A New Baby!

We were honored to be part of the joyous occasion of one of our close friends last weekend alhamdulillah. The kids made cards for Auntie Sh.'s new baby, and I couldn't help chuckling at H's card content,

"I hope the baby won't have exima."

Subhanallah, I'm touched by the kids' well wishes for Baby B, not to be afflicted with the same affliction as Baby Z, alhamdulillah!

N kept saying,

"I hope she won't have eczema like Z."

Of course S and N also expressed the sentiment,

"I wish she was my baby sister."

Just as they fought to hold Baby Z, they also fought over holding Baby B. S later on said to me,

"Auntie Sh let me hold her by myself."

Sh had let N and H hold Baby B too, but while she was still holding Baby B, but S, Sh trusted her completely.

It made me recall the times when we had S, N, and H. S is a natural nurturer. When N arrived, she was happy to be a big sister. She immediately doted over N, and I do believe that N's dependence now is partly a result of S's 'big sister' persona.

As for N, when H came, she tried to swat him, and growing up together, she had done things to him that were not obvious to us. We could thank her itty bitty hand for H's articifial dimple now. H, on the other hand, had urinated a fountain when his sisters came to visit him at the hospital. The fountain barely missed N's skirt. I guess you can say the feeling was mutual.

However, now, N is the one to stay out of quarrels, and mind her own business. While S and H have their verbal and sometimes physical fights, N would discreetly stay away and not get herself involved.

I think we will have some fun with Baby B, now that Baby Z is no longer 'the baby' in town.