Leah has a lot of it. I have been noticing lately that Rachel is so attached to Leah. She literally follows her EVERYWHERE. She wants Leah by her side at all times, constantly playing with her. Leah is very patient with her most of the time. When Rachel calls her, she comes running. When we go to the pool though, she will complain to me that Rachel won't quit following her. I will hear all day long..."LEEEAAAHHHH!!" anytime Leah leaves the room, or tries to do her own thing.
To prevent fighting, I set up a rule that each child gets to help alone to make a cake for another one's b-day. Rachel helped me with Leah's cake. She stayed up late one night when everyone was in bed, and had my full attention. Noah's b-day is Sunday, but we decided to celebrate it early, and we were making him a cake yesterday. I know I told Rachel 10 times to get out of the way, get out of the kitchen, leave us alone, this is Leah's turn. I kept reminding her that she got to do it by herself, and this was the rule, it was Leah's turn to help with Noah's cake. She would not let up. And I don't think she was trying to get my attention, she was trying to get Leah's! She wanted to be right in the middle of what she was doing so bad!
Today, Noah was playing with one of his new video games, and I heard him hollaring for Leah to come be the 2nd player. I helped him out for awhile, and then Leah came along, so I let her take over. As I walked out of the room, I saw Rachel sitting on her bed just bellowing for Leah to come in there to play stuffed animals with her. Then she went looking for her, and finally dragged her away from Noah's attention so she could get it back. I am watching all this, knowing I would be going crazy with someone sticking to me like that, and Leah is so laid back she just said, "well, I better go play with Rachel, she is calling for me." Tonight, Leah was in my lap, and 2 seconds, here comes Rachel. This time, I could tell Leah was getting tired, so I said, sorry, Leah needs a break from you! She gave me a look, stuck her thumb in her mouth, and stormed off. Leah smiled, and I asked her if she needed a break from her, and she said yes. Bless her heart, she is being pulled in both directions by both of them....it is nice to be that loved, huh??
Are any of your kids clingy to another??
Being 2 1/2 years apart, my little Noah wants to do everything that Gage does...and he is way not as patient as Leah. She is great to be that way, what a wonderful quality. I am trying to teach Gage that he just wants to play, but it's frustrating to him most of the time.
ReplyDeleteJackson has been gone since this past Tuesday and Lauren has been about to go nuts. "I want MY Jackson, I miss my brother." I have heard this at least 100 times since Tuesday. It is so sweet. She will talk to him on the phone and it is like they are grown ups! She tells him she loves him. Then, as soon as he gets home, they are fighting! What is up with that?
ReplyDeletePoor Leah, my sis in law is the middle child. Chris is 30, Cindy is 38 and Connie is 43. Cindy still has to be the "peacekeeper" between Chris and Connie at times. I guess Leah will always be pulled both ways! haha :)
Yes! My next to youngest simply CANNOT be alone. He clings mostly to my youngest, but is happy to be around any of them. His personal policy is to be attached to one of the four at all times. The worse part (and I say this with love) he can be a rather annoying child. Two of my children are very patient with him, my youngest is somewhat patient with him and my oldest has almost zero tolerance for him. My youngest spent the night with Granny Sunday night, and when this child got up on Monday morning he was almost beside himself because younger brother was not here to "entertain" him.
ReplyDeleteMostly I would have to say Jaxen and Kyla-they are so close in age that they think about things very similarly,.
ReplyDeleteI drove my brother nuts following him around when I was little and he is three years older than me.