““We just talked to him about his role in helping raise and care for the baby as a big brother.”

— Karen Swayze, chemist, Carmel, Ind.

“Read him a book about it.”

— Kelly Smith, nuclear medicine technologist, Louisville, Ky.

“Reading books to him that had siblings in them, and talking about how life was going to change for them.”

— Tanja Harrison, third-grade teacher, Lawrence

“I told them they were going to get a new playmate.”

— Mike Starbuck, retired, Scottsdale, Ariz.