(note: dialogue represents our thoughts…not actual words spoken..)
Me: Hey Koko….guess what?
Collin: What?
Me: Baby Caleb is coming home today!
Collin: Really? Wow! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Me: Eh, why are you so happy?
Collin: I have a new (toy) brother to play with!
Me: Yeah! Yeah! Must share share, ok?
Collin: Sure!
Me: Mama keep saying I will be promoted wor…know what dat means?
Collin: You will be promoted from MeiMei to JieJie lor
Me: Huh? Change name?
Collin: No lah…you will be Meimei to me and Jiejie to Caleb…
Me: Orh…got any special privileges of promotion ah?
Collin: Erm….
Me: Like more time in the bathtub, more TV time, more biscuits for snacks, longer sleeping hours, and so on?
Collin: Erm…no lah. You will get almost what I get when I was promoted to Koko..
Me: You mean I will instead LOSE my special privileges as the youngest?!
Collin: Err…yeah, sort of..
Me: I dowan to be Jiejie lah like dat..
Collin: But Caleb got hair wor…he can be like a toy doll you can play with wor…
Me: Hmmmm…really?
Collin: Besides, it is quite a good feeling to have someone to look down upon…
Me: Really?…Hey!
Collin: You will know once you try it lah..
Me: OK….I guess I have to learn to grow up and be a good Jiejie then.
Collin: Quick, come let’s prepare the presents we want to give Caleb when he comes home..
Me: Yeah!
soon u’ll also learn & acquire the middle child syndromes.
Caitlynn: Middle child means the letter ‘I’? More selfish? Gasp!
the feeling of being left out. u will feel that u don’t get as much love & attention from ur papa & mama compared to ur older and/or younger bro…hence u’ll become more rebellious & jealous. this is real.
read this: http://middlechildpersonality.com/middle-child-syndrome/
Caitlynn: Whew…thank goodness I cannot really read yet…:-P