How to build bond between my 2 children
Does anyone have some advice please? My son was born on sat, I have another son aged 8
My son (8yrs) struggles at times to tell me how he’s really feeling and I think he enjoys being an only child
He was happy to have a brother on the way but he’s not the kind of kid that wants to hold him/ hug him etc. he doesn’t really talk about him either
I’m happy with him not wanting to hold him loads but it makes me sad to think he’s struggling with a new sibling in silence
I’ve spoke to him about it and he just says I feel fine and changes to subject
I feel incredibly guilty and almost like have we done the right thing?
Just wondering if anyone has been through this before and has any advice?
TIA x
I'm still trying to get pregnant but I can chime in being the youngest of two older siblings. My oldest sibling wanted to be the only child, until the middle child started getting school aged she started playing with her at times. To this day she's not super super close to either of us, nor runs to tell us details of her life. Sometimes that happens I think! He'll learn to accept that he's not the only child anymore like my oldest sibling had to do.