This is what you get when your brother is almost 24lbs and 11 months old. Baby confusion. When you want to still hold and love on him like he is a baby. You get awkward attempts at holding him and often enough someone ends up crying. Whether it is Carter crying because he is falling off, uncomfortable, or Kate starts to shove him off because he is getting heavy or Kate crying usually because she can't (or he won't let her) snuggle him like a real baby.
Kate asks me more now than she ever did when he was at a more practical age to hold Carter. She still says "Can I hold the baby?" BABY! What baby? All I see is a big baby boy trying to keep up with his sister. And at 24 lbs. he is doing a good job. But I just shrug my shoulders and say "Sure you can try but remember last time...."
We now however have settled for a relaxing laying hold. He just lays across her and I prop him up. This way he isn't too heavy for her and he's comfortable. Even still this is a compromise for Carter. He just doesn't like it. Poor Kate. She just going to have to settle for a fun little brother who adores all she does and loves to follow her around everywhere. Who will do and play almost anything with her that he can.
