12.20.2008

IS Layne a big help?


Layne would be so helpful if I trusted him. He still asks to hold the baby all the time and is really careful with him most of the time, but he has a temper for one, which makes him violent. He fights with his brother around the baby, so he is not focused on being careful. He is curious. the other day I found him bouncing Roxwell in his bouncer way too roughly- just testing the springy-ness I guess. But mostly he thinks he is big and demands big person freedoms. So, even though we have set the rules, he is compelled to overlook them because he has enormous trust in himself that he would never drop the baby. Like walking around the house with him, taking him out of his crib (while standing on the side of the crib) and picking crusties out of his eyes...YIKES! At any rate, he is no doubt the most loving brother. He has no ill will towards him. He is King of the pacifier, always knows where it is and is the first to think of giving it to Roxwell at his slightlest wimper. The other day I was finishing my dinner and Layne was holding him. Roxwell was fussing and was not taking his pacifier. I was waiting for Layne to ask me to take him, but he never did. He patiently talked to him, tried holding him in different positions, tried singing him a song, kept trying the pacifier. I was so impressed that he never got frusterated or mad at him for crying. The love is reciprocated. Roxwell just looks at Layne and smiles. I have to talk all cheesy to him to get one.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a good big brother. My older sister did much worse to me and I made it! :) Cindy