How to Deal with Jealous Kids.

let them play wiyh the baby more be more envolved and show and tell them praise when they are being good with the new baby also try to fit in alone time with the other two when the baby is sleeping also remind them how much you still love them

I can understand were you are coming from, when we brough our son home, our daughter (who was 15 months) went nuts. I would suggest trying to make them more involved in the baby care, making them feel special while they help you with the baby. Also maybe take individual time with each child. I know this may be hard with a newborn, but even something simple as reading a book with them, going for walks with out the baby ect.
best of luck
J.

I don't know if this really helps, but all together my fiance and I have 4 kids 5,4,4,and 3. I know that it is really hard to fit in special time with each kid everyday so what we do is set aside one day every month for each kid. What we do is on the day of their birthday we call it their special day and they get to pick which parent they get to spend time with and go out to breakfast where they can choose what they eat, then they get to choose what activity to do. It doesn't have to be an all day thing or anything but just a couple hours of special time goes a long way. Good luck!~~T.

adopting a time of day that is only for each of the older kids is what we finally did for my middle child. It helped re affirm their place in the family and keeps you from getting too wrapped up in just the baby.

I'm pregnant now and my son will be almost 5 when this baby is born...we've taken to calling the baby "his" baby and have planned to do some special stuff with him when the baby is born. I know this doesn't help you now, but I would try making the baby seem like everyone's baby, and talk up how lucky your kids are to be the older siblings. Maybe give them some extra priveleges now that they're not the "little kids" anymore. Also, make sure you're not changing any rules because of the baby...obviously, they'll need to be more quiet when the baby is sleeping, pick up their toys, etc., but maybe turn it into a chore and reward game now that they're "big." Keep track on a chart every day when they do the things you want them to do, then reward them at the end of the week. We do this now with my son, and if picks up his toys each night, feeds the dog, sets the table, he gets to go to the donut shop friday morning before preschool...he loves it. Take the focus off the baby and put it onto how much they're growing up and how proud of them you are and maybe that will help.
Just some ideas~good luck.

I agree with the last person. Since they are 8 and 6 there are things they can do to be more involved to be more of a help then anything. Pick out clothes, get diapers, give snacks, etc. I think that has helped me a lot with my older one that I wonder if she is more of a second mom then a big sister.
Also, I make special 'dates' with my older one where she helps me get groceries.
We also make big deals out of 'big sister' vs. 'little sister' activities. "Big sisters can do playdough but little sisters can't because they'll EAT it."