I have a secret worry. Not one of those all-consuming worries that keeps you up at night, but a little annoying nag that whispers to you just to reassure you that there is still something to worry about.
I'm worried at how Baby Girl will feel being second. Not that she will be (or is currently) any less important than her older sister (or brother), but she is the second girl - while her coming-home outfit will be her own, she will be facing a closetful of her sister's hand-me-downs (not that Woodstock isn't wearing hand-me-downs, because she dooes). Her birthday will be close to, but not on, the birthday shared by Woodstock and I. Just close enough to be "almost" - and lumped into the same 3-week-span of birthday madness shared by Woodstock, Grover and myself. She will not have my middle name as Woodstock does - even though we technically didn't name her after me. Most of all, I worry because while I'm head-over-heels-in-love with this baby already, it's a different sort of feeling than I had while pregnant with Woodstock.
I know every parent worries if they will have enough love for the second child - and that every time, they are met with a resouding "yes" - but I worry how to make Baby Girl feel special, that she is just as much an individual, and just as loved, as Woodstock is. I'm sure it will happen, but right now, I can't seem to fathom how.
1 comment:
I think it's a valid concern, one I've heard voiced by many a mom and one I'm sure every mom has faced or will, and I think you're right. It will all work out just fine.
I was the 2nd girl, and never felt anything amiss with that placement :) There's pros and cons to being in any slot of the sibling line-up.
Congrats again! How fun to really be able to say, "the girls and I..." etc. :)
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