Hello Baby Number Two

If you read my earlier post you'd know that Matty is not particularly keen on having a baby brother or
sister. In fact, he made it very clear he didn't want either. But what does a toddler know, right?  Having someone to grow up with will be great fun! Anyway we told him last month that he was going to have a
sister or brother soon... and yes, he wasn't happy.

He was in a bad mood for a while everytime we talked about baby number two. It was
until we told him that he can still sleep with us after the baby is born that he cheered up a little. But even then he'd still show his hostility towards the baby.

ME:                  "Will you love baby?"



MATTY:         "No! Matty hit baby!"



ME:                  "If Matty sleep with Da Da and Ma Ma, can baby sleep in Matty's room?



MATTY:         "No! Baby sleep in Pa Pa's (helper's) room.



ME:                 "But you don't use your room, why can't baby use it?"



MATTY:         "But I play inside all the time."


Over the past few weeks things have improved slightly. I'd make Matty kiss my belly goodnight...and he'd make me kiss his belly goodnight too. Yes, Matty pretends to have a baby in his belly. He's already had his sixth baby now I think. The first one was called Maya. But he later changed it to "Zywa". Maybe thats his way of accepting the the news.

Yesterday, we took him with us for my ultrasound. And there he saw and heard baby for the first
time. He didn't really respond too much until he heard baby's heartbeat. He was actually more focused on what the doctor was doing to my belly. While sitting on Da Da's lap, Matty looked at me and asked me "Do you feel pain?" Matty also said "yay" when the doctor told us baby was a boy! Although he denied saying that when we got home.

Hopefully, over the next few months Matty will look forward to seeing his little
brother as much as we do.