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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you, and my eldest is/was like this too. It sounds like you are doing the best you can. If you aren't doing this already, perhaps let him say the mean things in order to get them out of his system?  You could ask him directly if he likes having a sibling, and maybe he says yes, but then you could say it must be hard, you have to share us now, etc - and see if he will talk about it with you. You can also ask him to destroy things with you - let's build a tower and knock it down!!! Let's take this bubble wrap outside and stomp on it!   Your goal is to let him be aggressive and destructive under your terms. He needs the release and he needs it with you because you are MOM and the safest. I agree about not letting the rudeness slide, but misbehavior is the sign of something amiss, so I really woudln't come down too hard on it. If he demands something from you rudely, I'd ask him to rephrase. If you hear him yelling at Grandpa, I would remind him taht that is not how you talk to people and to apologize. But really, I think your goal is to let him be mad in appropriate ways so that he can process all the feelings he is having about a new baby and about getting older. [/quote]

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