The babysitter and old wives tale

I'm sure you know what this is, it is a baby's thigh. This one belongs to Bea3, and upon meeting the baby the first time, the babysitter announced that, finally the next baby will be a boy.

See the line, one line means next baby is a boy, two lines a girl. I may get it the other way around, but I don't trust it so I don't really take note. I have not come across more than two lines yet.

The thing is, she has been observing this from Bea1. And so far, her "prediction" is just right. Of course she said she does not believe it, "Kata orang tua-tua", that's what she said. But whenever she 'got' it right, I can tell there is a kind of satisfaction on her face.

That is only of the old wives tales that she has been sharing with me.

The other one is, the lump or nodule (I don't have any idea what it is called) in the umbilical cord. Malays follow certain ritual on the placenta and umbilical cord, we normally bury them. She is the one who did the cleaning, for both Bea2 and Bea3 before hubby buried them. From the last one, she again announced that looking at the lumps, I will have many kids. I was like "Uh...how many?", she said she was not sure but quite a number.

Last week, before I did the test, I told her that I had the feeling that I might be at it again. She said, she had been observing Bea3 attempting to do a summersault. She said "Nak intai adik ya....". I was like "Ohhh...please!!!".

When I related the result a few hours after that, she gave me "See, i told you" look.

Both Bea1 and Bea2 has not been feeling well since Saturday. They'd been vomiting for something that I'm not sure yet. Bea2 is ok now, and Bea1 is getting better.
This morning, when I mentioned about this to her, she asked if I got any signs of morning sickness yet. When I said no, she said sometimes the sympton can be passed to other kids and the husband too.

Well I heard about husbands getting it, but not the kids. I don't trust it unless some scientific proves have been found.

At home the night after finding out about the new pregnancy, as always I tried to get a little more excitement from hubby. He was like emotionless, thinking he might be in denial, I showed him the pregnancy stick. He assured me he was ok with it and accepting but I was not satisfied.

Of course I'm not keen having my kids gets the 'sickness', but now, despite getting the above treatment, it can be interesting having hubby running to the toilet at the smell of food, haha imagine that, that would be great...hopefully it helps in getting a few kilos off him. But wait, I'm not keen having a husband with mood swings. That reminds me of Arni Schwar....(can never get the spelling right!) in that movie, but I can't recall the title.

Anyway, I digress.

You may think the babysitter is old-fashioned. She is not really. We have a very good relationship, she complies a lot to my style. But I do compromise a bit here and there.

When I get worried if any of the kids get sick, she would come out with some other signs. At the beginning of a new month for a baby, she said there is always a change/new development, and that can be shown by a little increase in body temperature, some tantrums etc. Sometimes it is comforting, but of course we don't push anything to that, a sick baby must go to the doctor.

That's all I can think off now, I have many, will share them here if I remember and have the time.

Thanks for reading;)