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bluegreen17) wrote2002-10-13 10:39 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2002-10-13 10:39 pm
lack of fascination with babies
today my oldest sister lise arrived in town with her two 4-year-olds,abby and emy. i was glad to see them all but there are things that puzzle me about my reactions to my nieces and nephew in the last couple of years.
i really don't have much interest in them (doesn't mean i don't love 'em) and i used to love little kids as long as i wasn't doing the boring stuff like changing diapers and feeding them. no matter how many times i'd seen babies go through the same stages,i never found it boring.
now i do. which is sad and i don't know why it is.
also,the longer the twins are here and as they get louder and more hyper i can barely stand it. they are just being normal kids. maybe it is because there are TWO of them and all of the little ones in the past were the only little ones at the time.the closest any of me and my siblings are is 3/1/2 years between my older sister and me. other than that,there are gaps of 4-7 years. so maybe that's it. but i don't understand the disinterest the young 'uns thing... i used to adore babies...actually i noticed this waning of interest about four years ago when my friend trevor and his wife had a baby girl and i got to hold her. of course i acted interested because i liked them and it was really sweet because they were so excited about having a new baby and they were so great with the older son. but what the heck is up with me?
i don't know.
i really don't have much interest in them (doesn't mean i don't love 'em) and i used to love little kids as long as i wasn't doing the boring stuff like changing diapers and feeding them. no matter how many times i'd seen babies go through the same stages,i never found it boring.
now i do. which is sad and i don't know why it is.
also,the longer the twins are here and as they get louder and more hyper i can barely stand it. they are just being normal kids. maybe it is because there are TWO of them and all of the little ones in the past were the only little ones at the time.the closest any of me and my siblings are is 3/1/2 years between my older sister and me. other than that,there are gaps of 4-7 years. so maybe that's it. but i don't understand the disinterest the young 'uns thing... i used to adore babies...actually i noticed this waning of interest about four years ago when my friend trevor and his wife had a baby girl and i got to hold her. of course i acted interested because i liked them and it was really sweet because they were so excited about having a new baby and they were so great with the older son. but what the heck is up with me?
i don't know.