his insecurity in his world and his fear that the important things in his life may suddenly be taken from him. When this happens, we intervene differently. We may still remove the toy from our child and return it to the baby, but then we’ll connect with this child, saying something like, “Ugh, it’s so hard to have a new baby in the family!” And now that we understand what’s going on beneath the surface, we can give our child more one-on-one time or explore these themes in pretend play. (“Dump Truck wants to go grab that toy from his new sister Bulldozer! Hmm . . . I wonder what we can do
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