Adding a new baby changes family life—but it doesn’t have to create chaos. This complete guide walks you through preparing siblings, creating workable schedules, balancing activities, encouraging strong sibling relationships, setting fair (not equal) boundaries, and keeping everyone “in the funnel” so your growing family thrives together.
Post Contents
- Tips to Successfully add Your Baby to the Family
- Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
- Sample Schedules: Tandem Schedules for 2 Kids
- Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
- One to Two Children Transition: How to have success
- Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
- Three to Four Child Transition Tips
- How to Balance Multiple Schedules
- Helping Siblings Like Each Other
- Get My Weekly Email!
- Thank you!
- Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
- Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
- McKenna Preschooler Summary: 3 years and 4 months
- Room Sharing Log: Getting Started with Room Sharing
- Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
- Managing Cry It Out While Room Sharing
- McKenna Child Summary: 5 Years Old
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
- Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- Fair vs. Equal When Raising Children
- Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
- Recent Siblings Posts
- Helping Siblings Like Each Other
- Strategies for Making Bedtime Smoother
- Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
- How to Keep Older Kids Quiet While Baby Naps
- Three to Four Child Transition Tips
- Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
- More Siblings Topics Help
- Preparing Your Children for a New Baby
- Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
- Making Hand-Me-Downs Work in Any Season
- 8 Rules for Kids Chores at Home
- One to Two Children Transition: How to have success
- How to Keep Track of Life as a Mom
- Parenting Siblings Tips
- The Good Things to Expect With Your Second Baby
- How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby
- Consistently Parenting Your Different Children
- What to do with a young child while siblings are at school
- My First Baby Was So Easy…
- Book Recommendation: The Siblings’ Busy Book
- McKenna Baby Summary: Week 44
- Tips for Keeping Kids Busy During Summer
- Adding a New Baby
- Sibling Schedules
- Boundaries and the Funnel
- Siblings Fighting and Getting Along
- Family Dynamics
- Newborns and Older Siblings
- Outings
- Helpful Books
- Tips for Moms
Tips to Successfully add Your Baby to the Family
Welcoming a new baby transforms your family in wonderful—and challenging—ways. In this post, learn how to gently bring baby into your household, balance everyone’s needs, and find a healthy rhythm that helps your whole family thrive together through life’s “new normal.”
Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
Juggling schedules with more than one child can feel overwhelming. This post breaks down how to plan routines that work for multiple kids, helping you find structure, reduce stress, and keep your family running smoothly while meeting everyone’s needs.
Sample Schedules: Tandem Schedules for 2 Kids
Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
One to Two Children Transition: How to have success
Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
Three to Four Child Transition Tips
How to Balance Multiple Schedules
Helping Siblings Like Each Other
Helping siblings get along makes family life happier for everyone. This post shares practical tips to foster kindness, reduce rivalry, and build stronger connections between your kids—so they learn to enjoy each other’s company and support one another as siblings.
Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
Balancing a baby with older kids’ activities can stretch your time and energy. This post offers helpful strategies to manage schedules, stay organized, and keep your family connected—even when life gets busy—so you can enjoy time together without feeling overwhelmed.
Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
Thinking about room-sharing? This post shares 9 practical tips to make it safer and smoother for your family—from sleep setups to routines—so you can create comfort, reduce stress, and enjoy closer nights together with confidence.
McKenna Preschooler Summary: 3 years and 4 months
Room Sharing Log: Getting Started with Room Sharing
Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
Managing Cry It Out While Room Sharing
McKenna Child Summary: 5 Years Old
How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
Learn how to parent multiple kids while keeping each one “in the funnel” — with freedoms, boundaries, and expectations that fit their age and ability. This guide helps you keep rules fair (not equal), avoid common sibling pitfalls, and build cooperation without chaos.
How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
Fair vs. Equal When Raising Children
Stop trying to make everything “even-steven.” In families, fair means giving kids what’s appropriate for their age and needs — not the exact same thing. This post breaks down why equal isn’t always fair, how to parent each child well, and how that ties into keeping siblings “in the funnel.”
Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
Encourage friendship and smoother days with intentional structured playtime for siblings — guided activities that help kids learn to play, cooperate, and enjoy each other’s company. This post shares why it matters, how to set it up, and ideas to make sibling play both fun and productive.
Recent Siblings Posts
Helping Siblings Like Each Other
Strategies for Making Bedtime Smoother
Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
How to Keep Older Kids Quiet While Baby Naps
Three to Four Child Transition Tips
Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
More Siblings Topics Help
Preparing Your Children for a New Baby
Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
Making Hand-Me-Downs Work in Any Season
8 Rules for Kids Chores at Home
One to Two Children Transition: How to have success
How to Keep Track of Life as a Mom
Parenting Siblings Tips
The Good Things to Expect With Your Second Baby
How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby
Consistently Parenting Your Different Children
What to do with a young child while siblings are at school
My First Baby Was So Easy…
Book Recommendation: The Siblings’ Busy Book
McKenna Baby Summary: Week 44
Tips for Keeping Kids Busy During Summer
Adding a New Baby
- How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby
- Balancing Baby’s Needs With Family’s Needs
- My First Baby Was So Easy…
- Overcoming the Challenges of Adding Baby to the Family
- Prepping Siblings for Baby Tip: Establish Consistency
- Preparing Your Children for a New Baby
- The Good Things to Expect With Your Second Baby
- Tips to Successfully add Your Baby to the Family
Sibling Schedules
- Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
- Baby Feeding Schedule with Older Child(ren)
- Babywise Schedule with Two Children
- How to Balance Multiple Schedules
- One to Two Children Transition: How to have success
- Two to Three Child Transition: Tips for Success
- Three to Four Child Transition Tips
- How to Set Up a Daily Schedule for Three Kids
- Sample Schedules: Tandem Schedules for 2 Kids
- Strategies for Making Bedtime Smoother
- Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
- Tips for Keeping Kids Busy During Summer
- What to do with a young child while siblings are at school
Boundaries and the Funnel
- Consistently Parenting Your Different Children
- Fair vs. Equal When Raising Children
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
Siblings Fighting and Getting Along
- Helping Siblings Like Each Other
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- How to Respond to Siblings Fighting
- Making Children Mind…Siblings Fighting
- Siblings Without Rivalry Book Review
- Structured Playtime With Siblings {Sibling Playtime}
- The Perfect Hugging Rule For Siblings
- Why I Don’t Let My Children Fight
Family Dynamics
- Birth Order and Two-Child Families
- Benefits of Having More Than One Child
- How To Meet the Needs of Each Child
- Room Sharing for Kids {9 Tips}
- Room Sharing Log: Getting Started with Room Sharing
- What is the Best Age Gap Between Kids?
- When One Child is Harder Than the Other(s)
Newborns and Older Siblings
- Breastfeeding in Front of Older Siblings
- How to Keep Older Kids Quiet While Baby Naps
- How To Maintain a Sleep Schedule with School Disruptions
- How to Teach a Child to Be Gentle With a Baby
- Managing Cry It Out While Room Sharing
- Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
Outings
- How To Maintain a Sleep Schedule with School Disruptions
- Managing Baby’s Routine with Older Kids’ Activities
- Managing Young Kids at Older Sibling’s Events
Helpful Books
Tips for Moms
- 8 Rules for Kids Chores at Home
- How I Get Stuff Done With Three Children
- How to Keep Track of Life as a Mom
- Making Hand-Me-Downs Work in Any Season
- Vaccinations: When you have two children
>>>See all of my siblings posts here
