thegreenparent April 14, 2024 5 minutes read

How to Prepare Your Toddler for Birth

It's possible that the earlier we normalise birth as an ordinary and essential part of life, the lower the number of traumatic births later in life.

Tags: natural birth, motherhood, toddler

Photograph of a pregnant woman bending down to pick up her young toddler — Building trust with children by answering their questions about pregnancy from an early age

My four year old son Henry often rehearses giving birth. He sees childbirth as something to be proud of and to get excited about writes Nicole Lucy-Jones

“Mummy, my baby is about to be born!” he cries, as my 4-year-old son, Henry, rushes excitedly into the room, both hands cradling his bulging t-shirt. As he confidently delivers his baby, reaching down and lifting the doll to his chest, he hushes gently. He continues to tell me how he is waiting for her umbilical cord (the pacifier clip) to stop pulsating and for his placenta to be born.

I tentatively smile and slip out of the room with a reassuring nod as I leave them to indulge in their ‘Golden Hour’ together. Afterall, everyone knows not to interfere with a mother and her oxytocin, right?