There is a lot of big changes going on here at the moment, both at home and on the blog, but one thing I really want to maintain is my monthly updates on our two siblings. I love seeing their relationship grow and change as they themselves grow and change and this is just such a lovely way to record that for the future.
LM adores Monkey and wants to be near him all the time. At the moment one of the way she shows her love (to anyone) is by grabbing faces and heads, so she is constantly trying to grab Monkey’s hair, ears, feet, anything she can get her hand on. In the bath last night she got so excited that they were sharing the bath together that she ran over, grabbed his ears and fell on his head! She thought it was hilarious and he was less than impressed.
Monkey gets so annoyed shouting “get off” and “keep away from me” and I have to explain why he can’t push her away and why he has to be a bit gentle. He’s also playing up quite a bit at the moment in general which I think is jealousy. LM is growing and getting more active and interesting, meaning she is taking more of our attention. She is coming on leaps and bounds and is walking more and more so obviously we are giving her a lot of praise too. As a result we have noticed Monkey seeking attention by being more defiant and pushing our buttons. Which makes life very difficult at times. He is also regressing a little and wants help to eat and dress and put his shoes on and it is difficult to choose between just going with it for an easy(ish) life, or trying to make him do what we know he is capable of doing.
He loves his little sister too though. Just this morning when he came downstairs, I was in the kitchen and LM in the new room. I called out a good morning but he saw his sister, immediately shouted “let’s go see LM” ran into the new room and gave his sister a cuddle. So cute! He loves making her laugh, especially at bathy time and now she is toddling about a bit he keeps saying what a “big girl” she is. He hates when she cries and tells her to be quiet but also at times pulls faces and baby talks to her as he knows it makes her smile.
So I guess it is a pretty normal sibling relationship, driving each other crazy but loving each other fiercely too. Here are some lovely shots of the gorgeous pair plaing together from over the last month.
Ah, the dynamics will change now that she’s more mobile! Love that she collapsed on Monkey in the bath! Gorgeous photos, all full of every day moments that are still special to see xx
Aww they are so sweet together! And I know what you mean about the eldest acting up for attention – we’ve had to have so many conversations over the years along the lines of “when you were a baby and you learnt to … we clapped and cheered so now we’re doing it for your sister/brother too”!!
Ah they look very cute together and I hope that it all settles down with the dynamic change in the house over the next month. I’m going to keep the jealousy thing in mind now that we have a second baby coming soon x
A gorgeous little collection of photographs Caroline. Such sweet children!
Lovely photos, I especially like the ones with the push along car 🙂 The dynamic is constantly evolving isn’t it, and it’s definitely a big change when the little ones get mobile!
I think driving each other crazy and loving each other fiercely is such a nice way of putting it. And the foundation of most sibling relationships I’d say. Such cute photos of their moments together. x