Great book! I got it for DS1 .... I must dig it out and re-read.
He could be acting out because he can't express his feelings properly and may be confused (who knows what goes on in little boys' heads... still trying to understand my nearly 17 year old!). I know that any change (not matter how big or small) can upset DS2 (he's 22 months). His other big brother (DSS) came to live with us just before christmas and he's still adjusting to the change in household.
Do the little ones know that dad's girlfriend is pregnant? If so, did she tell them or did you? Could he be worried that he won't get to see daddy anymore?
My situation with DS1 was a little different but it may help.....
I remember DS1 coming home from kindergarten absolutely devastated because "his dad didn't love him". Up until that stage he had never even met his father (another long story). It was completely out of the blue and threw me when he said that he hated him. He was only 4 and for the first time realised that other kids had a mum and a dad. I told him matter of factly exactly why his dad never met him. I also told him that I didn't hate his dad because how could I when he gave me you. I didn't embellish or put it in childish terms from what I remember I said something along the lines of this:
Your dad and I were friends at school. When I fell pregnant your dad got scared and didn't think that he was ready to be a father. So he left and we went to live with grandma and grandad.
Never underestimate your little ones and what they can understand
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