If you have a toddler, you understand the challenges and awe-inspiring moments that come with the territory. It can be frustrating one minute and smile-inducing the next. Watching your babies become little individuals with personalities is amazing, which is why we connected with the recent post on Babble called 7 Ways My 4 Year Old is Changing (read it here).
It’s a special thing to experience as a parent, but when you add a new baby to the mix, it can also be difficult. You want your child to be excited about the addition, but they’re going through a lot of changes already themselves. There are different strategies to help with the transition, like special one-on-one time, and we’d like to think that our big brother shirts and big sister shirts are one way to create excitement and help reduce some of the anxiety a toddler can feel when their role in the family changes.
A big brother t shirt or big sister tshirt can reinforce kids are:
- Not a baby, they’re a big kid now
- Still special and that will never change
- More capable of helping out and being independent
- Proud to take on a new role and have a little one to help watch over
(Shown: Only Child Expiring Big Brother T shirt; Color It Up and Taped Up big sister shirts; Something to Say Big Brother T shirt)
How did you help your toddler adjust to having a new sibling?
