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Lea455 
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Posted: 14 September 2010 at 2:36pm |
No 1 child is almost 2 and I am expecting no 2 in January. I would like to buy a picture book I can read to my toddler to prepare him for the new arrival. I would appreciate recommendations of books suitable to read to a two year old and where I can buy them from, thanks!
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Posted: 14 September 2010 at 2:56pm |
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Check your local library first. I found quite agood one there. I can't remember the name of it .
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Posted: 14 September 2010 at 3:37pm |
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Ummmm theres a house inside my mummy or something like that. Its at whitcolus, we have it and its cool I'm just too lazy to go look for it
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Posted: 14 September 2010 at 5:07pm |
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"There is a house inside my mummy" http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Childrens/Fiction/General/9781841210681/
- i have just read it with my 2 year old for our new one coming this month. and i think it has really helped - it is beautifully illustrated. I got it out from our local library.
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Posted: 14 September 2010 at 10:10pm |
Our midwife has a pack she lends out to her pregnant couples. It has a dozen or so books, the best ones (for younger kids) I have been showing our almost-three year old are:
There's a house inside my mummy
Where did that baby come from?
Ever so, ever so
Hi New Baby!
Baby on board
And our favourite is:
Hello Baby
(we are planning our second homebirth, and this is a really sweet, gentle homebirth-based book. All the other books I have read are very much 'Mum and Dad go to hospital and then the baby comes home!' - this one is very subtle but gives more insight into the labour aspect.)
Hope all the links work 
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Posted: 15 September 2010 at 12:12am |
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We have There's A House Inside My Mummy and it's great. It's a wee bit long for my DS (21 months) so I tend to abridge it a little bit unless I read it at bedtime when he is much calmer and will listen to a longer story! I bought our copy in a local bookstore in Sydney, but the Amazon price looks pretty good. I'd also try Book Depository, their prices are usually v competitive and they have free worldwide delivery.
We also have a book about being a big brother. It's a shorter, smaller book and a good length for C. It talks about what babies do and what big brothers can do. It's in C's room at the mo so I can't check the title/author. MIL sent it over from Oz, it's good EXCEPT it talks about Daddy giving the baby a bottle (rather than mummy BF) which annoys me for some reason. I just change the words and say the baby is having milk without referring to the bottle.
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Posted: 15 September 2010 at 10:36am |
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We've had There's a house inside my Mummy too and it is good... Also a really really simple book that DD loved was ZaZa's baby brother by Lucy Cousins (the Maisy lady).. Its so simple that she can almost 'read' it herself now...
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Lea455
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Posted: 17 September 2010 at 8:41pm |
Thanks everyone for your replies, I went to Whitcoulls today to see if they had Theres a House Inside my Mummy in stock (since so many of you recommended it), it wasn't in stock but hopefully my local library will have a copy I can have a look at.
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