Friday, June 01, 2007

It's a Boy...

...oh joy! Both P and I are really thrilled to eventually have one of each, and even Raina quickly reconciled to the idea of having a baby brother -- largely due to Mommy telling Naani Raina that she'll be free to teach him how to sing and talk and eat and take baths. She's especially glad to be able to teach him not to scratch or hit her like Nemesis Henry does at her preschool ("I'll just tell him, 'NO! That's not nice," Raina says emphatically). She's even promised to share ALL her toys with her baby brother! I can't ask for more.

It's interesting that a lot of friends and family reacted not only positively (which was expected), but by saying, "Now, your family's complete." What the heck does that mean? Wouldn't my family have been complete with the addition of a baby girl as well? Or if we'd decided to stick to one child only (and heaven knows we've contemplated that), would we have always been made to feel there was a spot vacant on the table of 4 so to speak? (OK, no one's counting Pikey The Cat, but then she has terrible table manners.)

Just odd little irritants on an otherwise joyful time which we largely spend contemplating boy baby names. :) Suggestions are welcome. The rules are, it's got to have no more than 2 syllables and be easy for non-desis to pronounce.

5 comments:

Terri the terrific said...

Congratulations! Yes, I don't get the whole 'beta' thing either, but then I have one of each, so I don't know differently.

Best of luck with the names, though. That's a harder battle to win.

And belated birthday wishes. I hope you had a good one.

A Muser said...

Thanks for the wishes, Terri! Had a great birthday. Re names, since we're just starting off the thinking process, it's still kind of fun! If you come across a good one, pass it on... Hope you had fun in joisee!

A Muser said...

Oops, I mean your humans...

Anonymous said...

i am one of those who feel 'more complete' with the one boy and one girl scenario - they most 'correctly' replace and maintain the balance on earth ;-)*. [terri, i guess i have ventured into the controversial third child topic that you broached a few weeks ago]

it is not fair for the same parent to win both battles - if one won the first, the other needs to (by default) win the second.

"If you come across a good one, pass it on..."

as one of terri's humans**, let me jump in and vote for babruvaahana ('baab' for shaart), if only because it did not pass muster locally!!

- s.b.

* = notwithstanding the 'two dads' and 'two moms' scenarios that are more in vogue nowadays!

** = human readers

A Muser said...

"Babruvaahana" scores high in our household, especially since it will be shortened to "Baab!" But we're big on the meaning -- would be great if you could pass that on as well. It might just win the house. Keep'em coming, s.b.!!