Lilly Oliver '26 Recruiting Profile

There is 2 years physically between Oliver and Lilly, Oliver being older by age but developmentally, it couldn't be any different. Lilly began surpassing Oliver at the age of one, with interaction, speech, understanding and physicality. She is an intelligent child for her age anyway but seeing her next to her older brother is both something I am grateful for, but also sad about. I love Oliver with everything, he is such an amazing boy but he is in a much younger brain age than his body. He has a

From the first clip, of Oliver meeting Lilly for the first time, to now, his response to her is so different. He cried and just wanted to get away from her in the hospital and he kept avoiding her for at least 6 months after that. It's not easy watching your child not want to be anywhere near their baby sibling, but we made the decision to just let their relationship blossom naturally and to not force any interaction with them. I would obviously be holding her throughout the day and to be honest