Any advice on getting little brothers to like each other ? :)

Kayalana99

Very cute idea Cissi :-)

Thanks everyone for the advice, I am probably expecting to much but it melts my heart on the very very rare occasion that DS1 gives DS2 some attention.

A couple days ago my OH came home from work and usually DS1 will run at him all excited but for some reason he ran towards DS2 bent down to his level face to face and started babbling and DS2 face just lights up with giggles... I was in shock but it was so cute

Me and my sister were terrible, she hated me I would have so many stories to tell but we didn't play nicely together... she would cry if she had to sit next to me in the car stupid things etc so it worries me that they won't get on.

Pricivius

I agree with Cissi's approach and my sister did something similar with her three boys.

Get the eldest to help and make him feel like his little brother needs him. Make him feel valued and important - that little brother needs his socks to keep his feet warm, or needs his favourite soft toy to comfort him etc... Let big brother know that little brother needs looking after, protecting and helping. And pretend little brother is saying thank you and I love you for helping me. This all helps with the sharing aspect of siblings when toys become more of an issue, and teamwork.

It turns out that my sister's second does need more help in general than her first and third and her eldest is fabulous with him. The eldest looks out for him in school and keeps an eye in the playground, even plays with him if he's on his own (which is a big thing for a cool nine year old to ditch his friends to play with his little brother!). They fight and fall out, but the eldest knows his little brothers look up to him and he needs to set a good example and help them out.

JimmyTheWig

Pricivius wrote: »

And pretend little brother is saying thank you and I love you for helping me.

The way I do this is say something like "If DS2 could talk, he'd say 'Thank you DS1'."