It has only taken 7 months but Neva and Matthew are finally starting to acknowledge there is another baby in the house! In the last month if I am holding one of them the other looks at me really funny like "wait, you are holding a baby but I am on the floor". Neva has been trying to engage her brother for a few weeks by rolling to her side and smiling really big at him, reaching out to stroke (scratch) his face, and sharing her spit up but he refused to give into those baby blues.
I guess he realized she isn't going away because now he reaches for her or lays on his side and stares at her with wide eyes. Sometimes I find them rubbing each other's arms, playing with each other's hands, or just laying on their sides staring at each other. I have no idea if they are realizing they are not the only kid on the block or what but to me it's the ground work for a lifelong friendship!
Sibling love. There is nothing like it! Every time Ander smiles at Wells I tear up- it never gets old!
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