Are you ready for a second child? Have you thought about what it involves? Is your first child prepared for a sibling? What about your partner?
Whether you are just thinking it, or having a second baby, preparing for an addition to your family can bring up many questions, challenges and emotions. This book provides a wonderful mixture of expert advice and personal experiences to help parents plan for, survive, thrive, and enjoy a second child.
The book includes insights on coping with increased workloads, sibling rivalry, financial issues, changing relationships with children and partners and health and well-being. It provides support to navigate the different issues and changes through the entire developmental journey, and the challenges of having children with different temperaments, abilities, ages and genders.
Full of helpful and supportive advice and shared experiences that will help you feel positive and prepared for your new family.
Feature The Age and Sydney Morning Herald –
Does birth order influence a child’s personality?
There are so many myths about birth order, so much that the decision whether or not to have a second (or third, or fourth) child can be a vexxed one. Are first-born children spoilt? Are second-borns left behind, or destined to live in the shadow of their older sibling? A new book on birth order, and its possible impact, tries to shed some light on these questions.
Does birth order influence personality?
https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/does-birth-order-influence-a-child-s-personality-20190819-p52ihh.html?ref=rss
sharon evans –
What a great book – I think I may have read it more to find out how MY childhood birth order impacted how my life played out. well done.
Cynthia Leung –
A very readable book which explains research findings in a way which is very easy to understand. Excellent for parents who are wondering whether to take the plunge
Susannah Hardy – Babyology –
Second Child offers practical advice about what to expect with baby number two.