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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can I make them feel special and let them know I miss them and am really excited for them to get to know baby. [/quote]

These first two things (making them feel special and showing them that you miss them) seem to be the key, rather than trying to build a sibling relationship at this stage. Are THEY excited about the baby? If they're ambivalent about having a much-younger sibling (which many kids would be at this age), then I wouldn't push the relationship on them, and I wouldn't go too far in trying to share baby news with them. Instead, focus on them and what's new in their lives.

When a good friend was a tween/teen, his dad remarried and they had a baby. His stepmom was kind to him--a positive presence in a difficult stage of life, helping boost his self-esteem. But things with his dad worsened. Suddenly, a rocky parent-child relationship to begin with became harder, because now everything was about the baby. I think my friend just wanted to have time with his dad again, honestly.[/quote]

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