Ok so long story short I was violently assaulted by my 16yo son in front of my other kids including my 2yo. He's been placed out of the home and won't be returning anytime soon, if ever.
She's 26 months-barely 2- and has had a hard time adjusting from that, obviously. When we go visit him at the placement she adores him still, and cries for him when we have to leave. She has an awesome vocab (about that of a 4yo according to the ped) but is very much two. We talk about how he's 'in the hospital' to get better and that we always go see him every week and all of that. But it's still tough.
And I'm due in 4 weeks with the baby.
2yoDD, since the assault (it was at the end of March) has been sleeping weird (sometimes through the night all night with her older sister and others wakes up SCREAMING and hardly sleeps, even with us). She has started biting and hitting when she's mad, and then there's just the typical two year old stuff.
I'd love suggestions on how to help her transition with the new arrival on top of the stress brought on by her older brother. She knows there's a baby in my tummy, we've talked about baby coming out, and she loves helping with tiny baby clothes etc. She tells people she's having a baby come out of her tummy, and she hugs and kisses my tummy saying that this is HER baby-it's adorable. Still though when the reality of new baby comes along, added to her other stress, I'm concerned about our exhaustion combined with her confusion and higher needs than usual. Does that make sense?
Thanks for listening-ideas welcome!
She's 26 months-barely 2- and has had a hard time adjusting from that, obviously. When we go visit him at the placement she adores him still, and cries for him when we have to leave. She has an awesome vocab (about that of a 4yo according to the ped) but is very much two. We talk about how he's 'in the hospital' to get better and that we always go see him every week and all of that. But it's still tough.
And I'm due in 4 weeks with the baby.
2yoDD, since the assault (it was at the end of March) has been sleeping weird (sometimes through the night all night with her older sister and others wakes up SCREAMING and hardly sleeps, even with us). She has started biting and hitting when she's mad, and then there's just the typical two year old stuff.
I'd love suggestions on how to help her transition with the new arrival on top of the stress brought on by her older brother. She knows there's a baby in my tummy, we've talked about baby coming out, and she loves helping with tiny baby clothes etc. She tells people she's having a baby come out of her tummy, and she hugs and kisses my tummy saying that this is HER baby-it's adorable. Still though when the reality of new baby comes along, added to her other stress, I'm concerned about our exhaustion combined with her confusion and higher needs than usual. Does that make sense?
Thanks for listening-ideas welcome!
