Ever since Wryder joined the family (out of the womb), Sawyer has vacillated between wanting to be a baby and wanting to be his parent. Quite the range, yes?
These days, she frequently wants to “play baby.” She’ll goo and gah, want to be fed a bottle, be burped, want her (pretend) diaper changed – the works. You know, because I don’t get enough practice with just one… When Wryder eats baby food, she wants to eat applesauce; when Wryder’s on his playmat, she lays with him to play with the hanging toys; when Wryder’s not in his carseat, she is.
Lately, Wryder has been enamored with his feet and likes to suck his toe from time to time. So, yep, you guessed it. Sawyer tried that, too. This weekend, she was sitting in the chair and decided to suck her toe like brother. As she did so, she proceeded to lose her balance and fall out of the chair, biting her toe in the process. Tears ensued, coupled with a little bit of whining and I found myself saying, “I’m sorry honey but you’re the one that bit your toe.” And then? I got a fit of the giggles. It was one of those “I never imagined I’d say THAT sentence” moments and I had to leave the room! On the plus side, she hasn’t sucked her toe again.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we’re seeing her firstborn roots begin to bloom as she’s taken to simulating our discipline when it comes to Wryder. She likes to chime in and say, “Hands down, brother” while he’s eating or help him take his thumb out of his mouth if he’s trying to suck on it. Yesterday as we were driving, we hear from the backseat, “Wryder, we don’t say no to sister.” Wrex and I exchanged glances and tried our hardest not to drive the pick up off the road as we suppressed our laughter. Keep in mind Wryder can’t talk yet but his facial expressions and body language must have screamed “no”?! Who knows! Regardless it was a funny (but not) moment.
Wrex is a firstborn and I’m a firstborn, so the kid comes by it honestly. Needless to say, we have some correcting to do and some boundaries to find in regards to her big-sister authority. At the same time, pretty sure brother will be well watched over…by at least one of his three parents. 😉
Soooooo funny!