Toddler has started misbehaving after arrival of baby sister
I welcomed my new born 10 days ago and my son has started to behave extremely peculiar. Would say rather very aggressive ..He asks me to put the baby back in my belly.. has started kicking us a lot.. tries to push / kick the baby when no one is around ..only cries a lot for papa.. has started to feel very very insecure.. doesn’t want to go to nursery and cries a lot there. We are giving him 200 % attention .. we play almost 8 hrs with him .. I am buying him new toys literally every single day since the last 2-3 weeks but things are getting worse. Also now he wants to watch TV 2-3 hours a day and kicks us if we don’t give in.. any advice would be helpful
Stop buying him new toys and stop letting him watch extra TV. Try to keep his routine as normal as possible despite newborn baby. Why are you allowing him to kick you? Statements such as “I will not let you kick me” followed by removing yourself or removing him from being close to you will quickly get the message through. Find ways to keep him from harming baby when you’re not around- we used baby gates to block off our dining area so that our newborn could swing without toddler having access. Constant reinforcement of “be gentle with sister/brother” and showing him how to be gentle is a huge help. As is praising him for doing it.