Yesterday afternoon Carly showed her compassionate side. While the roofers were here, Jake began to have a seizure. Carly and I had been playing together, but she had been doing really well in short spurts of playing alone. So I left her playing and tended to Jake. During the last few moments Carly stood on the baby gate separating her from Jake. She did begin to vocalize her unhappiness with being on the opposite side of the gate. I originally thought Carly was upset because I was consoling Jake and not paying her attention. I tried verbally explaining this to her; however, was not having much luck in calming and quieting her down.
Once Jake's seizure was over, I opened the gate for Carly to join us. She quickly walked over to Jake and began to hug and pet him. Then I noticed she started climbing up the stairs to where Jake's blanket was sitting. As she climbed back down the stairs, Jake moved into the kitchen. This did not stop Carly's intentions of taking Jake his blanket.
Both of my babies use blankets to comfort themselves. And yesterday Carly wanted nothing more than for Jake to have his blanket during his time of discomfort.
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