My 8yo wants another baby brother--when she already has one.

Isn't this the cutest? Yea. It sure is. My daughter M, thinks it's that easy for mommy to have a baby like baby B. She doesn't understand that it takes literally 10months before a baby comes into the world to join our family. She doesn't realize that mommy has to stay up at all hours of the night nursing the baby while she is asleep. She doesn't realize that baby will need tender love, care and attention that may take away from her own time with mommy. She doesn't realize that not only will it be a baby, but it may be a baby sister. She doesn't want a baby sister. She want's a baby brother.

Why? Because she wants to be the only princess in the house. Because she still wants all the attention a girl needs from her mommy and daddy. She still wants to be mommy's only date for chick flicks when she grows up. She wants to be mommy's only little girl. She wants a baby brother just like her little baby B, so innocent, so pure, just so she can care for him and love him. So she can boss him around and he won't be able to do anything about it because he's too small to fight back. You see, her little brother now, fights back. He talks back and he doesn't let her get away with murder. He annoys her. He gets on her nerves. He makes her so angry she cries. So she thinks having a baby brother will rid all of her problems with her now brother.

She loves her brother, don't get me wrong. She knows she can't live without him and that's the beauty of it. However, she also believes that with another, their relationship will get closer. They work great together, she's just playing the role of the older sibling. She see's it as they can work together as a team at caring for the new baby brother. And life would be so much easier.

My son feels the same. He too wants a baby brother. But only because he truly is the only boy his age in the family and within our circle of friends. I can see it in his eyes. He wants a baby brother BUT THEN he doesn't want a baby brother. He wants to be mommy's only baby boy too but I think he is ok with another.

Mommy hasn't quite got to that point yet. Mommy is quite content where she is. Mommy loves her babies now as they are because mommy would never want them to feel replaced. For now, mommy will enjoy her time with her babies, her pair, her loves. My daughter may be springing something up, but let's leave it be and see where the road of life takes us. A baby brother--- whew, that means three!