Brotherly love
By violeta_va
@violeta_va (4831)
Australia
June 22, 2009 11:31pm CST
I have a new baby she is almost 2 months old. She is my second child and my boy is 6 years old. I never ever expected for him to love her so much. Every time we get him something he wants one for his sister as well. He showes her off at school and its very proud big brother. He is not jelous or anything like that. He protects her and looks after her when I say bad girl to her he sais no she is not. The only problem is most times he is at home he wont let the poor thing sleep he wants her to see what he made or did or give her a kiss or a hug. Lucky he only does that2 days a week as my husband is home most days when he gets back from school so Ican take care of the little one. For those that dont know my son has mild form of Autism so this is a suprised to us how much he cares about his baby sister. Only problem he now wants a baby brother as well :)))
How did your kids ajust when new baby came or maybe you? I am the youngest of 2 so I would not know.
3 responses
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
23 Jun 09
Hi! Vileta-va!
First of all our heartiest congratulations to you on your baby girl. Hope she is hale and hearty and doing fine. As far as behaviour of your son is concerned, I think it is normal. He appears to be very excited seeing his baby sister and he probably wants to spend most of his time attending to her and playing with her. The cute little baby is not less than a 'live' toy for him and he is just enjoying her company. You can tell him that the baby is just two months old so unable to understand his affection/gesture and as she would grow older, she would be able to understand him better and would play with him. He may be told that too much of touching/kissing/hugging can disturb the sweet little baby.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
23 Jun 09
Thank you. Well try and tell her that she is too young and all that 
Every time he walks in the room she has a huge smile on her face and makes sounds to get him to come over and play and he loves that. when we tell him off he sais look at her she loves me:)))
Every time he walks in the room she has a huge smile on her face and makes sounds to get him to come over and play and he loves that. when we tell him off he sais look at her she loves me:)))@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
23 Jun 09
Yes, I can understand your son's feelings for her. Yet, you can tell him indirectly that let the baby grow, she will give you good company.
@kelly2003 (23)
• Australia
23 Jun 09
I have a son who is 16mths old & a daughter who is 2 mths old. Throughout my pregnancy with my second child I tried to let my son know that there was going to be a new baby soon & that he was going to be a big brother & have to share his mummy. But I don't think he really understood so I was worried about how he would react when I brought my daughter home. It was actually really funny because at first he did not even really acknowledge her, until she cried, then I think he realised that she was real & not just a toy. It only took him a little while to adjust to having a baby sister & now he absolutely loves her. He is always giving her kisses & cuddles & loves to help me feed her & take care of her. He also has a lot of trouble leaving her settled when she is sleeping & his sudden movements sometimes frighten her, but I'm looking forward to the day when she becomes mobile so that she will be more able to interact with him because I believe that will be very rewarding for him.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
25 Jun 09
You are very right and by the way our daughters are the same age mine was born 25th april. She is already interacting with him and looking for him and tryingto get his atention it is very funny. Last week he was at my parents for 3 days and I was feeding her and watching the tape from hospital and on the tape my son started talking she stoped eating and smiled and looked around for him and she did that every time my son spoke so I had to stop the tape.
