John Helping Mary

John has begun trying to soothe Mary when she is crying. Sometimes he does things which are decidedly not helpful, but he has a helpful heart, so I'm letting him try with my supervision. This morning Mary was in her swing and was mildly fussing while I brushed my teeth. I saw John getting some items to "share" with Mary. He likes to put toys or objects right up next to her and say, "share! share!" (which is sort of odd because we don't push "sharing" or talk about it much at his young age). Anyway, first he "shared" his shoes (because Mary would like those so much?) and then his potty training doll. Then John turned the swing on to swing slowly and turned on the music and lights. I was standing in the bathroom a few feet away pretending to brush my teeth while I watched carefully to make sure he didn't put the shoes or doll on Mary's face (which he does sometimes!) or anything else dangerous. It was so sweet to watch him puttering around her! And, indeed, Mary stopped fussing.