One of my most favourite things to do on holiday is to all sit about on the hunoungous hotel bed in the evenings and flick through the hotel TV and try to find a movie that’s on in English. It’s the best time ever and probably sounds a bit sad in equal measure. After all, I could stick a telly on our bedroom wall at home and get a super King sized bed for us all to lounge about on. There’s something a bit special about doing it on holiday though when everyone is relaxed, no-one has to get up for work and there’s no real bedtime.
This time was no different except for the fact that we had Baby E with us for the first time too. It was lovely watching the boys play together and bond a bit more with some sun thrown in as a lovely bonus. Baby E started cooing and coming out with more sounds and most of them were reserved for his big brother. Most conversations would go something like:
Baby E: “Gaga gaa goo gaa gaa” etc.
Little Z: “I really don’t understand what you’re saying.”
And so forth. Little Z doesn’t quite understand that his baby brother needs an adequate amount of space and will flit between almost smothering him and completely ignoring him when he gets a bit bored. Baby E, on the other hand, will try to drag himself about trying to follow his big brother and then screaming when his space is being invaded a bit too much. It’s interesting and a complete juggling act watching them and I think it’ll eventually morph into something that needs a bit of refereeing.
I think things are going to get very interesting over the next month as Baby E is on the verge of crawling. Z did it at eight months and I’m fully expecting something similar. I think it may be time to start barricading things like the TV!
Sounds a bit like my 2 girls when Bee was younger…now I am a constant referee! Love the picture and hope you had a fab holiday x
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Our two boys were much the same, although the age gap between them is smaller (barely 2 years). The bonds that form now will never go away though.
Oh yes I can relate to the refereeing bit although my girls mostly play nicely together these days! It’s hard to get that balance between smothering siblings with too much affection and ignoring them! Love the photo of Little E holding his toes and good luck when he starts crawling!
Louise (Little Hearts, Big Love) recently posted…My Sunday Photo – 24/04/16
Baby E looks so adoringly at his big brother. I think they are going to be such good friends.
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Oh yes, the moment the second child starts crawling. Life will become interesting, especially when toys are unwillingly shared! Good luck!
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Crawling at 8 months? We escaped till 10. Good luck with the babyproofing. Glad the holiday went so well.
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such a lovely photo and baby E looks older there for some reason. Maybe it is the mass of hair and the clothes. he looks very cheeky for sure 🙂
Sounds like you are all enjoying a wonderful holiday x
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Bless them! Such a lovely picture. Hopefully once E is on the move and a bit more vocal they will become the best of friends.
(I quite like sitting on a hotel bed watching TV too! It’s nice that you can just sit there and not rush off to empty the dishwasher or sort out the washing.)
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You can’t beat a good holiday complete with big squishy hotel bed and giant to! Glad you all had a great time.
Ah ha the crawling stage, soon nothing is safe. Super sweet photo.
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I can’t believe how big E has got. I love watching sibling relationships
Such a lovely photo, sibling love is adorable (just wait until they start fighting!!) I hope you enjoyed your holiday, it’s good to get away and relax.
Now the fun really begins for you then!
And what a lovely photo.
Hope you enjoyed your holiday 🙂
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Aww what a gorgeous smile! It is so much fun watching the very beginning of a lifelong sibling friendship – you can really see the cogs working for both of them as they figure out how to relate to each other 🙂
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Aww! Bless them! They are so cute!
Good luck with the baby proofing. hehehe
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Brilliant photo!! The smile in those eyes!!
Aww this photo is so cute. Just look at how Baby E looks so adoringly at his big brother.
I think he’s found his hero!
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Crikey, time’s whizzed on. It feels like it couldn’t be the time for crawling any time yet! Hope the holiday went well
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I love watching my girls play together it melts my heart. Your picture is so gorgeous. xx
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Gosh, it doesn’t feel that long ago I was reading about the first few weeks of you being a family of four! Where has the time gone? Your photo is gorgeous but I know what you mean about the need to be a referee at times… then you have the good times when you’re playing together and your heart just melts!
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Sounds like mine when they were younger! I am definitely still refereeing but it has got slightly better! I think that’s pretty much how it goes until they leave home! 🙂
Gorgeous photo 🙂 He is getting so big!
Your youngest is just so inlove with his big bro! The future days will be challenging but fun as well! I can already imagine the happy chaos =) #mysundayphoto
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Aw – this makes me want to have a second! Definitely time to start barricading the TV I’d say! x #Mysundayphoto
What a beautiful post. Lovely to hear them growing up so close.
And I agree nothing like watching tv on holiday – in fact we hardly watch it at home but abroad we watch it in any language lol.
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So adorable, love the bond between my two and I adore chilling in hotel rooms watching TV, so relaxing x
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Such a lovely photo of them 🙂 Hope baby proofing goes well x
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Ahh what a gorgeous photo! One of my favourite things is watching the little ones together, and seeing their relationships develop. Its such a precious time and you can see their friendships evolving too. xx
Aww, how lovely, it must be amazing to watch the bond start to grow between brothers. Can’t wait to see my two boys together x
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His little face!!! He look thoroughly entertained by his brother 🙂 My two still have the ultimate love/hate relationship requiring lots of refereeing. I think that might be pretty standard for brothers, though.
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