Arggh - such hard work!!!

Similar story here - the baby slept here really well but not Miss 2.5!!! - it is so hard to manage the anxst of the toddler and look after a newborn - let alone yourself.

I had some great advice from a friend - she suggested we create a new bedtime ritual with myself and DD1 (who was ridiculously clingy and quite violent towards DD2 initially). No matter what we had 'special mummy and x time' and we jumped in bed and talked about how much I loved her still and that I wasn't leaving here - this was to try and get her inner dialogue going each time she felt left out and unhappy. The idea was that this 'special time' could then be used to describe times I was dedicating to her when bubs was asleep also. I was sceptical but it really has helped her calm down and be more positive about her new sister.

As time has passed it also has gotten easier though - I think she just needed time to process all the changes....

Take care - it will pass ....