thinks it’ll be here next week.

Excellent for explaining to kids

My daughter and I enjoyed reading this in preparation for her new role as ‘big sister’. She loves everything about the book specially the lift up flap. The story is very relatable and easy to be understood by a 2 year old.

We bought this to read to our son and help him with the transition from only child to big brother.We now have a 10month old and our oldest still loves reading it.

We started reading this with our 25 month old 2 weeks before his new sister was due. We read it every evening and when it came to dropping him at his grandparents as we headed to the hospital, he was quite happy to go and understood where we were going. He ended up being there for 4 nights and was not upset at all.Now his sister is here, he accepts that she cries sometimes and he will hand her a bottle or giraffe (as the book says!) to try and make her happy.Brilliant book, though when we read it to him we did change all the names to match our family.