I haven’t told my 9 yr old yet that she is going to be a big sister. I was wanting to put a sono pic in a book about being a big sister but all the ones I seem to find are more geared younger siblings. Does anyone know of a book for an older sibling or any ideas how to tell her?
I don’t have any recommendations for books or other media unfortunately. But I am an only child and by the time I was 9 years old, I would have been absolutely elated to become a big sister. Of course every kid is different, but this is probably news that she will embrace. It’s still a huge transition to prepare for, but I think she’s old enough to talk it through whether you can find a good book to aid the conversation or not.
I haven’t had time to read through them but a quick Amazon search came up with these books, some of which look promising:
[name_m]Little[/name_m] Miss, Big Sis by [name_f]Amy[/name_f] Krouse Rosenthal
[name_m]How[/name_m] to Be a [name_u]Baby[/name_u] . . . by Me, the Big [name_f]Sister[/name_f] ([name_m]How[/name_m] To Series) by [name_f]Sally[/name_f] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]-[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
A [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_u]Baby[/name_u] Is Coming!: A Guide for a Big Brother or [name_f]Sister[/name_f] (Elf-Help Books for Kids) by [name_f]Emily[/name_f] Menendez-Aponte
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] Dilemma: Big [name_f]Sister[/name_f] Poems by [name_f]Kristine[/name_f] O’[name_m]Connell[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m]
I’m Going to Be Your Big [name_f]Sister[/name_f] Paperback by [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f] Barilla
Maybe you two could go out for a special mother-daughter date. Lunch and a movie or maybe manicures. Tell her over her favorite dessert. Let her know how special she is to you and how excited you are that she’ll be old enough to help you get ready for the baby. Maybe she could help you design the nursery or pick out outfits for the baby.
Good luck.
Another idea would be to find a book about the baby, like a baby book, and get one that has a lot of places to put pictures and write things and you can remove and add pages and put the pic in there, they do make them for siblings to make including their own info or just basic stuff. Wrap it and present it to her, if theres a name and any other info you want to include add it in and then when she unwraps it she can read it and continue to add to it as she watches the whole process <3