Personalised book about new sibling changing routines

What happens in your child Shares the Morning

1. Your child wakes up ready for their usual morning.
2. The baby needs feeding just as your child starts getting dressed.
3. Your child chooses a small way to help while waiting.
4. At breakfast, the family makes space for your child's own news.
5. Your child heads to nursery or school with a familiar goodbye and a new family rhythm.

How the first page could read

The morning light slipped through your child's curtains. Usually, there was time to choose socks, crunch toast and tell everyone about the day ahead. But today the baby was awake too, making small squeaks from downstairs. Your child paused by the bed and listened. What would morning be like now?

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

New siblings often change the small parts of a day first: who gets dressed when, how long breakfast takes and whether a grown-up is free straight away. This story stays close to one recognisable morning, giving children aged 3–7 concrete moments to spot and talk about. Your child is not asked to be endlessly helpful or cheerful; they can wait, notice the changes and still have their own breakfast chat, shoes and goodbye. Seeing their photo woven into the illustrations makes the routine feel especially familiar. It is a useful read before nursery or school, when families are finding a new rhythm together.

Reading it together

• Read it before a real morning and pause to compare your child's usual routine with the one in the story.
• Ask your child to choose one small thing they would like to do independently while the baby is being cared for.
• Use the goodbye page to make a simple, repeatable leaving ritual for nursery or school.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft storybook watercolour makes the home, breakfast table and familiar journey out feel warm and recognisable. A sidekick idea: a patient house sparrow on the windowsill. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.