Sorry, Doodlebug! I just saw this!
The short answer is, yes and yes.
Doodlebugbecca wrote:Have you found any problems that come with you both being littles?
The problems are work-around-able if you're willing to do some work, and in a poly dynamic like you're describing they'd be a lot easier to circumvent. The biggest problem my sister and I have run into is that if both of us are feeling really really sad at the same time, it's really difficult for either of us to calm down enough to help the other if we're feeling little. Other times, we'll throw simultaneous tantrums or argue over toys. We both can be quite bratty. Ultimately, though, these problems have been few and far between, and when things do get out of hand they always end in apologetic cuddle time. We're also sometimes bad about remembering to take care of our actual adult lives (work, bills, etc.), and that's one thing we haven't found a perfect solution for yet.
Doodlebugbecca wrote:do you help eachother out with stuff that a daddy/mommy would?
Absolutely! This is one of my favorite parts about being with my lil sis. We're both little in different ways, so we complement each other well. We both support each other emotionally with playtime, cuddles, reassurance, and giving each other a safe space to be little, but there's also caregivery/mommy-esque things we do for each other to help out. Even though she's older physically, her regression age is younger than mine, which is why I'm the big sister. I perform a sort of babysitter function, making sure she's comfortable and content while little, putting on her favorite movies and buying her new stuffies when she's good, but punishing her when she's been naughty. She's the little sister, but she's really smart, and she loves cooking and learning new recipes. She'll give me grocery lists to make sure I don't just buy a bunch of cookies and frozen stuff at the store (which I do embarrassingly often), and makes super yummy meals with the ingredients I bring home. She likes to clean the house, too. We take baths together sometimes and take turns washing each other. She's got severe PTSD and anxiety, so sometimes she'll have a flashback and I'll soothe her nerves and we'll cuddle in front of cartoons or an Audrey Hepburn movie (she loves Audrey so much!). Those are just some examples off the top of my head.
We take care of each other, and fill in each other's blanks. It's nice.
Here be a treasure! Make sure you treat her like one!!