My two little boys are 2yrs, 3wks apart. My oldest loves his baby brother most of the time... he is sweet and kisses and sings to him, but other times he is awful! He hits and yells at the baby and has even thrown him off the couch! I know that sibling rivalry is pretty normal, but i am afraid he is going to hurt his little brother. I try to keep a close eye on them, but i wonder if anyone has any advice on how to keep it to a minimal? Or get through to my 2 1/2 yr old that his brother is not going to take his place or something!

I'm confused about their ages....both are two, three weeks apart...who is the two and a half year old?

I think one is a a few months old, and the other is two years and three weeks older.............At least I hope I'm right.

if you have a baby that is i'm guessing 5mnths old and cant walk to his own safety, do you leave him in a room alone unsupervised?? with no possible choking hazards I hope. I am guessing he should not be left un-supervised at his age unless he is napping. If thats the case, either way he shouldnot be on a couch without an adult since he cant walk and I'm ONLY assuming he cant climb down from the couch alone.

Do you think your older son is trying to help him or intentionally hurting him. try telling him you need him to be your big helper in taking care of lil bro because it is very important and special to be a big brother. . .

my oldest is 2 and 7 months, my baby is 7 months.... the time the baby got thrown off the couch i was going to the bathroom.... he was with a bottle, he was ok. thanks for the input

I have 2 girls they r 3 and 5 and most of the time they ok but they do fight alot when it comes to toys or food. I try seperatig them but that dont work @ all, they r constantly hitting each other yelling and screaming and destroying my place its horrible. I have taken a parenting class 2 times and they think discipline might work well i dont but every kid is different, so i guess u can try timeouts with your oldest.

sit him down and have a word with him about how its not right and then there after time outs must be used. me and my brother figt a lot still to this day hes 18 im 25 and it gets bretty bad between us but thats because we were played off against each other copetativly to make us acchevers (didnt work on me lol ). talk first disaplin second thats how i do things with my little girl to this day me sayin NO in a stern voice does the job

get used to it, mine are 27, 23 ,and 16 - Angels without exception of course

but they don't seem to outgrow picking on each other

I was lucky, my son was 7 years older then his brother. I sat him down and told him that he needed to protect him and always look after him. I never seemed to have any problems at all because he was a mother hen when it came to his brother.
I think you need to watch your oldest son, maybe he is jealous of the baby and wants more of your attention. I think when he knocked him off of the couch...you should have done a big time out and told him he needs to protect his brother NOT hurt him.
IF he continues to keep trying to hurt his brother, I think you need to talk to your doctor and see if he has any suggestions. You don't want to let this get to far...you need to take care of this right away.
Good luck!!

Call the cops on the two-year old... assault with intent to cause bodily harm or murder. If he gets a good lawyer, he can beat the pre-mediated attempted murder rap.