This is obviously my first rodeo as a mom, but it's even more so my first rodeo with a boy.
I did not have a brother and have never really been around baby boys until Jack.
Therefore, I have no idea if what I'm seeing with Jack is normal "boy behavior", just his temperament, or I'm a paranoid mother.
I'll let the readers decide.
Abby loves her brother. Loves him. It's so sweet that she actually will say (unprompted), "I love you, Jack!"
She also wants to hug him, kiss him and roughhouse with him.
The latter makes me nervous. He is 6 1/2 months old. She is 2 (and huge).
This evening she was playing with him and there were a few times she got rough with him. I would get stern with her and tell her to stop, fully expecting her force (she had put all her weight on him laying across his stomach; she had inadvertently kneed him in the stomach; she put him in a headlock in an attempt to hug) to make him cry.
But when I would separate them, he would be laughing gleefully, enjoying the playtime and interaction with his sissy.
I'm now wondering if I'm a wuss or if I'm just not accustomed to boys.
I asked Tom and he said, "It's just roughhousing."
Yes, but I didn't "roughhouse" as a girl growing up.
The other amazing thing is the bond between siblings. To be able to witness it as a parent is awesome.
As stated above, she will be physical with him and he loves it. The same thing happens the other way around. She will try to hug him and he will reach for her and grab her hair, keeping it in his clutch. This can't feel good.
But she laughs hysterically, so happy to be with her brother. This floors me considering the girl flips out over the smallest thing (she's two, after all).
I should mention that Abby also flips out when Jack tries to touch her sippy cup, so it's not like he has a free pass.
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