first up
November 9, 2011Being the firstborn is pretty awesome, don’t you think?
The whole family is waiting hand and foot for you, the empty room gets painted yellow a few hours after the pregnancy test is positive, yellow clothes start filling up the cupboards in the nursery. Everyone’s excited!
When my sister was pregnant with my nephew, everyone was grinning everyday with excitement. I remember we all pulled out chairs for her, held her bags, and we drove reallllyyyyy slowly so we wouldn’t cause any disturbance to the not-out-yet nephew. The doctor told us not to be so anal as there’s a protective layer around the baby to withstand a lot of things, but we thought mehh the doctor doesn’t have a lot of experience and those hundreds of certificates displayed probably came with the wallpaper. When my sister was in labour, my mom was praying till the wee hours of the morning for her, and I was in the UK clutching my phone eager to receive news from the family. When nephew arrived into the world, our lives were just put on hold and everything became about the new boy in the family.
When my sister gave birth to little niece, we were all “Aww so cute….gotta go to work now. See you later!”
(I will edit the paragraph above and lie, when little niece learns how to read)
And then I realised something. I was little niece!!! It’s the 2nd child syndrome.
When my sister came out, everyone was celebrating and she had her whole cukur jambul ceremony and countless birthday parties. My parents were free-er back then, more energetic and outgoing, and videocams were cool so there are so many clips of my sister as a child. When I came out, it was like mehhh been there done that. I asked to see my cukur jambul album, and my mom kept quiet. -_____-
Just look at the family album private collection.
No wonder I keep seeing new pictures of my sister as a child, because she has so many to choose from! You should see my family scrapbook albums. Most of my pictures are from my “grown up” phase because I mean seriously, there’s not much choice for me as a baby!! They might have as well taught me how to use a camera as a toddler so I can take my own pictures hmphhhh! Omgg it so explains my obsession with cameras and photo albums now. To make up for lost time. Pftt.
For my sister’s birthday recently, we all went for a family drive and my dad played DVDs of my sister when she was a kid. That’s right, they even took the trouble to convert old-school tapes into DVDs so they won’t lose the precious footage.
Ahhh there were subtitles too! You know, just in case, I wanted to know what they were so happy about and where.
We spent hours watching my sister talking, jumping, skipping, blowing candles. Suchhhhh a fun ride for me. I was having the time of my life looking for the motion sickness bag to barf in.
What do we play at family drives during MY birthday?
The freakin radio.
Seeeee, as much as you eldest children loveeee to complain about the pressure of setting an example bla bla yawn, you have your perks!
As for me, don’t worry! I make them take my pictures allllll the time now. Never too late for payback.
hahaha so bitter la vivy! but yea that’s just how it is. I’m in the midst of making my wedding montage, and being the 4th child makes its near impossible to find a baby pic! Such is life -__-
haha..i know da feelings.luckily u dun hav to wear recycle shirts n pants like i do..everyting recycle my brothers one..toys also recycle..haha
Hehe..i’m the eldest of 5 siblings so I kinda feel you.
I feel sorry for my siblings’ childhood photo collection too haha.. mine’s so much more than theirs combined together.
and talk about recycling..some of my dresses came back to me after my sisters and cousins are done with it. like, do you want me to pass that dress down to my daughter or what?
anyway like you said, that makes up for all the responsibility-thingy expected of a firstborn. But being the later born child is not all that bad. Parents tend to be more relaxed and i especially envy the freedom my parents give my younger siblings. At least they got to do what i missed when i was younger just because of the Do’s and Dont’s (more Dont’s) my parents posed on me.. like camping, sleepovers, outings..etc..
OMG Vivy! You are so right! I’m currently preggers with my second and it’s like, okay, right, so, what’s for dinner?
When I was pregnant with Master E (my 1st), I wasn’t allowed to drive, and now, I’m still driving at (almost) 8 months. And the baby stuff filled the house to the brim by the 5th month for Master E, this time round, we’re so relaxed, hardly bought anything yet!
Vivy…true indeed!!!
astaga! so true!! im the second daughter and NO baby picture of me -.-
same thing!! im 2nd born. i get used hand me down clothes…shoes…botol susu all!! and her albums are way way more than mine.
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Hahahaha … this is why I love reading your blog – you’re funny without even trying 😀
Haha hilarious… Imagine being the 3rd child and it’s even harder to find my baby pics.. But now im expectin,cant wait to take bunch of photos of the lil ones
i had the same issue though i am the last child…
Kelakar la u ni dear…
I’m trying my very best NOT to be like this with my second child.
Allow me to link this entry to my blog. I wanna write a note to my second son. Just in case he writes a similar entry in his blog when he grows up..Heh!
haha vivy, i’m the youngest of 3 but the first always kesayangan which is my sister, then the 2nd child syndrome didnt apply as my brother is the only son in the family. where do u think i stand now?? hehe
I’m the eldest too..same lotsa-childhood-photos-more-than-my-siblings situation 🙂 bet every eldest child will have that..hehe
Ehem…im the eldest, n i can admit it =)
you forgot about the song. :p
I am the eldest and I have more baby pics than my other siblings and I had most birthday parties too.lalalalalala~~
cant even afford video back then.. being born in a wealthy family is sure a bliss!
Ur still lucky for being their youngest child
Lol,your are very funny, so true i guess it happens with all parents, sometimes so annoying.
youngest in my family treatment lagi teruk….semua everything pass me downs. unless you are the middle child but the only girl or boy or the middle child but the first girl/boy than you will be treated like first born la. my 3rd brother – 1st boy gt that treatment,.
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youngest in my family treatment lagi teruk….semua everything pass me downs. unless you are the middle child but the only girl or boy or the middle child but the first girl/boy than you will be treated like first born la. my 3rd brother – 1st boy gt that treatment,.
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where do your parents find the place to convert the videos to dvds? we are still using the old video tape thingy to watch our baby vids =(