Perfect Moment Monday: Big Brother
When I found out I was pregnant with Aria my biggest worry was the impact it would have on Oscar. For three and a half years, before Aria was born, Oscar was the center of our lives. He’s always been such a beautiful and funny child, getting attention wherever we go. But when Aria was born his whole world was turned upside down.
At first it was pretty traumatic for everyone. I hated leaving the house without Oscar. I hated it when I was feeding Aria and Oscar wanted me to pick him up. One day I left for an emergency dental appointment and when I returned, Oscar asked warily, “Did you bring home another baby?”
Slowly he became more and more interested and intrigued. He was constantly asking, “Where’s Aria?” and saying, “I want Aria.”
Now that she laughs and smiles at him, every day gets more fun. However, she is still pretty small, cannot sit up on her own, and we have to make sure he doesn’t play too rough with her. I can’t wait until she is big enough for them to play together.
My perfect moment came one morning when I went into Oscar’s room to wake him. I put Aria in his bed, something they both love. She lay there and played for quite awhile, so I left her there buffeted with pillows while I dressed Oscar and got him ready for the day. At one point she rolled too close to the wall and was in danger of falling between the bed and the wall (I wasn’t too worried because that space is crammed with stuffed animals). I decided I didn’t want to take any chances so I scooped her up and was about to carry her out of the room.
Suddenly, unexpectedly, Oscar burst into tears. “Please don’t take her away! Please!”
“But Oscar, she might fall and hurt herself.”
Then he sobbed, “But she’s my friend!”
Oh, man, I immediately teared up and was filled with so many emotions. Happiness, sadness, wistfulness, love. Most of all, I felt complete.
Today, Oscar said to me, “Someday when I’m big I can carry Aria and feed her.”
We have many kinds of moments ahead of us. Exhausting and overwhelming moments, funny and joyful moments, and of course, perfect moments.
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Oh, what a beautiful perfect moment! I love Oscar’s question about “did you bring home another baby?” It is so touching to see that love between siblings. My girls fight a lot but they always introduce each other as “this is my sister friend” and it melts my heart.
There is something so special about witnessing our children’s developing ability to love.
Beautiful, Oscar.
Aww, that IS perfect! I have tears in my eyes. I love it!
Here via Perfect Moment Monday and so touched by your post. What a truly perfect moment for you to experience with your son and daughter. Thank you for sharing and capturing it so well. I wish you many more perfect moments with your children in the months to come.
IHow sweet this is! Watching siblings grow into their relationship is one of the best surprises of parenting. You daughter has an awesome big brother!
Oh how sweet. I love that he and his sister are friends.
He’s a great big brother.
Thanks for this story. I’m an older brother, just like Oscar, and my sister’s about 2 1/2 years younger than me. When we were growing up, we played a lot of imaginary games together. Video games too, but it’s the imaginary games that stay in my memory. Now we’re both around 30, and live several States away, but we remain good friends. It sounds like that’s about the same path that Oscar and Aria are on. God bless!