Our Sensitive Little Girl
For the past couple of weeks Em seems to have become super sensitive. It really is quite strange and very disconcerting. Anytime a baby or another child cries she completely freaks out. She gets really upset and starts crying saying things like, 'Baby crying at me', 'What's wrong with baby?', or if we are out 'I want to go home, I want to go home!'.
I try and talk to her about it but its just impossible when she gets in this state. The slightly worrying thing is that obviously there will be lots of crying in this house once junior arrives. I wonder whether it is a subconscious reaction to the baby or if its simply just a stage she is going through? She seems absolutely fine with the idea of the new baby crying and says she would give it a cuddle or a dummy, so its just hard to know what is going on in her little head.

I reckon you may have mentioned the new baby and deep down Em feels a bit insecure about how she will fit in when baby arrives - hence the panic when babies cry etc. Give her a dolly, let it 'cry a bit' - not making a big deal about it. Tell em to go and rock the baby so she sees she has a roll to play too.