In a few years, they're sure to be screaming and pulling each other's hair but right now, one newly-minted big sister is feeling very protected of her newest addition to her family. In a heart-meltingly adorable video shared on Facebook, a little girl named Henley, who is about one and a half, is seen snuggling up to her newborn baby sister Peyton at a Pennsylvania hospital.
When a woman comes to take the newborn away, big sis isn't having it, and adamantly shakes her head when the woman goes to reach for the baby.
When a woman comes to take the newborn away, big sis isn't having it, and adamantly shakes her head when the woman goes to reach for the baby.
The video was recorded at the hospital shortly after the baby was born. Newborn Peyton is swaddled and tucked into her hospital bassinet, but her big sister Henley is snuggled in there with her. Henley has one arm under the new baby, who is positioned partially on top of her and she clearly wants to keep it that way. As a woman moves closer to the bassinet at the beginning of the clip, Henley looks up at her suspiciously.' Henley, you want me to take the baby? I'll take her,' she says, prompting a quick but assured shake of the head from Henley. The woman asks several more times if she can take Peyton, and another woman chimes in with a similar request but each time, Henley looks serious and shakes her head no.
Finally, the adults in the room get the message, that Henley is not letting her little sister go. They give up and instead ask if Henley wants to go for a ride with the baby while still in the bassinet. To this, Henley gives her little nod of approval.' You gonna take care of your sister?' the woman asks her, getting another tiny nod from Henley. Meanwhile, all the adults can be heard giggling at this sister bonding in the background. Since the video was first shared on Facebook on September 13, it's been viewed over five million times.' She’s so protective!' the girls' aunt, Danielle Neville, wrote.