Saturday, May 28, 2011

sibling rivalry

from the moment we brought brynna home, caleb has been extremely loving to her. he'll hug her spontaneously, cuddle next to her, kiss her and tell her he loves her. brynna often pushes his face away, squirms, or runs away.

in the beginning, when brynna would bother caleb and tak away a toy he was playing with, he'd just move on to something else. she could basically get away with anything...

not anymore. caleb's obsession with trucks is enormous. if he's playing with a bunch of trucks, he'll usually offer one to bryn if she comes and bothers him. if she isn't content with that one truck, though, and tries to get more, he'll get upset and take them back from her or grab her arm roughly or push her away. brynna, being the bully that she is, often fights back or screams loudly.

today, for the first time ever, we saw the rumblings of future fights. brynna was trying to mess up caleb's trucks and he wasn't having it...so he pushed her away, and she came back at him, growling and aiming to bite him on the shoulder. dave got to her before she got her teeth in, but if he hadn't, i'm sure she would have bit him and he would have hit her.

gosh. it will be interesting to see how their relationship progresses as they get older.

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