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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 5.5yo and a 1yo, both girls. Now that the baby is on the move she is always getting into the older one’s things and it makes my older DD crazy. I try to prevent her from wrecking anything “special” but the problem is that we have a playroom and my older one doesn’t like to be in there alone, which means the baby needs to come in with me too and even though she has her own toys older DD’s stuff is more exciting, and when she sees something she wants she has a meltdown if she can’t have it (and just keeps trying to get it).

Anyway, lately older DD has started saying that she wishes she never had a sister, that the baby is so annoying, and seems to take everything more personally when I have to go feed the baby or do something for her, for example.

Assuming this is a common dynamic, but would love any tips on the best way to handle with my older one especially. She gets plenty of separate time alone with us but I don’t want her to resent her sister or grow up disliking her, and I don’t know how to make her feel less frustrated about her sister wanting to play with one of her dolls, or hold a magnatile, etc.[/quote]

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