Trying to teach a toddler to be gentle is like telling Oscar the grouch to be happy. You have to say it, and SHOW it, about 4000 times and then hope they don't break anything.
Having our newest son has been a blessing in many ways. We now know God thinks I have the patience for a lot of men in my life, and few women right now :-), even though I was raised in a female dominated house. It has also shown me and my husband that what we have taught our oldest has been good things.
Every chance he gets he touches his brother....but always on the hair, and we don't know why...but he is gentle! I've never seen a 16 month old be so gentle! When he gets excited because we tell him how good he is touching brother he will touch a little hard, but he always goes back and tries to be more gentle. He also tries to give the baby his binkie when he cries. And to top it off he was sharing his toys with the baby, while the baby was asleep but sharing is sharing.
I'm sure every parent has moments where they realize they have done something RIGHT...and this is one of them for us!
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