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bawags
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Help! New big sister and mommy need help adjusting
bawags
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My 3 year old daughter is having a hard time since becoming a big sister a couple weeks ago. She had stopped breastfeeding on her own about a month before I had my second daughter. She transitioned from co-sleeping around 20 months and has been sleeping in her own room in her own bed for 3-4 months now. Since the baby was born she has shown tremendous jealousy. She now wants to nurse as much as the newborn (and I have been letting her nurse 2-3 times a day) and she has become obsessed with sucking on her pacifier again and insists on putting her hand down my shirt and holding my breast while she does it. She has been waking up 2 to 3 times a night and I know it is not the baby waking her because my newborn has been an awesome sleeper. She has been in the potty learning process for almost 6 months and has been staying dry for a few months- its just the poop we have an issue with due to chronic constipation issues. Now she is refusing to go sit on the toilet to even pee- she just holds it and holds it for hours until I insist very strongly that she do it. I fear she will get a UTI doing this. I do not know what to do about any of this. Any suggestions for ditching the pacifier, sleeping through the night again, getting the poop in the toilet and calming the nursing jealousy? I know this is a big change for my older daughter and I wanted her transition to be gentle and smooth, but it seems she is really struggling with it. HELP PLEASE!
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