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I have 2 who are 2-1/2 years apart. Now they are ages 3 and 9 months. When my wife was pregnent with my our younger one, we spent a lot of time preparing the older one for the big day. Once she had the baby we brought out 2-1/2 year old to the hospital to meet his new brother. He took to him very nicely and showed lots of love. Once we brought the baby home there was a little bit of jealousy. Generally if there is jealousy the older child will take out his/her frustration on the parents or the newborn (i.e. - pushing/hitting/yelling). In our case, the older one took his frustration out on us & not the baby. This only lasted for a few weeks. All we really did was keep giving the older one lots of attention & constantly re-assured him how much we love him. Now 9 months later they are inseparable.
As for the pottly training, My older one did not start until he was 3. so the newborn did not interfere with this. We really just waited until he was ready to do it & did not push him on going on the potty. This worked really well for us seeing that he learned in about 2 days and only had 3 or 4 accidents since he started 3 months ago. Congrats & good luck.
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