New addition to the family

Congratulations on the new expected arrival! To be honest with something like this i dont think that you can have any idea on how you're daughter will react to this, only time will tell, and she will probably just come around to the idea anyway after a certain amount of time, because by then it will just be a way of life to her. Its just the initial shake up of 'what she knows' and having to share her mummy, luckily i think at the age of two they adapt pretty quickly as you said yourself, she doesnt really understand if you try and explain it to her! I have a daughter of the same age and she is pretty good when it comes to change, im sure that whenever the time comes she will be fine, as ultimately as long as she still has your love and she feels safe then all the rest will come too. Good luck! :)

congratulations! right now, you have to talk to your daughter constantly about you needing her help in taking care of little baby. even if she's only 2, try to explain to her how important it is that she'll be involved in almost everything with baby. and, when the baby does come, and everybody is pouring their attention on the new arrival, always make an effort to include her in the conversation, by saying things like, "and big sister here, has been so good in helping me take care of baby!" i was an only child for almost 5 years, and when my younger brother came along, i was so jealous of him, i was so mean to him while we were growing up. thank goodness, now that we have our own families, everything's OK. i have 6 kids of my own, and everytime i was expecting, i made extra effort to tell the older ones about what was going to happen when the new baby comes. so, up to this day that they're a little older, each child is protective of the others. jealousy among my kids is almost non-existent.

Your daughter is a real sweetie. I can't add much more to what you have already been told here. but you might start talking to her about having a new baby brother and how she can help. Put the diapers and powder where she can reach them and when you have to change the bay have her get them for you. some time bahby boy do a squirt thing when diapers are changed so you need to be ure that she is always out of the line of fire arehe might decide he needs to go back where he came from. Good luck with the new baby.

I was going through a situation like yours when I'm pregnant with my second child. In fact their age gap is very big - 7 years. And she has all the attention all through that years. But maybe because she's a bit old to understand about her new brother, she has welcome the new addition. Besides we have made her understand about the coming of her brother and she wanted very much to have one, that's why it's not hard... Try to talk to your daughther, let her feel your tummy when the baby moves, let her help in arranging the baby's needs or even let her choose some of the things you buy for the baby. Encourage her to talk to her brother in your tummy. Goodluck and congratulations.