Toddler meeting new baby

My little one was 2 yrs 3 months old and when my daughter was born and they met in hospital xx

We introduced them in the hospital and beforehand got our oldest to pick out a present for his little brother and bought one to give to our oldest saying it was from the baby. They exchanged gifts at their first meet. But he seemed a little weirded out and really confused about the baby anyway... so not sure if any kind of effort or setting really does them any good because I think they will eventually have a period, long or longer.... where they will feel like they have been replaced by this new being. All we can do is try to make it as smooth a process so they both feel equally loved, seen and cared for.

My daughter was 2y 6m when her sister was born and she came to the hospital to meet her. She’d been away from me for days already (induction) and I needed to see her as much as she needed to see me I think! She came up with my husband for about an hour then we got home the following day

My toddler met her brother at my parents house as we went straight from the hospital to pick her up

My little boy just turned two and he met his sister in the hospital yesterday and it went very well. We had a gift from her to him, his favourite character toy so he was overjoyed by that to that. Neither myself or my partner was holding the baby and I gave him all the attention then when he noticed the baby we did the introduction and he wanted to tickle her so let him touch her and he was just fascinated. Gave him jobs to do and kept him occupied and made it all about him really and it seemed to work.

We brought him home in the night and she woke up and met him. She climbed into our bed and held him and it was lovely. We had “presents from the baby” for her (a bunny toy and some Gabby figurines “cause baby knew you loved them”). I didn’t want to bring her to the hospital as I had a caesarean and I didn’t want her climbing on me when I was unable to move a lot or getting upset by things like hand cannulas and thinking I was poorly. Also she was in the throes of the terrible twos so I didn’t want her causing disturbances to other new mums nearby.

Mine was a couple weeks away from being 2 when we had his brother. We had my parents bring him to the hospital to meet him. My thinking was that because it was a new environment he would be a little more reserved, which was true for us. He was born by csection so I was confined to the bed for over 12 hours and moving was painful. It was easier to have all those adults around to help with the introduction and to take extra pictures for me.

(Hasn’t happened yet however.) My LO will be 3 on the 27th & his Due date was the 20th. I am currently due on the 20th so just hoping they don’t have the same birthday but….what we are currently doing is keeping him involved in EVERYTHING putting the bassinet together, organizing her clothes, cleaning her room, anything involved with baby he is right there with a task to help with. Now he knows things around the house are for sissy. I am currently planning a home birth so hopefully the will meet at home so it’s a natural progression.

My son was older but he met his sister in hospital. It was also the fact that he missed me and I didn’t want him to worry. Might depend when you give birth and how long your in for.

our second was born 3 days before our eldest turned two, we brought her to the hospital to meet her little sister. it was so lovely, she instantly climbed up onto the bed and wanted to hold her and she was so gentle. she's still breastfed so we had our first feed as a 3 in the hospital bed. it was a brief visit because we didn't want to disturb anyone else there, so as soon as she started showing signs of being a bit disruptive, her dad took her back home (and had to come back about 15 mins later because they finally came round to discharge me😅). i wouldn't change anything about how we did it - i saw advice about not having mum hold baby and stuff like that but we didn't follow any of that and all was fine. i couldn't have waited any longer to see her - we'd been apart about 16 hours which was the longest we'd ever done by a good few hours, so i was really missing her!

I’m having a section Friday, my LG is 2 and 2 months. She’s gonna come in with either grandparents or dad depending if it’s Friday she comes later on (depending on section time) or Saturday. She’s been to lots of appointments at the hospital she’s used to it- I also want her to know that mummy’s baby tummy has gone at the hospital and the baby comes with us instead. And then give her her present from the baby, and meet the baby there too x

My toddler was 2 years and 1.5 months. We had our baby in a birth center so he came with my parents to meet the new baby. I had my newborn on the bed between my husband and I and when my toddler ran in I gave him lots of hugs and kisses. He saw the baby and seemed interested in him. So we talked about how his brother was here now and how he's a big brother. And then everyone got to hold my newborn and one of the midwives brought my toddler ice cream to celebrate being a big brother so he was super happy. We haven't had any issues. They love each other to death.

We did it at home for a few reasons -we were only in for 24 hours -we didn’t want her to get upset coming into hospital to see me and then having to leave again without me (aside from working nights she’s never been away from me overnight and even then dad was with her and he was staying at the hospital with me) -we wanted her to be able to go to have her ‘safe place’ (we’d set up her room with some of her toys) if it got too much that she could go if it all got a bit much

At home. Being at the hospital was my only vacation from my toddler i was going to get lol.

My 3 year old met our new baby girl in hospital - I wish I never let that happen and waited until we was home as she sobbed her little heart out when she left the hospital, so wanted to leave with her but obviously Couldn’t 🥺x

My son is turning 2 this Saturday and my twins will be born by c section in a little over a month. We are having him meet them in the hospital. I was in the hospital for 3 days with him, I can't go three days without seeing my baby and he wouldn't handle it very well either. My mom will be bringing him up to the hospital as soon as we get into a postpartum room and we are planning on him visiting every day.

My daughter was 2y 4m when baby brother was born. I spent rhe whole pregnancy talking about the baby and had books, got her involved with getting his things ready and talking about staying at the hospital. We got her to pick out a present for him and he picked a present for her. I have never been away from her since she was 6 months old so had her come to the hospital to see me. She loved it. I made sure I wasn't holding the baby when she first came in. Made sure to tell her how much I missed and loved her. Paid her attention before asking if she wanted to meet baby brother. She absolutely loved it and we haven't had problems with their being a new baby in the house so far. I gave birth 4 weeks ago.

My daughter was 2 when I had my son and we introduced her to him at build a bear. (She picked out a bear to stuff and picked out her brother one too) my son will be 10 months when my other son is born, he will be there in the hospital while I give birth

My partner brought my first born boy who was 2.5 years old to the hospital to meet his sister, the worst decision I ever made, he was so overwhelmed by the environment he wouldn’t even come sit on the bed with me! 100% recommend waiting until you get home x

We spent every night before bed talking to the baby and telling the baby what we’ve done today or our plans for tomorrow etc. Then on the day of, he came to the hospital to meet the baby and sat on the bed to give her a cuddle. The baby bought him a new bike (a few weeks before arriving) and a card to say how excited she was to meet him. He was telling everyone the baby bought him a new bike!

I want my daughter to meet my baby at the hospital, think it’s just an experience rather than being home too :) hehe. Think I’m going to get her a gift though of some kind and talk to her loads about baby x

My partners mother brought our little boy to the hospital. I had to stay another night and I really wanted to see him. I’d been telling him I might go to the hospital soon to have baby sister so going and meeting her there helped him piece it all together and he still talks about it now (in a nice way). He was 2.5 at the time. He’s been obsessed with her ever since x

My daughter was only 14 months old when her baby brother was born. It was really important to me for her to come to the hospital and we all leave as a family but I know that’s not always possible for everyone. Had the baby waiting with a bag of presents for his new sister and honestly she wasn’t phased at all! I know she was younger than yours will be but same principle! They just want to be included 🥲

Did the same thing as Ellie in hospital with my girls at 2y 2 months apart and it worked a dream! They had a gift for eachother, my parents had my eldest daughter when I went into Labour and they took her to build a bear and she chose a teddy and put a message inside for her new sister and was so excited to give it to her and even more excited that her baby sister had gotten her a gift too ☺️ just a shame the voice inside has stopped working now 😭

The hospital only because my little boy was in special care but if he wasn’t he would of waited till I got home x

Mine met his siblings at home a month after they were born bc children weren't allowed to visit in the hospital. However our hospital room was cramped and it would have been difficult keeping him from getting into stuff. We did show him pictures and videos of his siblings frequently.