It's Big Sister Time!

Description

Baby’s loud. Baby’s messy. Sometimes Baby really smells. Maybe Baby just doesn’t know the rules? Good thing it’s big sister time―she can show Baby how to be the best baby ever! Told through the eyes of a big sister, this charming hardcover picture book empowers older siblings by showing them that they have very important roles to play in introducing their family’s new baby to the world. From cleaning up messes to learning to share, big sister will teach the new baby everything any baby needs to know. After all, big sister was a baby once, too―and she was really good at it. It’s Big Sister Time! shows every girl how awesome it is being a big sister. Because as we all know, being a sister RULES! Review: Perfect for big sisters to be - My daughter is the youngest out of 3 and we knew becoming a big sister would not be something she instantly loved. We bought her this book and gave it to her when we told her the news. It was perfect. She has read this book more times than I could count. I def recommend for big sisters to be. Review: Potential for Negative relationship between siblings - I like the illustrations and cute ending. However, the “rules” it has the big sister telling the baby at the beginning are going to potentially end up causing problems with how she treats the baby. Like not sharing the toys, or the blankets, the sister is the special helper not the baby, and she gets to sit between mom and dad. I get the gradual acceptance and love of the baby by the end but I am an adult, kids listen to and take words literally. There are parts after these “rules” that try soften the negative aspects but most kids might not remember the softer more reasonable part of the “rule”. If I’m reading these “rules” to her about how to treat the baby she will remember me saying things like “absolutely no playing with my toys.” or “you can’t sleep with my blankie” and live by those words that I told her. It has a cute turning point where she starts liking the baby and a cute ending but not worth the potential of a child taking these “rules” seriously and it causing issues and fights and a negative relationship between the two.