Just looking for some advice really if it's possible.
I have two boys, ages 11 and 4 (big age gap) and I have number 3 on the way.
I am really struggling with this whole sibling rivalry thing.
They share a room at the moment which will hopefully change within the year and it's getting to the point where my youngest will not go into the bedroom.
The blame has always (to my knowledge) gone on the right child when something has kicked off.
I know my eldest will have hormones starting to kick in soon too but his attitude towards my youngest is awful. The youngest can be a wind up merchant but my eldest reactions are mind blowing. He often blames my youngest for his outbursts towards me and he has even gone to his dad saying how much he is making him feel misreble. He is very short fused anyway, but when it comes to my youngest it's like he has no fuse at all. I've tried to speak to my eldest but it goes in one ear and out of the other. I'm really not sure what to do now.
My youngest is becoming more and more clingy, which I know will get worse when baby number 3 comes along. I feel it's a constant battle for my attention. But they both get as much attention as the other.
It's absolutely bliss when one child is out.
There both wonderful kids but as soon as they clash they are seriously Satan's children.
Is this normal? And it's just another phase of parenting I have to go through?
I'm really concerned about how this is going to effect my youngest when he's older (monkey see monkey do).