Such a great big sister!

Estella with a blanket and doll, courtesy of Adelaida

Before Estella and Cordelia were born, I worried about how Adelaida would react to the twins. They would certainly take up more of our time and we wouldn't have as much attention to give to Adelaida. Would she start to misbehave? regress with toilet training? resent Cordelia and Estella?

Adelaida holding Cordelia and kissing her hand

Fortunately and amazingly, she hasn't done any of these things. Adelaida adores her baby sisters. She spends more time "taking care of the babies" than she does playing with any of her toys. Sometimes when I'm nursing a baby she wants me to put the baby down -- but not so she can have my attention; she wants me to put the baby down so she can play with the baby!

Adelaida holding Estella

Adelaida dotes on her sisters so much that we've had to establish a few rules about them. Adelaida loves to give the babies kisses (only on their foreheads) and cover them with blankets (only one blanket at a time, and not over the baby's face) and hold them (while sitting down on the sofa with an adult supervising). I am amazed every day at how much she loves Cordelia and Estella and how lucky we are that Adelaida's adjustment to having two new babies in the house has been so easy!