Family HQDepartment of New Arrivals
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Your duties
Not part of the job grown-ups only
What stays the same
I accept the job:
For the weeks before a new baby arrives, and the first weeks after.
Promoted to BigA big-sibling offer letter for a little one
A new baby is a big change for a small person. Turn it into a promotion: a read-aloud offer letter for the job of big sister, big brother or big sibling, a few real duties a young child can do with you close by, a crib mobile to hang them on, a staff badge to wear - and a clear list of what stays the same.
Try a sample:
1 The new big kid
2 The baby and the changes
3 Duties, mobile and badge free
Safety first.
4 Make the letter personal
One run reads the form and the page's picks and writes the letter in warm, simple words, with a how-to line for each duty and a note for you. It takes one approach, checked in this order: reassure first if you noted a worry; steady anchors if two or more other things are changing; otherwise celebrate. The duties are picked by the page, not by the run.
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The letter - plain template
-The page's check
5 Saved packs
How the page picks the duties
The page holds a fixed list of 17 small big-sibling jobs, each with the youngest age it suits - singing to the baby and choosing socks from 2, showing a picture book from 3, folding tiny clothes from 4, packing the changing bag from 5, a family newsletter from 6. It puts the jobs that match a word in "what they love" first, then the most grown-up job the age allows, and picks 3 for ages 2 to 3, 4 for ages 4 to 5 and 5 for older children; tap any job to swap it in or out. None of them is lifting, carrying, feeding or bathing the baby, or anything in the cot - those are always grown-up jobs, and the letter says so.
These are general, playful ideas, not professional advice; every child is different, and you know yours best. Nothing you type is kept unless you press save.