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Truth: I frequently have to tell Everett to stop making out with his sister. Okay. It’s not totally what you think. There’s no groping or tongue action.

However, an innocent cuddle from big brother {in his football player costume no less} quickly escalates into a passionate kiss.

Mabrey has taken to flinching whenever Everett comes near. Which happens. A. Lot. Everett cannot keep his hands off of his baby sister. He smothers her with hugs, pats, kisses, cheek squeezes. He loves babies. And it’s something we never knew until Mabrey was born. It melts my heart to know that he genuinely loves her and wants her near him all the time. But sometimes his cuddling and kisses can be too intense – rough even – and I have to tell him to stop.

He also has his own pet name for her: babygeeya. It’s a spinoff of ‘babygirl’ which is what I tend to call Mabrey. That or Missy Mae. Everett adds a sultry twist to ‘babygirl’ and somehow it turns into ‘babygeeya’ {it’s a hard ‘g’}. Layne has picked up on it and it irks him to no end.

Everett: Hi babygeeya. {kiss} I love you. {kiss, kiss} Yes I do. {cheek squeeze} Yes I do. {kiss, cheek squeeze, kiss} Yes I do. {firm hug, kiss, kiss} Everett loves you babygeeya. {deep kiss}

Layne: Ugh. Everett, there’s no such word as ‘babygeeya.’ You’re not saying a real word. You keep saying ‘babyGEEYA’ – it’s babyGIRL.

Everett: Hi babyGEEYA. {kiss, kiss + a smirk in Layne’s direction}

Mabrey takes the brotherly makeout sessions in stride. Although she is getting vocal when she’s had enough canoodling.

Canoodle. Now isn’t that a funny word? Which reminds me. You should watch this news blooper concerning the word canoodle. It’ll start your Monday off right.

Do your kids love babies? Are some of them a little too passionate about babies? What do your kids call their siblings?

images: Dana Miller for House*Tweaking

24 Comments

10.September.2012

M and E are so cute ! And the video is hilarious … I just learnt a word, by the way ! Take care !

10.September.2012

Jackson has tons of nicknames for his sister. He was only 17 months when she was born and called her Cy (sigh) from the start. (Her name is Macy.) He also calls her Sugar Lady, Sister Lady, Chickadee, Rollin’ Pin (not sure where that one came from), Merp, Bree, Mae, Sis, Macy Bug…the list goes on and on. Luckily he was pretty tentative around her when she was an infant. He was happy to touch her little toes or give her a kiss on the forehead.

10.September.2012

So Cute. My 8 yo daughter is all over our 3 month old. She finally said, after being told many times to stop smothering him throughout the day, “I just can’t help it, he’s so cute!”. You could tell she was just overwhelmed with love for the kid. Very sweet, but ENOUGH, LET THE KID BREATHE!!! :) My 6yo is much better, he goes in for a kiss and then is on his merry way. When the 6 yo was small he used to call his sister Anna, Ya-ya. We loved it…and she did too. :) So good to see sibling love, I’ve heard horror stories of it going the other way.

10.September.2012

Oh, how sweet! :)

10.September.2012

My almost 3-year-old son also loves to hug and love on our 5-month-old. He’ll tell me, “I give Nora a nice hug,” and then he pretty much lays on top of her and smothers her. She seems to just take it in stride, fortunately. Though he thinks it’s funny to put his nose near her mouth to see if she’ll try to latch on to it (she did that to him once when she was first born and he thought it was hilarious), so I’m constantly having to say, “Please do not stick your nose in the baby’s mouth!”

10.September.2012

so cute!

when my daughter was a baby, we had a 3 year old neighbor who would pick her up and give her huuuge bear hugs. His mom and I instituted a “hug and release” program–he was into fishing, so he responded well to that saying :)

10.September.2012

My two are 17 months apart, 3 yr old son and 23 month old girl. They pretty much have started wrestling for fun (starts off as a bear hug falls on floor and turns into a roll around fest) and we have to let our son know that he is bigger and stronger. But we finally realized the little one is the one who is doing all the rough housing and her brother is trying to get away.

10.September.2012

when my youngest started talking he couldn’t say “Sean” so he walked around calling my older “non”. the family joke was that sean was going to start having an existential crisis because the baby was implying he did not exist!

10.September.2012

Some older siblings never grow out of babying the baby. I’m 28 and my older siblings still treat me like their pet.

10.September.2012

Oh! I could have written this post. Our four year old is constantly smothering his 8 month old brother. I can’t tell you how often I say the words, “Stop wrestling with your brother.” Luckily, Henry tolerates it pretty well. But sometimes he squeals when attacked and I just know he’d swear at him if he could.

10.September.2012

I have joked now that I myself loooove to make out with our little 5 month old! One time I was going in for a big smooch and she did the typical baby tongue thrust. When I pulled away I thought whoops we accidently just french kissed! It was hysterical and I loved every minute of it.

10.September.2012

There’s 8 years and 2 sisters between son #2 and son #3. #2 (now 31) was so happy to have a younger brother, he was devoted to him, carried him, cuddled him, and even changed him now and then. Son #3 (now 23) paid him back by spitting up on him – and only him. As a mother of many – I can say from observation that some kids that “overlove” their younger siblings are often more resentful of them. (Okay, it’s 5 girls….4 boys in a 23 year span.)

10.September.2012

Ah, this post makes me sad/ happy. My daughter absolutely loves and is precious with her dolls; I cannot wait for her to be a big sister someday. How sweet. Your babygeeya is adorable! And so is your big boy!

10.September.2012

I love these pictures! At least he likes her now, I think I locked my sister in the dryer in a game of hide and go seek. No siblings for Sullivan yet but he’s not so good with the younger kids in his class. He loves to point at the “beebees” but if they’re in his way, he just shoves them down and takes their toys. Lovely.

11.September.2012

My 3 year old is very much the same with his little sister (now 16 mo). He calls her his “sweety girl” with girl pronounced gwerl, rhymes with squirrel. She tolerated it pretty well when she was younger but more recently has developed a love hate relationship with the cuddles and kisses. One moment she’s initiating hug after hug after hug (which is adorable) and the next she trying to hit him away. He’s a pretty cuddly affectionate kid in general so I’m not surprised he is with her too but some days I feel bad for my daughter being squeezed and kissed constantly. I understand the need for a little personal space.

11.September.2012

So adorable. I love your Monday posts!

11.September.2012

It’s good to know it comes from a great place and that he loves his little sister. It’ll be one of those embarrassing stories mom’s love to tell when their kids get older :) (jk) Adorable pictures.

11.September.2012

Such a sweet/funny story! I love the dialogue between the brothers, hilarious!

11.September.2012

When our daughter first met her little brother, Sam, she immediately started calling him “Sammy Boy.” Now she’s only two, so it’s kinda cute, but we do get a lot of looks when we’re at Target. To make matters worse, we live in Virginia. So people must just assume were some serious hicks!

11.September.2012

I call my daughter Missy May as well! No joke! Only her name is Marilyn and she is three, but it’s because her brother couldn’t say his R’s, so Mary came out as May. I love big sibling nicknames!

12.September.2012

My daughter is VERY affectionate with her new brother. He’s the first baby she’s ever had full access to. Unfortunately she’s 6 and in a germ-filled classroom, and he’s not yet old enough to have even had his first shots so we keep contact to a limit. Kisses on the forehead and hugs and such, totally acceptable, but we have to constantly remind her not to touch his face/mouth/eyes and his hands because he puts those in his mouth. She’s pretty understanding about it, and knows why we are paranoid mommy and daddy, and also knows it’s only temporary. Soon he’ll have his head control and sitting up thing figured out and will be pretty fortified against her big sister germs and she can have all the cuddles she wants. I think it is awesome though when big siblings are so in love with their younger counterparts!! Considering the alternative of jealousy and general crankiness I’ll take it any day :)

12.September.2012

This pretty much describes our family to a T. My oldest 2 (3 and 5) LOVE their baby brother and have since they day they meant him. The only problem was they weren’t really old enough to understand he was a baby and are just to rought with him. It’s gotten better since he’s walking now, but pre walking they drug him EVERYWHERE by his legs (poor kid) and beginner wlaking was rough to the point where I seriously considered a helmet because he always wanted to be where they were but didn’t have the balance yet to run with them. Now thankfully he just runs in the pack with them. Just wait till Mabrey gets a little older and she’ll love it!

12.September.2012

Oh, I think there is some jealousy as well. It’s usually acted out towards HH and me – not Mabrey. I guess that’s a good thing.

14.September.2012

awwww….my 5 year old son does the same thing to his 1 year old baby sister. he seriously makes out with her when he gives her kisses. it’s so sweet!