My niece was born this morning. I am now twice the aunt I was! It's very exciting. I don't know how my little nephew will deal with being a big brother. He's usually quite a nice kid -- he has an endearing habit when playing of stopping and handing the toy over to you, saying "your turn now" -- but I think any child would be challenged by the sudden arrival of a smaller more demanding sibling. I can remember when my little brother was born even though I was a bit younger then than my nephew is now. I remember realising I wasn't going to get all the attention from now on, but I felt quite fatalistic about it. My Granny bought him a teddy bear and she didn't buy me anything, but then again it was a horrible knitted teddy bear and I didn't want it. Even at that age I felt that living up to people's attention could be hard work sometimes.
On the theme of its being pleasant not to be the only one, here's Chris Lowe singing One of the Crowd:
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