I can't remember how I told my daughter about the new baby. SHe was 6 was I was pregnant and I guess I kinda expected that she would deal. I know we told her right about it. She wasn't so happy that the baby was going to sleep in her room but she really didn't have to worry since that really didn't work out. I guess I didn't really help at all.

I actually got a great book for my daughter, who was 3 when I was pregnant with the twins and when they were born. She had a really hard time with it, especially coping with me on bed rest for so long and the twins in the NICU (and us going back and forth to the hospital so much). It's I'm a Big Sister. You could get your son the boy version, I'm a Big Brother. She really adjusted so well once we started reading that book, and she wanted to read it every night. It emphasizes how great it is to be a big kid, and not a baby (and she was starting to play baby when they arrived), and it talks about why babies cry so much, etc.