A brief conversation
Our son stands next to my wife, about eye-level with her belly.
"Baby, I don't want to talk to you. Maybe next time," he says, addressing the belly.
Hard to know how an almost-three-year-old registers the news of a future sibling-- whether he understands, or thinks it's a joke, or just harbors an uneasy suspicion that something's up.
He's old enough to know that families often have more than one junior member. In stories, the kid protagonist usually comes with a sis or a bro. In our case, it's (probably) the former-- we found that out Wednesday, with the ultrasound.
He's getting a little mei-mei. A shift in the universe.
posted by Rob @ 7:58 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Congratulations!
Amazing that we'll both soon have one of each. And if you thought your world changed by having a son, prepare to be devastated in every good sense of the word the first time you hold your daughter. When's your ETA?
Yes, congratulations. Now you have the name game. Good luck..!
Our 3.5-year-old has made little comment about our impending daughter (end of May), but tensions & anxieties developing at present almost certainly arise from anxiety & maybe a sense of future displacement.
Thanks, and best wishes to both of you too. We're expecting a Virgo. Name still far from being decided, but we're having a good time rereading "Beyond Jason and Jennifer." Have you guys decided yet?
Nope, no name as of yet. Which in some ways is sad, since our daughter's name was such a no-brainer for us. My poor mother is convinced that we don't love our son because we haven't settled on a name yet with only 10 weeks to go. So we've threatened her with Horatio Englebert. Mostly, especially when he's kicking (like he is right now) I simply call him Li'l Frakker ;)
Found you!!
I am so happy you will both have one of each. I can't tell you how incredible it is to have a son and a daughter--to marvel at their sameness and their differences.
No name here yet. All my fault - all the names Emma comes up with remind me of my Victorian maiden aunts (Maud, Mabel, Evie...)
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