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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to the ideas you already have, make him clean up when he throws food. He needs to pick it up, wipe the floor, etc.

When he sits on baby, you pick baby up and fuss over baby. ignore older kid, like physically turn your back and take baby to a different room. Make sure you are clear that bad behavior is not going to get attention. Also be sure to block off special time to spend just with your bigger kid with baby not present, and do not take this time away for bad behavior.[/quote]

+1 to not giving older kid extra attention when he acts out.  However, do try to find a time (it only has to be like 5 minutes) where he's not acting out and make a big deal about giving him a ton of attention then.  Like "Wow, Larlo, you're being so good with the baby!  I'm so proud of you being such a good big brother!  Do you want to help me read him a story?" and then making a point to play a favourite game with him (with my daughter, stickers were a big hit at a similar age and situation).  I was astonished about how quickly positive feedback worked as a motivator for my toddler when we had the new baby and she was struggling with similar behaviors -- any time she she acted up, I would follow through to redirection/"stop doing that"/timeout (when it was dangerous like sitting on the baby or if she was having a meltdown and needed to regulate her emotions), but once she was over it I'd try to find something to give her positive reactions to pretty soon afterward so we didn't get into a never-ending negative cycle.[/quote]

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