Ember had been excited for her Baby Brother since the day she found out about him coming. She loves baby dolls and taking care of them and the excitement of a real baby coming was even better. Ember helped rub coconut oil on my belly weekly. She would check baby brother's heart "beap" with her stethoscope and make sure he was healthy, and she would hug and kiss him unprompted while saying " I love you."
And when first meeting him in the hospital, she immediately jumped into her role! She helped push him back into the nursery, pet him, hugged him, kissed him, talked to him and it was obvious it was adoration at first sight!
Of course it helped that Reece got her a present :)
And thankfully, the love didn't stop when we got home with Reece and hasn't stopped to date! Here are a few moments of Ember in her new Big Sister role:
Rocking Reece in the Rock N' Play
First time holding him
Playing with him in his play gym
"Take a picture of me next to Baby Reece."
Wanting to watch every part of his first bath at home
Cuddling Reece with Daddy
Making and giving him a little snack
Mommy's birthday
Loving on her little brother!
I am thanking God daily that Ember already has so much love in her heart for her brother. I have seen no resentment toward him from her and Ember has not been acting out more or backtracking in milestones because of Reece's arrival. We are excited to watch her continually grow into her role as Big Sister!
So sweet! And the age difference makes it all the more real to her and she is more aware of what to do to be helpful and can copy what she see's mommy and daddy doing! She is doing so great! It's so sweet to see! No doubt! I will say it once agin..but God's timing was perfect with when Reece joined your family! Wasn't when you wanted...but was perfect timing to when God sought best for your family! Oh the goodness of God is so abundant!! How can you not praise Him! What a sweet time to watch the loving relationship between Ember and her baby brother Reece!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Ember adores her brother. There is nothing like watching your oldest love your youngest. And that love just continues to grow. It's so sweet to watch from my personal experience. (We did the present from baby brother to Jace too... Not sure he got the concept totally but we did it. Haha). Can't wait to see more pics of the two together!
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