It seems like most people I know with a toddler and a new baby have to deal with making sure the toddler doesn't poke the baby's eyeballs out or try to pick her up, but I don't have to worry about that because Faith avoids Cordelia like that girl you wished you hadn't started a conversation with at a party.
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In fact, this was the first time I've gotten a them to sit on the couch together. You can tell Faith is loving it.
I love it when some well-meaning adult asks Faith "Do you like being a big sister?" and gets this reaction from her:
The funny thing is that the more Faith resists it, the more Cordelia seems delighted with her. I'll look over and see Cordelia just grinning at Faith and getting a scowl in return. Cordelia doesn't understand at all what is going on (but then again, she's kind of slow on social cues in general).
Faith is right about one thing though: Cordelia is out to steal all of her toys and she can be sneaky about it.
I still have a dream of getting a picture of the two them sitting together and Faith NOT scowling like a tiny teenager, but I may be waiting a while. At least there is still one member of the family who is always willing to work it for the camera:
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It's a really a good thing that Faith and Cordelia have such a great parent like me to guide them through difficult problems like learning to live with each other. Wait, is taking pictures and laughing "great parenting?"
Babies: Sneaky toy thieves or lovable side-kicks? Discuss.
I'm pretty sure this post just proves that Cordelia is a cat.
ReplyDeleteNailed it.
DeleteNow my only comment has become - She IS a cat. Sigh.
DeleteI feel like reading these posts gives me insight into why my sister didn't like me as a child.
ReplyDeleteShe probably only pretends to like you now.
DeletePoor Faith, she looks positively abused in those pictures. I am sure she will be scarred for life because you had to be all selfish and have another child.
ReplyDeleteI have ruined her life :)
Deletelol love this. My toddler is the exact opposite as Faith with her baby sister... she loves her. The little tot does not reciprocate the same feelings either.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen a child so young excel at teenage angst like that. Just enroll her in high school next year.
ReplyDeleteNow that Lena is getting more dexterous, she has snagged a toy or two of Charlotte's and that doesn't go over too well. But as long as the baby is just laying there, Charlotte volunteers all of her love and affection. If I take their picture during one of those times, Charlotte will remember and pose by her again later and say "cheeeese!"
ReplyDelete"Her frown is just a special smile she has for me"...I love it.
ReplyDeletePic#1 is so cute, and is exactly how I obsessed over my older sister for my entire childhood! And now we're besties. I won her over by letting her eat all of my desserts for about 7 years straight. Bribery.
ReplyDeleteSo Cordelia is part cat? They always drift towards the person that hates them most.
ReplyDeleteI too have awesome parenting skills. Yesterday I distracted my son (19) while he was peeing. And then I laughed while he cleaned the toilet seat. After all he'd just told me that he could aim while turning his head to look at me. Serves him right for getting to the loo just a few seconds before me.
I used to steal Alyssa's stuff all the time, so I'd like to think of myself as both a sneaky toy thief, and a lovable side kick. Alyssa might feel differently about that though.
ReplyDeleteOh my. The LOLCordelia meme is the cutest Internet sensation ever. Henry's lucky (doomed?) that has two Mommys. If I say something like "Stop fussing," she comes over all wounded and dramatic and cries "Ohhh, Henry John, it's okay," like they are a couple of sad sack orphans from the Industrial Era who need to stick together, and inexplicably uses his middle name, maybe for added pathos?
ReplyDeletetl;dr= Maybe Cordelia's lucky, after all.
The chronicles of your children make my life complete in so many ways.I feel like Faith and I are in the same grumpy life rut.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, Faith also runs for chocolate. You are like twins!
DeleteOh man, that grumpy face. Ha.
ReplyDeleteI think you captured Faith's internal dialogue pretty accurately. She has certainly perfected the grumpy face. As the older sibling, I always felt like my sister was sneaky toy thief that couldn't keep her hands to herself. For some reason she always wanted to hold my hand with her sticky palms.
ReplyDeletei'm so nervous about p's reaction to the baby. this actually doesn't seem like the worst one. I'm more worried about her trying to flush the baby down the toilet or put her in the trash bin when I'm not looking. to say the least, p adores me and hates anything or anyone that takes ANY of my attention away from her. (by hate I mean I once picked up a baby in her presence and P started screaming crying so hard that the baby took one look and started screaming crying)
ReplyDeleteFaith has no idea how spoiled she has it now. When you have the twins, she's gonna find out what it's like to really feel left out.
ReplyDeleteAt least Faith just frowns. My daughter will scream and say she hates him. If my husband is holding Phoenix, she will tell him that is mommy's baby and that he needs to give him to me cause she hates him. I can't wait until they bond better than this and have some affection towards each other.
ReplyDeleteLove those pics, so funny! Especially the one of Peanut;)
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