Toddler jealous of baby eating solids

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Any ideas on how to cope with this one? Am at a loss.

DS is nearly 3, DD is 6 months. DS has never shown the slightest jealousy at DD being breastfed - was always really helpful and not in the slightest bothered.

Now she is sitting in her highchair and eating its a different story though. On a good day he just wants what she has (fine - she is at the start of blw so is just bits and pieces). On other days he either tries to get between me and her or runs off to do something he knows will get my attention. On a bad day he lies there and sobs - gets himself in to such a state I cant stop him and he can cry for literally an hour plus.

Any ideas? Im going slightly loopy!

Does DS still sit in a highchair or is DD in DS' old highchair?

Does DD eat up at the table in her highchair with everyone else or is it away from the table? It could be jealousy that you keep leaving him eating at the table alone whilst you are going over to see to DD?

Are you all eating meals together?

Perhaps you could "talk to" your DD, saying "No, DD, you're going to have to wait for your dinner while I cut up DS's dinner for him. DS, would you like a drink with that..." or similar? (i.e. make the point that DD doesn't always come first)

Good point - it is DS's old highchair although he hasnt been in it for about a year now.

We are just at the very start of weaning so they have tea together about 5 ish (rather than with us). He sits at his small table and she sits by him in her (his?) highchair. I have tried feeding her separately but its worse if anything

I think it could be the fact I have to concentrate a bit more on her though. I am BLW ing so its not really a case of sitting there spoon feeding her but obviously I need to keep an eye on her in a different way. I will try perhaps to pay him more attention too. Have already made sure I took loads of photos of him too during the obligatory first solids photos

Can they both sit up at the big table instead? DS on a booster and DD with her highchair pulled up. Are you able to take the tray off the highchair so she can eat off the table like DS?

Will try tomorrow and see. Anything that stops the crying...

how did it go?