Thursday, 28 June 2007

I wonder who he takes after

23 weeks

I can tell my baby's personality and he's is not even out of the womb.
Let me explain.
BabyG is mischevious. I can feel him kicking, and so I hurriedly haul my husband's (or mother's/sister's/friend's) arm across, place their hand firmly on the site of the kicking and excitedly tell them that they are about to feel a kick.
So they wait, expectantly.
And I wait, expectantly.
And the clock ticks.
And we wait.
And as the seconds tick by I realise that I've made all this fuss, and precisely nothing is happening.
I shift slightly awkwardly in my seat. I am beginning to feel embarrassed.
BabyG meanwhile, can tell everything that is going on. After attracting attention through kicking in the first place, he leans back, places his arms behind his head and, with a wry smile, has absolutely no intention of kicking.
So I and husband/mother/sister/friend give up. I apologise and gabble: "he'll do it again soon, I'm sure!"
Then, as everyone gets back to what they were doing, BabyG languorously reaches his leg out and places a deft, carefully positioned foot and gives a good, firm kick.

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