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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DD is sister of the year every day.

She has a younger brother with severe ASD and every day she is patient and kind to him. Sits and cuddles and sings to him and has endless patience when he hits and bites.

She loves her luvabella doll that she recently got for her birthday, she's a very motherly child... except when she hands me the doll to look after when she wants a bath/bed/to play with friends

always goes and grabs hr blanket and teddie off her bed when her little sister is sad.or strokes her hair after watching me do so to her and her sister all these years.

He's an only child but he is so lovely with his younger cousin- always checking she's ok and offering to help her - he's very kind to her.

My children love each other and look after each other in small ways each day, such as sharing toys and games, taking turns with the TV and including each other in the games they're playing.

The thing that stands out most though is when my youngest started school last year, my eldest was so concerned about how their sibling was getting on that they asked to be allowed to their class and make sure they were OK.

They apparently seek each other out on the playground just to check on each other before going off to play with their respective friends. If one is hurt or upset in the payground, like the other week when one fell off the climbing bars and scraped their face on the ground, the other will look after them and stay with them until lesson time.

My son (5) is very protective of his little sister (3). He'll try to keep her out of danger by, for example, reminding her to stop before crossing the road or not going too near the kerb. He'll also help her with things like fastening her coat or putting on her shoes. He really is very caring.

Some amazing children on this thread 😍 I’ve been very lucky with my 2 and despite some bickering at times 90% of the time they get on amazingly. The older one particularly is so patient and kind to her toddler brother and he absolutely idolises her for that.

My oldest son was fantastic when my youngest was born, the children were 7 and 4 when she was born and my son was great at helping out and as an extra pair of hands. As they got a bit older he used to help get her shoes and jacket on when we trying to leave the house on the school or nursery run and take her hand on the walk to school, he was great at entertaining her and she really looked up to him too , they shared a lovely relationship and we have been really lucky that they have never fought or fallen out mainly because he is so patient with her and she looks up to him almost as a secondary parent figure. lovely to see and very helpful !!

We have DS11 has high functioning autisim, DS9 is severely disabled with a rare Gene mutation, severe ASD and epilepsy & DD7 is neurotypical. DD7 lives amongst the craziness of our house. She regularly forgoes her iPad if the boys ipads have run out of charge, hands over toys if DS9 demands them. She's taken the time to understand and to actually learn how to feed her brother who has a Gastrostomy. She can bolus feed her brother! All her choice. She is a young carer and a wonderful one!

My eldest DC is 4 and helps her brother on the slide in the park. She helps him to climb rocks and run down hills. If someone won’t let him play she takes his hand and declares ‘come on brother, we don’t like them do we’. She’s a lovely sister and she is adored completely.

Whilst mine bicker constantly at home, if anyone else threatens them; the sibling will respond with rage!

DS2 ran off and into the road the other day (luckily he was okay). I told him (loudly!) off.
DS1 who is 6, after a minute, asked if he could speak quietly with him, held his hand and explained very quietly and sensibly in a very kind way, why he mustn't run into the road. He was more adult than the adult!

When I had suffered from excruciating sciatica my older dd helped her baby sister a lot (and me ) by hoiking her up to me to feed and change her as I could not get up from the sofa. She can get jealous but loves her very much and looks out for her. Alerts me if little one is doing something dangerous.They are not 'perfect' sisters as they squabble over toys etc but they are perfect to me.

My youngest has just started school and her older sister has been helping her each day to go in by holding her hand and encouraging her. Is very sweet to see as, although they play well together usually, this is showing some empathy for her little sister which is quite rare!

My DD1 is such a lovely big sister. She is 7, and DD2 is 2. She always tries to include DD2, lets her away with wrecking her Lego, reads her stories and whispers "I love you" to her when she thinks there's no one listening. They have sweet, special nicknames for each other. Their bond makes my heart melt!

My dd (3) is so patient when her older brother (4) has to go in and out of hospital. She gave me a cuddle the week before and said 'don't worry mummy, you go with ds to the hospital and I will be fine going home with grandma after nursery' she then made some gifts for ds on her own when she got home. The following day she asked to go and see her brother in hospital and if she could go and get him a special treat from the toy shop. Whilst there, she was told she could choose something for herself but instead got 2 favourite toys for her brother (he has suspected asd on top of various serious medical conditions so has one thing that he is obsessed with). She shows maturity way beyond her years and is just so caring and loving even when her older brother is finding things difficult. I am so proud of them both

We are expecting a new baby in the new year - yesterday my daughter asked me if she could feed the baby - I said of course and she went on to tell me how she would do the aeroplane so it ate it all, then she said actually no I think she would like the bouncing bunnies more. She has obviously put a lot of thought into this and she is going to make such a great big sister!

When number 2 was on his way, I made sure I included DS1 in the 'journey'. There are 3 years between them, and when DS2 arrived, he bought his brother a gift, and for me this helped reduce any insecurity he may have felt. When they could play together it was building the enormous Brio train layouts across the room and hallway. The co-operation and shared ideas they felt for each other is lovely to watch, and the patience DS1 has shown when things are slower than he'd like has made him a better person for life ongoing.

I have 2 young kids and they're always bickering about who gets to sit in which seat in the car. When one gets really upset the other will give in and swap car seats. We regularly hear them say "Best Brother Ever!" when they do that. It's the only time they say it and it's so cute!

My children have a love/hate relationship most days, however when I was ill with migraine last month, I could not 'referee' and felt helpless, however, the fact they knew this, and how their bickering would affect me, there was no bad behaviour, I heard DS1 age 10, help DS2 age 7 pack his PE bag, and listen to his reading for the next day. The sense of pride trickled down my face when I listened to this from my bedroom.

My daughter always looks after her brother. He is always dropping things/losing things etc and she always gives him her things to stop him being upset, eg yesterday he lost his sticker that we got at a food festival, so she gave him hers so he would stop crying. She has done the same before with balloons and things. It's nice that she puts him first even though she is only just 5.

My 7 year old is absolutely amazing with her baby brother (7 months), she plays with him and cuddles him every day and last night she was cuddling with him to keep him happy while I popped downstairs to fetch his dummy for bedtime and I came back up to hear her singing to him the song I always sing when I put him down to sleep.

My youngest dd is 9. She recently came out to her sister as gay. My other dd is 12 and so protective of her. She has been so supportive and even made her a little bracelet for her to wear when she feels down. (Dd2 is being assessed for a range of issues and the sexuality thing was one thing she didn't want to worry about anymore so decided to tell people. She's only 9 and I thought that was mature.)

I have two daughters ages 9 and 4 and a 2 month old son. Tonight I had to shower my 4 year old but the baby was screaming blue murder as I was trying to wash her hair out. My 9 year old took the shower head off me and washed her sisters hair, helped her get out and dry and dressed in her pjs after. Then she got into bed while I fed the baby watching all of this gobsmacked. Such kindness helping me out when I really needed it and helping care for her sister with love and giggles. Melts my heart!

My two fight some days constantly and can annoy each other at the drop of a hat. I once told them that if Henry said the grass is green, Alice would say no it’s not, it’s blue. Cue Alice “but the grass IS blue” Henry “NOOOO ITS GRRRREEEEEN” and on and on it went while I held my head in my hands. Needless to say, we have to look for the small things to give praise to our monsters.
Each day last week Henry came out of school with cakes, biscuits of some sort (part of a class project) every single time he split everything 50/50 as soon as he saw his sister and handed over half without being prompted. It might seem like a little thing but if you knew how much he loves cake and biscuits you’d know 😍👍🏻