My 1 and a half year old has noticed my belly is getting larger, and at 4 months into this one, it is NERVE RACKING. Unfortunately, his only experience around a baby younger than he was only shortly before the quarantine when my friend would bring her daughter for play dates. We only got 3 or 4 practice runs with a younger baby.My fiance and I tell our son all the time about how he's going to be an awesome big brother and how much fun it will be (I'm well aware that it won't be entirely fun, but he's a tot and will find that out later on. For now, we encourage.The lil one loves to run up and slap my belly, and has also been throwing his balls-while playing catch with me-incredibly hard and seemingly he finds it more fun when he hits my glasses (which actually does hurt a bit).I don't know if it's due to his being formula fed, but this child is built like a tank. He is actually very strong for his age and this can cause issues at times, especially for me, not so much my fiance.The issue I'm having started with the fear of him slapping the newborn when he/she comes home in September. He slaps my belly but I remind him to BE GENTLE and he kisses my belly right after. He has started to run more than walk, and while I'm absolutely overjoyed that he can use his own legs, it's more difficult for me to use my own nowadays...which just sucks, but it happens.How can I get my hyper toddler, 22 months when sibling enters the world, prepared emotionally and behaviorally for this big change? What can I do with him, that he can understand, to get him ready? Are there even ways TO prepare him? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2VPVN4R
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