My 3 year old, who is typically the sweetest little boy, turns into an absolute demon child whenever we have guests over. It’s like a flip of the switch and as soon as they leave he’s back to normal. We had a second baby 6 months ago and he will constantly babble like a baby in front of them and completely stop listening. Do others experience this? What’s best way to handle. Gonna lose my f-n mind

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Sounds like they are treating your guests and the other baby like competition and therefore acting out to be able to gain more of your attention.

This is sadly very normal and takes lots of patience and time to reinforce that you don't love them less even though your attention may be split - but then also you need to be purposeful and show them that the time with them can be super amazing when focused too

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Babbling and other signs of regression (my elder 4yo would pee on the carpet) are signs that they want your attention.

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