Baby due in 5 weeks, DD 4 so clingy - HELP!!

[suwoo]

My DD is nearly 5 and very bright and confident bla, bla, bla but in the last few weeks has become like my shadow. She is crying every morning at school, when I go out to work in the evenings and even at her ballet and ballroom classes where she has been going for nearly 3 years. She is very loving towards my bump, loves helping me sort his stuff out and always likes to feel him kick and hasn't said a negative word about the whole thing but this crying thing has me stumped. I have tried to involve her from the start, but I'm wondering if I've gone on about it so much, that she just thinks 'SHUT UP'. Its getting to the stage where its annoying now, does anyone have any advice who had a similar gap?

Thanks

[nappyaddict]

i don't if you may find this a bit radical, but a friend of mine has her 2nd child when dd1 was 4. she got major jealousy issues and started being really naughty once the baby arrived. what did it in the end was buying her a doll so she could do whatever mummy did with the baby and didn't feel left out. and they also let her pick the babys middle name. at first the baby was going to be called olivia fizz lol, but then she settled on annabelle (after the doll.)