Sibling Love

I’ll start out by saying that having three kids two and half and under must have some rewards. Myself, and everyone who sees us, thinks that reward will be the closeness of our children. I witness on a daily business the love between the three of them. Many told me to be careful because bringing home a new baby can be very trying on older children and lead to jealousy towards the new baby. I saw very little jealousy out of my daughter when my son came home, instead I saw her mother instincts come out naturally and right away. Now, that’s now to say that occasionally I didn’t see some jealous reaction but not very often. If I had seen none, I would wonder what is wrong with my daughter! Then I received the usual comment that it is very different for a boy so I should be extra careful when my other daughter was born. Well, I guess I’ve done something right because my kids love each other very much. I feel like my parenting skills get validated when I see how much they enjoy each other. For example, last night we decided to have a picnic in our den and eat Cheerios for dinner since we had eaten such a late lunch. I said one bowl of food would be fine since the kids would be playing while eating. My husband thought I was crazy but said okay. The two oldest shared very nicely but the icing on the cake was to see my oldest daughter take a handful of Cheerios and offer some to her brother who took them and in kind gave her a big kiss! Then, several minutes later they came over to the baby and both gave her a big kiss – now what better children could one ask for!