Is it possible to love new siblings a little too much?
❤ Edward Carifio
ery contingency. We bought two of everything.
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We talked to parents of multiples to find out tricks and hints. We covered everything we could possible think of. We even made steps to make sure
our three-year- old wouldn’t revert. We got her psyched to be the big sister instead of the normal “Boo hoo, I’m not the baby anymore.” Yep, we cover ed everything we could think of. Unfortunately there was one thing we didn’t foresee. We’re both certain the three-year-
going to hurt you so Mommy and Daddy love me” deal you hear so often about. It’s more about the fact she doesn’t realize what a baby is. And right now, they are two months old and most definitely still babies. No matter how much we tell her
how fragile babies are, how easily they can get hurt, she doesn’t quite get it. If it wasn’t so dangerous, it would be adorable. One morning I was home with the
three kids. One of the twins is in an infant chair and the other is having tummy time on the playmate. As tummy time is prone to do, it resulted in needing a diaper change. So I take Link to the back for a change, leaving Chuck in his chair in the living room with Kiki. I let Chuck know that when I get back it’s going to be his turn on the mat. So I come back and am heading
hen my wife and I found out we were having twins, we pre- pared for almost ev-
out the door to take the dirty diaper straight to the curb with Link in my arms, when I notice that Charlie is no longer in the chair. He is now on the mat. Kiki decided to take it on herself to provide tummy time, picking him up from the chair and putting him on the mat. I hit denial. Obviously, she moved
Obviously, Kiki moved him, but maybe she did it smoothly.
him, but maybe she did it smoothly. Sure, she can’t support them even when she’s sitting on the couch, but surely this time was different. After all, I didn’t hear Chuck cry. I decide I’m going to pretend like this didn’t happen. I tell Kiki not to do it again and leave it at that. Pr oblem solved.
it’s
Except still
eating at me. How
old is going to maim one of our boys. And again, it’s not the typical “I’m
did Kiki manage to do that? I wasn’t gone that long. Do I need to take all three kids with me when one needs a change? Goodbye sanity. A couple hours later I finally crack
and ask her to take Chuck from the chair and bring him to me. What I see terrifies me. She uses two arms to scoop the baby up at the midsection like she’s wrapping him in a big hug. But she’s holding him off to the side, so his head goes flopping backwards. Immediately I run and put an end to this little experiment. And of course this was not an
isolated incident. Kiki enjoys playing rough. Tickles, bops, being thrown in the air — she loves it all. And she tries to share it all with her little brothers. Like I said, sweet. Deadly, but sweet. So we prepared the best we
could. And we actually did well making sure Kiki wouldn’t feel threatened by her brothers. Of course, we weren’t ready
for the phrase “Killing ‘em with Kindness” to become a literal nightmare.
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