Mr Men and Little Miss 5

The crib's been set up for a while now and it resides in my wardrobe, the place where there's least traffic. By 'least traffic' I mean the place where the twins are in the least. Having said that, it doesn't mean that they don't occasionally wander into my wardrobe. They like playing hide and seek in the cupboards and raid my toiletries drawer. They come away with their favourite spoils, sanitary napkins and panty liners which they somewhat accurately refer to as "Mommy's diapers".

Anyway, we got Jordan a baby doll sometime ago in a bid to try and get her interested and in the know about the Muffin on its way. She hasn't shown all that much interest in it, patting or giving it thumps on its back occasionally and then leaving it to suffocate in boxes or her toy basket.

Then about 2 days ago, there was an about turn. She carried it everywhere she went, asked me to teach her how to 'sayang' baby, insisted on swaddling the baby in a dress of mine no less and feeding it from a baby bottle. When asked if baby doll needed to sleep, she put it into the crib and stood there and pat it for a good two minutes before spinning round and asking for a pillow. Before I could offer a suggestion, she zeroes in on my toiletries drawer and fashions a pillow and bolster of sorts. Quite the Little Miss Mommy there and I'm glad. Hopefully it'll carry on after Muffin arrives.



















Evan, being the typical boy who also, I suspect is trying to ignore the fact that there is competition coming his way, is quite indifferent about the baby doll. But on occasion, when he sees Baby J make a fuss with the doll and gets me involved, he'll try his hand at 'feeding' the 'baby' and stroking its forehead. He did ask though, why Baby Doll had no hair and why he and Jie Jie had so much hair.

Hopefully Muffin has hair otherwise this elder brother might see it as a reason to discriminate against his newborn sibling. And I'm sure he's already lined up enough reasons from here to the Singapore Flyer.


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