49: Parenting Siblings Through the Postpartum and Post Adoption months

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Show Notes:

1. Rhiannon’s Big News
   • TWINS!!!!!
   • Teri Mitchell will be Rhiannon’s midwife. Listen to her episodes here, here, and here.
2. Preparing your older children to be siblings
   • The Story of Me
   • The Flip Flap Body Book
   • Baby on the Way
   • Prepare them for the expectations and what will change and what baby will need
   • Let them know that the grownups are still in charge and some things will be the same
3. Grieving the old family
   • It’s OK to recognize the loss of the old family as you become a new family with a new baby or babies.
   • You, as a mom, are losing some independence again.
4. Parenting
   • Mommy’s Helper
   • They are not the problem. Your loud toddler is not the problem, even if they keep waking the baby.
   • Give older kids some freedom.
   • Uninterrupted time with an older child for a few minutes can work wonders in helping their behavior.

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