I've heard horror stories about big brothers and sisters who act out against their younger siblings when they first come home so I had prepared myself for the worst. Luckily for me, Harrison has shown little to no interest in his baby sister and the little that he has shown has been very sweet. He has never once been mean or even jealous of her, NOT ONCE!! In fact, the one time that he accidently fell on her, he cried twice as loud as her and kept saying "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" I think he has held her about 4 times total (at our urging) but he sits with her in his lap while holding his arms and hands up high so that he does not actually touch her. After about 7 seconds he says, "your turn mommy."
She briefly caught his interest when she began sitting up and, more importantly, falling over. One day I sat her on Harrison's bed as he helped me put away his laundry and she tipped over. I have never heard Harrison laugh so hard. He kept asking me to "make her fall" and he would fall into hysterics every time I sat her up and she promptly fell back over. You could see that it took everything that he had not to put his finger out and tip her over on purpose. The other time that she held his attention for more than 7 seconds was when he put a hat on her head and she couldn't see.
For her part, Anne seems fascinated by Harrison and watches in amazement everything that he does.
Helping to entertain her during tummy time, her least favorite activity.
I'm sure that there will be a lot of mutual tormenting in the future but for now I'm so thankful that they are so sweet to each other and I'm eager to see how their relationship grows.
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