He has four older sisters.
It's just miserable.
Well, if you consider having a whole load of people doting on you, attending to your every whim, and thinking you're the greatest thing ever, miserable.
As the mother of five, I am not unaccustomed to commentary from the general populace on my brood.
"You must have your hands full!"
"You need to get a new hobby."
(directed toward one of my girls with a head nod in my direction) "You should tell your daddy to leave her alone!" (oh yes this did really happen.)
"One...two....three...four...gahw!"
"So are you Catholic or Mormon?"
The newest, and now most common, exclamations are typically in sympathy for my darling Joe who has four older sisters.
"Oh poor guy!"
All out brawls may or may not occasionally break out over who gets to hold him when he needs comfort.
They play with him, give him lots of kisses, give him snacks, teach him things, make him laugh,
and
never...
never
dress him like a girl.
thanks for stopping by my blog...we totally love that yogurt too...and thanks for the compliment on my handwriting...the "fine-tip" dry erase markers help! love this post about your sweet boy and his doting sisters! xo
ReplyDeletePeople say the craziest things. I love how his sisters love your little guy so much. That is what I think is more important, the love between siblings not how many there are, even though I myself am hoping for a big family at the end of the day. Keep being an awesome example for us less seasoned moms. Thanks for this post.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog (because of a comment you left on Dwija's!) and I had to comment on this post! I am the momma of 6 (#6 in utero as we speak) and I had three girls first. Yup, #1, 2, and 3 all girls. We were quite surprised to find out #4 was a boy and I was so annoyed at the way people would talk about how he was a "poor little guy" with "all those girls around."
ReplyDeleteI also didn't care for all the "disappointment" when #3 was a girl, too. but anyway...I now have two boys and my hunch is that #6 is a boy (so far my kids all follow the heartbeat "ol' wives tale") so then maybe people will leave my boys alone!!! haha