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Archive for August, 2007
First Borns
This post is dedicated to those first-time parents to be.
First borns. What is it about first borns that make them extra special? For first time parents, a newborn baby is greeted both with much trepidation and joy. There is the joy of welcoming a new addition to the family and the anxiety in the proper way of bringing up the baby. First borns go through much trial and error in their upbringing as they are the guinea pigs for first time parents and set the benchmark for their future siblings. Being lavished with more love, time and attention than their younger siblings, first borns almost always are high achievers. Scientific studies have been undertaken to prove this. Go to here.
Not only that, the baby is nurtured even before the time that they were born! Some parents to be go to the extent of playing music for the babies and educating them by reading to the fetus inside the womb. Of course, some babies end up becoming spoilt brats in the process as the parents give in to the child’s whims and fancies. So, due care must be exercised to ensure the child grows up into a well-adjusted individual.
First borns have many mementos especially toys and photo albums. The first roll, first step, first wave, first smile, first tooth, oh well, basically first of everything is captured, filed and kept as a lovely reminder of the baby growing up years. Some parents even take snapshots of their first borns footprint and bound it into the album! There is a lot of amusement and amazing discoveries and the baby is practically treated as a king or queen. Every little move is monitored closely. Suffice to say, the world is their oyster. I’ve known many first borns to be high achievers, mostly academically but some are all-rounders.
Growing up with an elder sibling who is a high achiever is stressful to say the least. Not only do I get comparisons by my parent, since we go to the same school, we get the same teachers too so I do get compared by our teachers as well and sometimes get referred or called by my sis name. It’s like living behind a shadow throughout my childhood and adolescent years. Don’t get me wrong, I practically worshipped the ground that my sis walks on and to me, she’s like my idol, but it’s just that sometimes I feel somewhat envious of her. She is rather disciplined and planned her time properly juggling between her studies and extra-curricular activities. I, on the other hand would rather get glued in front of the idiot box after school. Homework is always done at the last minute before I go to sleep or on a Sunday night. I’ve even tried doing homework in the car on the way to my tuition!! Haahahaha…what an exhilarating ride that was! Nevertheless, I always become the teacher’s pet…well, for most of my tuition classes that is. Hahahaha….
