Coping with Sibblings
Coping with Sibblings
Do you have a brother or sister, who is a pest? I am one of the pest controllers for my twin sisters, who will stop at nothing to satisfy their endless list of needs.
After eleven years of being an only child, I wasn’t exactly thrilled about having twin sisters appear in my life. Between the stories I had heard of the constant crying and the out-of-control tantrums that babies have, I wasn’t about ready to go into this willingly. I would have to put up with double the trouble, which would deprive me of the many advantages I had when I was an only child.
I was stunned, when on the way home from picking up Chinese food at Yangtze, my mother said, “How would you like to have a sibling? I laughed at first, but my laughter soon turned into a serious reality of what it would be like to have a brother or sister. Having a brother might be cool, but I wasn’t looking forward to the responsibility I would have of taking care of him and watching him. I hadn’t even considered the thought of having sisters, better yet two.
Thirty-eight weeks later on the day of delivery, I found out that I had twin sisters. I was ecstatic and jumping for joy. Yeah right. I was the first to see them up close. I saw two big, cute, newborn babies with their names, Brittany and Melanie, and their birth information on a sticker that was on the side of their basinets. When I first saw my sisters, they were fast asleep in their hospital basinets with a passiphire to prevent an outburst of crying, from two potential screech-professionals.
After my sisters woke up, my parents told me that I should read to them. The first book I came across was Goodnight Moon, so I chose that one. Brittany and Melanie were sleeping on my lap, draining their milk bottles, and trying to pay attention to the story to the best of their abilities. Their eyes were glued to pages because this was their first real interaction with someone and the first time that they clearly heard someone’s voice. They loved it, and still love Goodnight Moon to this day. It was a very meaningful experience for all three of us, and we might not have been as close if I hadn’t seen them until they were...