So, here it goes, when you know a kid is coming to your family...the expectations, the fears, the excitement, the nervousness all come in one package.
Well, even before the kid arrives there is speculation around the sex of the kid, and in India, in some parts of India, to be more accurate, a boy is preferred. So much so that it becomes a topic of discussion in your neighbor's home, between their children and some of it which you get to hear about when they visit you.
We have had no such expectations at home and we welcomed the arrival of my niece with so much affection as we did for the first child. When my elder niece was born, we had a child in the family after a long time and we all had tears of joy. The nurses quite did not understand why we were so happy as they had never seen a family express so much happiness when a girl is born.
And now when my second niece, we are all happy. But back at the hospital someone was consoling us and saying it's ok, these days girls are same as boys. Oh my God, that person even thought that we were upset and came out with some free advice. Bless us heavens!
Then there was another lady who told my sis in law why she had not taken some special medicines so as to conceive a boy! God bless again that soul!
We are happy otherwise, by God's grace we have a cupboard full of the elder's clothes and they will all be reused. Super saver the younger one is! We love you!
Well, even before the kid arrives there is speculation around the sex of the kid, and in India, in some parts of India, to be more accurate, a boy is preferred. So much so that it becomes a topic of discussion in your neighbor's home, between their children and some of it which you get to hear about when they visit you.
We have had no such expectations at home and we welcomed the arrival of my niece with so much affection as we did for the first child. When my elder niece was born, we had a child in the family after a long time and we all had tears of joy. The nurses quite did not understand why we were so happy as they had never seen a family express so much happiness when a girl is born.
And now when my second niece, we are all happy. But back at the hospital someone was consoling us and saying it's ok, these days girls are same as boys. Oh my God, that person even thought that we were upset and came out with some free advice. Bless us heavens!
Then there was another lady who told my sis in law why she had not taken some special medicines so as to conceive a boy! God bless again that soul!
We are happy otherwise, by God's grace we have a cupboard full of the elder's clothes and they will all be reused. Super saver the younger one is! We love you!
