How do you handle siblings' preferences for one twin over the other?
My 4 yr. old son will sometimes treat one twin (11 mo.) nicer than
the other (one twin is the aggressor and kind of bullies the other
sometimes, he rescues the other-he has said a couple times that he
likes Gretchen better...) Is this normal? I am not sure if this just
works out later and I shouldn't worry, or whether this could cause
big problems later and I need to address this now...any experience or
advice?
Thanks,
Marggy
3 comments:
This is a great question that we struggle with too. Taylor will play the I want to sit by so and so game. I try to remind her how she would feel if she was the one being left out. I try not to make a big deal out of it because in our case it depends on the day which sister she wants to sit by, although most of the time it is Paige because she will join in on Taylor's antics more quickly than Kyra will.
Kim
This is very common in our house too. It varies from day to day and what kind of a mood everybody seems to be in. It still goes on with the 3 older ones - Sami is 9 and Alli and Cati are 7. 2 of them will pair up and "leave" the 3rd out, but then they usually end up all playing together. I'm hoping it's just a normal sibling thing, that at times 2 get along better. We have also found that if you have 2 together they get along great, but if you add a 3rd everyone is fighting. Don't know if this helped or not, but it does help to know it's not just going on in your/our house :)
Mindy
I have a set of twins and 3 singletons. What is happening is just a sibling thing. TOTALLY normal. Especially when it is an odd number of children.
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