Now I'm Growing! I'm a New Big Brother - Little Steps for Big Kids

My son loves this book. I bought it for him along with North American Bear Company Rosy Cheeks Baby Blonde Boy, when I was about 20-24 weeks pregnant so he could start to understand the baby bump and what was going on. He wasn't too enthused about it at first but now that I'm much bigger and the baby is due any time, he wants to read the book several times a day, sleeps with baby doll, tries to put the baby in the car seat and stroller, and gives me the baby when it has a "stinky" diaper. This book has really helped him to sort of get an idea of what is going on and now he is really excited about his new sibling.The book has great pictures in it with limited text so you can elaborate on what is being said. We point out all the people and identify them. I leave for discussion the possibility of him helping with baby by asking if he wants to push the stroller, or help in other ways, or other things to expect and do while baby is sleeping. We also discuss different reasons why babies cry such as hunger, diaper changes, being scare, or just needing to be held.The only things I don't like about the book were that the baby in it is being fed baby food instead of from the breast or bottle. We have to discuss how little babies, like the one in Mama's belly, don't eat peas yet - they eat from the breast and/or from a bottle when Mama's not home.

This book was absolutely perfect for what we needed! I bought it for a friend who has a little 2 year old boy and she's expecting a baby girl. The book features that exact family of 4. The dad in the book has dark brown hair and the mom has brown hair. There's a page in the book where the mom is rocking the baby in a brown wooden rocking chair and I was so thrilled about that page because my friend has a rocker that looks just like that. It is a super cute book that is from the little boy's perspective about what he can and can't do with his new baby sister. The illustrations are darling and the words are so cute and make the little boy understand about the new baby and also love the new baby and know what to expect when the baby arrives. If I had little boys, I'd buy this for myself. I definitely recommend it! I also received it sooooo quickly in the mail! I couldn't beleve how fast it arrived!!!

We're expecting a new baby soon, and started reading this book with my son a few weeks ago. (We've been working our way through LOTS of big brother/new baby books for the last few months.) More than any other, this book introduced my son to the idea that being a big brother is a milestone to get excited about, and he's now so proud to tell people all about it. The new little one isn't here yet so I have no idea whether this book will inspire my son to be the very exemplary big brother featured in the story. But I know it will be very helpful to have that "big brother" idea in place before the baby arrives, and this book accomplished that.Note that this is not one of those books that covers the difficult aspects of big brotherhood -- it's all smooth sailing and happy feelings here. The family is caucasian, though the younger sibling could be any gender.

My 2.5 year old son loves this book; this is great because he's been a bit lukewarm about being a new big brother. I like that the book is specific and is about being a big brother vs big "sibling" or something else gender neutral - he really identifies with the "Big Brother" in the book. The baby is gender neutral, but I don't think that takes away from anything, or if the baby was a boy or a girl, that this would add anything -- my son really is self-focused at this stage so as long as the main character is him and a boy :)The one thing I would caution is that near the end, the book says that after the baby goes to bed, the Big Brother gets to do fun things with Mommy and Daddy after. This is not the case in my household -- both Big Brother and baby go to bed at the same time. So far he hasn't caught onto this fact yet, but in a few weeks (days?) I am sure he will, and this might cause problems with us trying to rush the baby to bed sooner.

My 2.5 yr old son has been less than thrilled about learning that I'm expecting another baby in a few months. He won't talk about the baby or acknowledge that he won't be the center of attention. So, I had to do something and read the reviews about this book and decided to try it. He LOVES this book. We just started reading it yesterday and it's a instant hit. He wants to read it over and over again. Now when I ask him if he's going to hold his little sister or help feed her (as the book says) he say, "YES!" so excitedly! I think this is a great book to help prepare a new big brother! It's written as if the baby is already arrived and from the brother's POV talking to his younger sibling -- GREAT!!

I had to see this via Skype as my family is not nearby - and my daughter in law said it is a really great book and that there are helpful hints to parents at the end - She said it was "perfect" for our 2 yr old to "set the tone" for his week old brother - That is what I wanted to accomplish and that seems to be what we achieved with this book - Every Grandma wants peace and love in the transition the first child goes thru when a newbie comes along - and this book seems to do a good job with that

My son had a hard time adjusting to the new baby. He was 2.5 when his brother was born. I read this to him before baby came and after. I would say since the baby was 3 months he has loved hearing this book. At the end there is a picture of the new family and he loves saying the mom is me, and the dad is his dad, and the boy is him, and the baby is his brother. I love how the baby could be a boy or a girl it doesn't say. Overall it's relatable to him and comforting I think.

I bought this book brand new, it’s was used and the pages were not put together. So I exchanged for another one. And received another book that has the pages loose