I don't care what all the books tell you, not every child is upset by a new baby. Paige was never upset -- not once. DJ was born and he was ours! He was smiling and laughing out loud for her when he was a week old ~
He followed her everywhere and did everything she said, played every game the way she wanted him to and he was super happy to do it!
(DJ has always been super happy)
Paige was 8 and DJ just turned 6 when Kelly was born. This time, I was concerned that they were so much older they wouldn't get along.
I don't know why I worry about these things. They adored her!
They read to her and sang to her and gladly gave up their "choking hazard" toys.
As Paige grew a little older, she no longer wanted to play with DJ as much, and fortunately by that time, Kelly was old enough to do things with him.
DJ was bossed around his whole life by one sister -- the other one just took over!
I can't tell you how many times DJ has come to us upset because "Kelly said" he couldn't do x, y or z. Our answer is always, "You know, you don't always have to listen to the 2 year old" (or the 3 year old, or the 4 year old) "tell her you won't play with her if she isn't nice".
(hrumph... when Kelly was 3, her pediatrician suggested we find another Alpha Female for her to play with....)
Lately, either DJ has finally found his voice with her, or Kelly has learned to back off, (yeah -- right) but those two are inseparable! You could see it happening, but I have really noticed it more over this school break.
She tells him all the time, "DJ, you are my favorite boy!" and they are singing goofy made up songs and building castles out of blocks and DJ is helping her read.
I for one, am enjoying it all --
Maybe they will all start arguing when they are teenagers. Paige at 13 is pretty mean to the rest of them. Not so much Mikey, she likes him (he LOVES her!) but you can tell that even he is starting to get on her nerves.
And just where will Mikey fit in with all of them? Paige will be off to college when he starts Kindergarten (yikes!) and I don't see him putting up with Kelly's bossy ways!
I guess we will just have to wait and see.
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I find birth order fascinating! My sisters and I fit the oldest, middle, youngest molds perfectly. This is such a fun thing to record. They'll love reading about it in 10 years!
As you know :) I am the oldest, but Mike is the youngest of two.
He tends to side against Paige and I, calling us mean older siblings! Haha
I think birth order is fun too. I think I even have a birth order book around here somewhere...
You know, my aunt was just here and said something pretty interesting (stuck in my head) That even though there were 8 of them, they were all only children!
See if Dave thinks so too.
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