Seven year old afraid to hold baby.

Hi all.We have a seven year old daughter, Anna, and a six month old, Hugo. Anna has always been helpful, loving and caring for the baby until recently.Anna was born with a lot of eye problems. She has needed quite a few surgeries, and is dependent on powerful prescription glasses. Her vision is so poor that without glasses she couldn't make out our faces from less than an inch away, and even with them her vision isn't nearly as good as someone with healthy eyes. When she was a toddler she couldn't even get out of bed until one of us had to come and put her glasses on her.In spite of this Anna is pretty much a normal kid (if such a thing exists). She goes to school, has friends, etc. She just happens to have bad eyesight.Anyway, previously Anna loved spending time with Hugo. She cuddled him, played with him, carried him around, etc. However, two weeks ago she was holding him and playing with us. Babies love to grab things, and unfortunately this included Anna's glasses. He's never done it before, but he grabbed them off her face and then dropped them onto the floor.Being without glasses at any time is a traumatising experience for Anna. She's said the world turns into blurred colours and she hates it. The moment he took her glasses she started sobbing and shrieking for us to help her. I took Hugo and my OH Paul got her glasses and put them back on her. Anna was so upset Paul had to take her upstairs where they cuddled until she fell asleep.Ever since then Anna seems to be a bit afraid of Hugo. She still plays with him on the floor, but if we ever suggest that she hold him she shakes her head, and once she even whimpered at the suggestion. Obviously we understand why she's so frightened but we've tried to sit her down and promise her that we'd never leave her alone with him (which we wouldn't do with a baby anyway) and that we'd always be there to step in and help.But she won't budge. She's said she will never hold him again. Obviously it's her decision, it's just a shame that she's now frightened of her own little brother. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2PZt8Ww