Life with two young boys isn't easy. Gregory gets jealous over his little brother easily, though I can see that he does love his brother. He would display his discontentment whenever I breastfeed baby. He would whine, cry while sitting next to me till I finish breastfeeding the baby. Finally, one day he asked me..
Greg: Mummy, why didi has to drink your milk?
Me: Well Greggie, when you were a baby, Mummy also fed you with my milk. So now Mummy is also feeding didi with Mummy's milk..
Greg: I don't like didi drink your milk. Is it because didi has no small milk bottles? Mummy, I have small milk bottles. I can lend mine to didi. If didi wants my milk powder, I also can give. Just take from the kitchen...
Me: *absolutely stunned*
Though unhappy about the presence of his brother, Greg has never been physically violent (though he could be rough in his touch) towards the baby. He feels bored at home, but he adamantly refuses to return to school. There was once when I told him that he should return to school the next day, he became quite upset about it. Though there was some immediate change in his behaviour (e.g., he would not stop me from breastfeeding his brother, and would even bring the breastfeeding pillow to me; he would also offer the baby one of his pillows! etc), I thought I shouldn't bring up the topic of sending him back to school any more(until when the hfmd situation in school has cleared and it's time for him to return to school) because it felt more like a threat to me. I guess I have to be really careful in managing Greg. He has always been very sensitive and emotional.. probably worse when the second baby is out I feel. I really hope that Greg will adjust fine in no time, and that he and baby would get along well in future.
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