Sharing

Well Luke and his baby sister continue to get better at sharing.  Our baby girl still gets REALLY upset when Luke takes a toy she has, but she is starting to be willing to share other things.  What surprised me was what they both have been wanting to share….food….yes I said food.

Anyone who has had the luxury of feeding Luke or our baby girl is probably as shocked by this as I was.  Luke is ALWAYS hungry and thirsty…it is part of who he is.  Our baby girl loves to eat, especially breads…but she also knows when she gets full.  So for either of them to give up food….wow….that is a BIG thing.

The first “sharing” of food happened when Luke reached over and gave his sister a piece of his pancake one morning.  I don’t know if he figured out how much she loves pancakes…or… if he was just playing around….but his sister was pretty happy. 

There have been other times where Luke will pick up cheerios, crackers, grapes…whatever is in front of him and he’ll reach over and put it on sister’s tray on her high chair.  Of course our baby girl is more than happy to have more food, so she’ll make some sound like “aahhhhttt” and then reach for the food offering. 

Although this means that mommy has to intercept quickly and give the food back…especially this last month or two where Luke or his sister have been sick.  I’ve had to put my foot down, “no sharing of food!!  But it was a very nice thought.”  Once again the “mean mommy” and “nice mommy” meet at the same time.  This happens a lot in the “mommy world” or at least in my “mommy world”.

Our baby girl won’t be outdone by her big brother.  No…she will try to reach out and give Luke various food items as well.  The biggest problem with this of course is that Luke has food allergies.  So our baby girl will often eat things that Luke can’t.  Thankfully she can’t reach Luke from her high chair when I am feeding them both.  The problem comes when Luke is done (because he eats much faster) and he is crawling on the floor and our baby girl will reach down and to the side with some kind of food to give Luke.  Crazy kids…I can’t take my eye off of them….they’re sneaky!