As much as there is sugar and spice and all things nice between these girls there are also tantrums and noise and moments of total "don't look at me, don't touch me, leave me alone!" - They are so good at playing together one moment and then ripping each other to shreds the next. Look at you girls being so typical! Siblings FTW! And them sometimes not...
Rhealen is definitely the mood-moderator of their playing together. If she's happy and ready to share, then they do. If she's mad and in no mood to take turns, then they don't. Teaching Sidney patience and understanding is hard, especially when the knee-jerk reaction Justin and I have is just, "give it to her! Just let her have her way so we don't have to hear that god-awful racket!" Not how we want to raise our middle child, but ohmygod, the noise this child makes in insufferable.
Lately we've really had to start working with Rhealen teaching her the principle of waiting and finding other toys to play with in the meantime. Not everything is yours right when you want it, little RJ!
It's funny to me, being an only child, because I have a better understanding of the girls' actions and reactions than Justin does sometimes (he being a middle child should know all this is totally normal)! The dynamics of sibling relationships continue to amaze me, and while I bask in the glow that is their normal sisterly love, I definitely find myself recoiling in horror at the their little spats. Which will one day, assuredly, turn into not-so-little spats.
Welcome to sisterhood, girls.
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