Seeing toddler moms post in SorryCharlie's thread about their kids and independent play fills me with envy, not gonna lie. My son has never been wonderful about independent play but now that his little bro arrived, it is worse. He is Craving attention and refuses to do almost anything by himself. I know it is a phase but generally he sucked at independent play before too.

Anyone dealt with this (either as a reaction to a new baby or just in general), and have any advice on how to teach/encourage a toddler to play independently? We are not above bribery and even that rarely works...

ETA: He is two months shy of 3 years old