I know it is definitely way too early to tell anything, but I love watching my kids interact with each other. The way they play with each and stuff is so loving toward each other. Our 20 month old, will help us tend to his younger brother, who is currently 9 months, almost 10 months.
Yes, we had our boys 10 1/2 months apart and they are basically twins in the looks department.
Anyway, when our younger son starts to cry, if our oldest isn’t distracted by something else, he will come try to help us with his brother. He will try a bottle, pacifier, a toy, anything just to try and help. They play with each other and just the simplest thing that our oldest son does, our youngest will sit there and giggle. Or they will chase each other around the living room and laugh and scream and just fill the air with joyous sounds.
Sometimes my wife and I just like to sit here on the couch and watch the boys play and have fun.
My brother and I are 7 years apart in age. And as we will always be in different parts of life as we grow old, we don’t seem to have much of a relationship with each other. I love him to death even though he has made some stupid mistakes, but he has certainly somewhat matured over the last couple of years and I am proud to see the growth in him.
That being said, I hope that my boys continue to keep a close relationship with each other unlike my brother and I. I know that part of the reason my brother and I aren’t very close is because our mother did not try to get us to bond in any way, but I cannot fully blame her. Maybe as we get older things between us will get better. But I cannot say for sure if it is because of the age gap or because we just are complete opposites. I hope to watch my boys, and their brotherly relationship, bloom into something that will last forever.
I would like to take the things I learn so early in life as a person, husband, and father and pass on the knowledge and wisdom I collect onto others. Possibly writing a book or a few books on the different things we go through as a family. Every day is a good day to teach/learn anything. Whether it be as parents or the kids, every day is a teaching/learning day.
Everything, in some way, is a lesson
Patience is the greatest tool in a parent’s arsenal
-Samuel Revuelta
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