Mumsnet users share the times their children have been great siblings with Luvabella

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Despite bickering and fighting over the TV remote, there’s a lot of love behind sibling relationships, and they can be incredibly heartwarming. Luvabella would like to hear about the times that your children have been great siblings.

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Do you have a child that really goes out of the way for their siblings? Perhaps they share their most precious toys when they know their sibling is sad? Do you have an older child who has taken a little brother or sister under their wing, or been amazing with the arrival of a new baby? If your child doesn’t have any siblings, how do they care for others around them?

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my dd is lovely with her little ds, he holds his hand on the way to school and she is very protective of him.

The sweetest thing I have ever seen - Lucas (16 months old) keep giving bump (9 months pregnant) his muslin to cuddle but laying it over the bump and saying "awwww" and then patting bump and fetching drinks and sharing biscuits! I wonder if he will be the same when his little sister is born! ha ha

I'm commenting from my own point of view as me and my brother have always been close. We of course had our moments when were younger but we always played so well together and as I was a couple of years older I always looked out for him. I think this was down to the fact that my parents always made us feel equal and involved in each others lives from teh start.

My son was born on my wifes birthday last year. What matching gifts would you recommend?

My son loves driving his sister crazy but he is also the one who can "get her back" when she starts with her tantrums. He just has his ways to get her to smile and relax and forget why she started the tantrum in the first place....

Doesn't have any at the moment, but keeps promising to share toys if they get one!

My daughter was really worried and upset at school last week, to the point where it was giving her a tummy ache and making her very upset, Her brother said that she could play with him and his friends at lunchtime and they would make her laugh. This is exactly what happened and she came out of school saying her brother had made her laugh and got rid of her tummy ache!

My Husband has Epilepsy after suffering a brain injury. My eldest son Connor called an ambulance when his Dad had a seizure and it was just my sons and Husband at home. The 999 operator asked Connor to open the front door and leave it open for the paramedics, but Con said he couldn’t as he was worried his brother Ryan, who was only little at the time, would wander outside. Then he decided he WOULD open the door, but he’d hold Ryan’s hand until the ambulance arrived so he didn’t go outside. So proud of himXx

I know there have been tonnes but I can't remember one!... I'm not paying enough attention

My little boy and his little sister are best of friends. He always helps her and in the car holds her hand because she cries when we drive along roads with lots of trees and it scares her. It instantly calms her down

so there is 21 years between J (26) and H (5). H can be a little nuisance sometimes but when J's girlfriend went into hospital and he was quite upset she gave him her stuffed toy to sleep with so he wouldnt miss his girlfriend as much

Baby is still young so big brother hasn't had many chances to be a great sibling yet, but he very much loves helping with bath time. Doing his bit.

My 5 year old learnt to ride his bike before his 10 year old brother, and still encouraged him to keep trying. He even came running in from the garden to tell me his brother was doing really well practising. A melt your heart moment for me - I'm usually a referee to these two!

My youngest is now 9 months old and I wondered if there would be jealousy when she was born because my 4 year old had been the baby of the family for so long. I didn't need to worry because she took her new role of "big sister" very seriously, singing to the baby, cuddling her (with supervision) and fetching her blankets and wipes if they were needed. She's been lovely and always gets excited to show the baby off to her classmates and anyone who will listen, she says her sister is "cute and she loves her very much" and she can't wait for her sister to be big enough to play with her.

I have 4 boys and the youngest is very anxious and has asthma. Both of my older boys have been wonderful with him my ds3 for being the demonstration kid when he wouldn’t take his inlhalers we pretended to give them to him and my little one took them no problem and with his eczema we put his moisturiser on older son and he let us put it on him. Then my older son helped at school when he was struggling to go in and settle and got a golf award from the head teacher. They are all wonderful boys am so proud

I have three girls and the amount of bickering, unkind tones and name calling is ridiculous! It does mean though when they are nice and lookout for to each other it stands out and counts.

My middle daughter was having a few problems at school with a group of girls, I was really getting her to go in in the morning, my eldest daughter told me don’t worry mummy I will look after her and she did by checking on her every playtime and sitting beside her every lunch! It made me so proud that I had raised two sisters (amongst all the bickering) that really cared and were there for each other.

I overheard my 2 daughters having an argument;

Dd1 "You're silly"
Dd2, getting upset, "I can't believe you called me stupid! I'm NOT stupid"
Dd1 "I'd never call you stupid, I only said silly, I'm sorry"
Dd2 "I'm sorry I shouted at you"
And then they hugged

Awwww.

I've enjoyed reading these! My 4 year old son still doesn't much like having a 1yr old sister, and but she adores him! I know he will come round eventually....I hope

My eldest two are identical twins and have always been incredibly close. I was worried when I was pregnant with our youngest that he would be left out. I shouldn't have worried - they have spoilt him rotten since the day he was born.

Ronan is so gentle and kind to little ones and is very excited about becoming a big brother!

my son is 17mths older than his sister and from the very start he's always been an amazing big brother, he used to give her dummy back to her and stroke her face or hold her hand till she fell asleep, pick up any toys she'd dropped from her buggy etc. As they got older if she dropped her ice cream/sweets or lost a balloon he'd give her his just to make her smile again. He's almost 8 now and recently she wasn't well and was feeling rather sorry for herself, so he used some of his tooth fairy money he'd saved up to buy her a small £1 toy from the shops.
(it's just a shame she's not always so nice to him!!)

Mine argue but they will always stick up for each other

My youngest son is autistic. Last year myself and my 4dc went on our first caravan holiday. I decided I would let my older son stay up a bit later because we were on holiday. However my older son told me he would lie next to his autistic brother first until his brother fell asleep, then he would come and sit up with the rest of us. It was very sweet and brought a tear to my eye. My sons can fight like cat and dog but ultimately they would do anything for each other.

My daughter always stands up for her older brother who has special needs and adores her younger brother who is an excitable toddler.

Our 7 year old son has autistic spectrum disorder and wasn't the biggest fan of his baby sister when she first arrived. It took a while for him to warm to her and their sibling bond has only really started to develop since she started talking and was able to properly interact and play with him.

Just recently he has been such an amazing brother to her, she started school in September and he held her hand the first day she went in and has been making a special effort to play with her and check she is ok at breaktime and lunchtimes. He helps her put on her shoes in the morning and has really come into his own as protective big brother.

Don't get me wrong they still have their moments where they bicker but they always give each other a big hug and say sorry afterwards.