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Older sibling challenges with arrival of new baby (Copy from 0-3 mo)

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Post and Run (because I'm bloody tired, yo): Moms of siblings - how did your oldest child react when the baby joined the family? I'm completely dumbfounded by my son's behavior since we've come home (He's 3 and a half, new daughter was born on Saturday). He's yelling, screaming, throwing tantrums, talking back, hitting - doing all sorts of things that are extremely unlike him. He went back to daycare yesterday and they said he hit another kid and "seemed depressed" all day. I expected some difficult behaviors with the arrival of his sister, but I didn't expect this. So first question: In your experience, is this normal behavior? Second question - What advice do you have on helping him to adjust without sacrificing the necessary bonding with the baby? Lastly, how long did it last until things got better (IF they got better)? It breaks my heart to see him like this...
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Re: Older sibling challenges with arrival of new baby (Copy from 0-3 mo)

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    LSU628LSU628 member
    DD acted out, regressed and pretended to be a baby so we would pay attention to her. We tried keeping her routine as normal as possible and DH would spend a lot of 1:1 time with her outside or doing fun things while I was nursing DS.
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