Do your older children help with your youngest

[punkbaby]

DD9 is at nannies for the weekend (mum moved so i told her she could go to help her and spend some time with her seeing she will be 5 hours away now)

I was thinking earlier i might go to the park and realised that it wont be the same....i will have to climb as well haha!

Usually when we go DD9 is awesome she helps the younger ones and they all follow so you can sit and watch rather than climbing up there too and when your like going through little tunnels you dont realise how much you appreciate it! She will hold one of the little ones hand when crossing the road etc why i do the other....

Times like these i realise i take her for granted and dont actually realise what she does do when i take the younger ones out! Even a walk around the block she rides with ds why i walk with dd2.

I guess its not really that i take her for granted thats the wrong word to use..i dont realise how helpful she is when we do things....

Anyone else the same?

[mumx3littlies]

:) Well our DS whos 4 tries to help out with DD whos 2 and DS whos 15months but as you can see they are all still little!

:thumbsup: Hes really great tho with getting things like nappies etc and always looks for DD+DS teddy and blankie when they going to bed.

:yes: Such a thoughtful lil boy he is and we love him to bits. In 4 or so years they will all be growing up and at school so we gonna enjoy it while they are still little. Even tho some days its a drag:laughing:

[punkbaby]

My ds is the same his 4 and he will often get storms blankee or get mum a nappy etc...it sounds silly but its funny how much they do actually do even though they are little things :) they mean the world when you need a spare hand i think

[gremily]

Most definitely. DD1 (9 just last week) loves helping with dd2 (21mths). She was at the birth of her little sister and from that moment she started helping. I used terry flats to begin with and dd1 would jump at the chance to change dd2's wet nappies!! I never forced her, she would always just say that she was going to do it. She would do the whole thing, including folding the flat nappy. Once dd2 starting rolling around she found it a bit too hard though.

She helps watch her sister if I need to go do something in another part of the house, or hang washing out, etc.

Dd2 adores her big sister!

[Elfin]

Yes definitely. They do things like put her shoes on, turn on the tap for her and quite often seem to pick up a lot of her mess:rolleyes:

[FourAngelKisses]

Nope, I wish they would, but they wont. They help make my 3yr old have a hissy fit and that's about it.

[madreader]

Yes they have always helped me out with their little brother. They love him to bits. My eldest who is 12 next month always pick his little brother up if i have to go and do something in the kitchen or what ever it may be. They are just such good kids and they are only little for such a short time.

[punkbaby]

ahh i am going to risk climin through tunnels at the park and will see how it really is without dd here haha

[spiritedfamily]

Yep I realise when she stays at a friend...she helps out in so many ways...around the house...she has often settled the baby and encouraged him to coo and smile...

[Ruby Slippers]

Both my girls love to help out :thumbsup:

[PunkyDiva]

:thumbsup: Yep I appreciate how much my teens help me out, often means I get things(housework, meals, shopping etc) done quicker so we can move on to do things they want to do too though so a win, win situation.
Kinda makes up for the times when they stir each other up and all hell breaks loose:D

[~Candy~]

My 2 older kids help out heaps with the younger 2. They aren't allowed to pick up Corey, but they entertain him and keep him happy while I get things done. And they are awesome with Katelin MOST of the time...LOL She is now 2 and she's learning their little bad habbits, now they are getting back what they dished out to her..LOL, but it's all good..my kids are all close and they really do care heaps about eachother....I'm glad I have the 2 older ones...then the break, then the 2 little ones :thumbsup:

[punkbaby]

I come from a big family and its so nice to see my older dd helping like i used too :)

I have only really realised today how much i love tea time with her here she is awesome at keeping the younger two happy for me

Its so sweet how they all look after each other :D

[*Sal*]

My DD1 (nearly 7) helps me out all the time, she is fantastic. The other day I asked her to clean up her room and she voluntarily made her brother's bed and tidied his room too.

She also entertains the two littler ones when I am making dinner or hanging out washing etc.

Thanks for starting such a positive thread :yelclap:

[kiah]

I luv that Jayce likes to help feed and bathe dd.

He used to feed her a bottle when she was reallu little.

It is a lot easier second time around for us aving Jayce to occupy and play with dd too.

She is not as dependent on us for attention.

[punkbaby]

Thats how i see it to Kiah they tend to let others do things for them makes it so easier to keep them entertained!

Hurry up and come home Dd :D we miss you LOL

[InSaneOne]

o love my saturday sleepins. my darling stepchildren will wake up when beth does and dd14 will will change her nappy and give her a bottle of milk and sit and watch tv with her. they are great at watching her when i have to duck to the shops and they all love having showers and watching her in the bath. they help dress her and change nappies and play with her.

i lvoe the help that i get and try not to ask them to do too much with her as they are only her siblings not her parents. i don't want to abuse their help.

[punkbaby]

i lvoe the help that i get and try not to ask them to do too much with her as they are only her siblings not her parents. i don't want to abuse their help.

I wonder you know, i mean dd just loves helping she will happily have a bath with younger dd as she likes washing her hair and stuff mind you i stay in there as well but she always likes helping and asks to do things i just didnt realise what she actually did do! As simple as it is too

I dont abuse her help i never ask her she just offers if they are being terrors but they play so well together and she loves reading books to the younger ones too.

She wont do nappies but she will make drinks, i get stuck with all the nappies around here haha even dh wont do them!