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Originally Posted by Akane
I am worried about the part where he said he will make the baby go away. Sometimes he can get rough when he's angry so I'm worried might try hitting the baby or something like that. Although it's over 7 months away so I'm hoping he will be better with that by then. We definitely plan on spending time with him and making sure he doesn't feel left out. He has always been a bit of a trouble maker and a big handful so I'm just worried he might be mean to the baby and have been trying to find what I can do to try and prevent that, I got a few new ideas from your suggestions here so thank you all.
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I recognize that as a society we are ingrained to panic at the slightest mention of violence from one child to another. At the same time, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. There's 2.7 years between my oldest to middle and 15months middle to youngest. (3.10 oldest to youngest) my oldest is 14 now. 14,11,10. He got over baby 2 rather quickly. DS2 is DS1's go to best friend during various moments. 2 and 3 are similar to twins due to the short gap.
It will work out, is what I'm hoping to convey.
Step one: acknowledge the guilt as it is. These are emotions siblings must feel for themselves. Not everything can be equal, but as long as there's fairness and love, it'll be fine.
And I agree, the age of 3 overshadows the supposed terrible 2s. Traumatic 3s as I used to call them...
Congratulations!