My DS1 (Cooper) loves being a big brother. I gave Cooper a toy when DS2 (Adam) was born and said it was from Adam. Cooper thought that was fantastic. It took a couple of days for Cooper to accept that Adam was here to stay and someone was not going to take him away but once he worked that out, he was fantastic.

I make sure that Cooper and I have plenty of one-on-one time and when I am feeding Adam, Cooper sits beside me and we read together. I get Cooper to help bath Adam and dress him. I show him that he is so important and it helps that Adam lights up and gurgles when Cooper is close to him.

I recommend praising your DS whenever he does anything good, even going a little overboard in the first few weeks of bubs joining the family. Before the birth, maybe talk to DS about how fun it will be with bubs when bubs is a bit bigger. It helps that bubs will sleep alot during the first few months so you can still spend a lot of time with DS.

Good luck and I hope DS adjusts quickly.