Comments on: Siblingness

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:49:12 +0000

I found your lovely blog through curlypops.
I could soooo relate to your post.
My sis lives in Brisbane and flies down to squish kisses from my kids too. My kids are Finn and Kierah, her son is Rohnan and I haven’t figured out how to get my daughter to love my son like I do. But I probably never will. Because I always had…and probably always will have the best love/hate relationship with all my siblings. (:

By: MissyP

MissyP — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:53:30 +0000

Oh boy, I can relate to that post. All of it. From the sister relationship to the kids fighting. Bad thing is, as my third has got older, despite the six year age gap between she and number two – they now fight as much as the older two. God help me! And God bless my mother for all she had to contend with when we were kids!

Thanks for commenting on my blog.

By: Leonie @ Raglan Guld

Leonie @ Raglan Guld — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:48:41 +0000

I have a sis in perth and one in adelaide. The images in our house are very similar. Off the red eye, down the highway (3.5 extra hours) straight into the arms of loud squashy kids, the type that have no clues on “space and face”. I think sibling rivalry is pretty normal, all giggles in our house end in tears and I can still remember bashing my sister over the head with a saucepan!! She survived and backed off (I think I won that one!). I do love them very much now that I don’t live with them x

By: Nycole

Nycole — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:55:22 +0000

Hi Mel, thanks for your message, quite exciting for me to get a comment! . My sister and I fought all the time when we were kids and I remember vowing that I would NEVER be her friend – but we actually get along really as adults.
Thinking of yarn for your ripple blanket, I’ve been using the Panda magnum soft for a crochet blanket and am finding it very soft (and not expensive), but depends if you mind using acrylic… (I always drool over the Rowan colours on the Attic24 blog – there is no way I could ever afford them!)

By: katef

katef — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:06:13 +0000

Sibling relationships can be tough I reckon…

I had an horrific relationship with my older brother from day one.. still not fab to this day. I worry for my small boy because breaking into the twin-ness is probably never going to happen, so he’ll always be on the outer, always ganged up on… but then we all grow and learn and change and I’m hoping my kids will learn empathy and understanding and share the love… maybe…?

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:04:03 +0000

Its good for them to spend time apart, cause it makes being together a bit easier. Im Sooo glad school is back! for my sanity!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:18:07 +0000

I’m waiting for the day when I can *sigh*. My children are off almost three months for summer break. I’m counting down the days, hours and minutes until structure returns to our home.

My girls fight all the time and I too feel empathy for my parents!

By: Stomper Girl

Stomper Girl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:47:46 +0000

My Dad just LOVES to tell me what a bitch sister I was to the younger two which might have been true SOMETIMES but not ALWAYS. I am therefore trying to emphasise for my two the good stuff in their relationship! Seems to work, they mostly get on quite nicely, and I do adore how there is this special brothers world of in-jokes and rules and references that only they get. But like you, I am enjoying some nice peace and quiet now.

With my other siblings I love them no matter how much they annoy me, and that is a very special thing in its own way!

By: Claire - Matching Pegs

Claire - Matching Pegs — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:49:37 +0000

I breathed that same sigh, and I don’t think that makes us bad mothers.

I like the routine.