Who/m Do You Take After?

I wonder who the Baby will grow up to become like.

Will Baby have my smile, my petiteness, or his small headness and love for sport?

Will Baby grow up to become more like Mummy or Daddy?

People say like Mother, like Daughter. Or like Father, like Son. Well not necessarily so!

I take after my dad, 90% of myself reminds me of dad! I talk like him, I think like him, I say things without realising-that those may have been exatctly what he would have said in similar situations. It's a good thing, and I don't mind it at all. However I look 90% like my dear mum, which isn't so bad- she's over 50 and recently someone commented that she is a 'young mother'! She does look 10years younger I must admit.

So how did this come about? I remember clearly, throughout the early years of childhood, although mum spent 100% of her time with us, I was a close observer of dad. Everything he did, I just had to know. I had to wake up at 6:30am on Sundays and I had to have just another glimpse of that 5kg Dermatology Altas sitting on the bookshelf which I had looked through a million times over throughout the week.

I had to watch him stitch up nasty cuts on patients, and I had to count medicine in his little dispensary. I had to observe every word he said and I had to analyze the reasons he said it. I had to help him with the drilling and sawing, and I had to try out all the sports he loved to play. I had to go fishing in the drain with dad and I had to help out with the handywork. I had to have him push me on the Minibike and then scrape my knee nearly to the bone later on because he had not realised I had fallen off partially. And then I had to act tough as if there was no pain. Nope, I didn't shed a tear. Instead, I learnt what pus meant and how to prevent wound infections at just 8yrs. Just like when dad fractured his foot playing basketball. He had to make his own cast and he had to show me how to do it. (Of course I had to sign it too) He had to turn it into another fun learning experience rather than act like he was all in pain.

So when it came to my turn to fracture my own foot while playing basketball, I had to act tough. I had to wake up to go to school but nearly fainted from the pain I didn't realise I had. But as I got older, I stopped pursuing much sports. This is when the likeness of my mum (who doesn't do any sport) took over. I became what some call a 'lady'. hmm...

Sounds like a serious case of Monkey see, monkey do. So when you're about to have your own children, bear in mind that they are watching your every move. From the way you brush your teeth to the foods you like to eat, to how you handle sticky situations and how you rejoice with others.

And just in case anyone was wondering about names, I have fallen in love with this name from the Bible. This Bible character was probably one of the chief musicians who wrote one of the songs to one of the Psalms.

Whom do you take after? Your mom, or your dad? Do you remember observing their every move? Do you remind yourself of either of your parents? I certainly do. And I'm sure my Baby will too. Baby will be watching us like a hawk if Baby inherited 'observationnesss' from me.

One thing I am sure of though, is this:

Jeremiah 1:5
5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

God has a plan.

The pressure is on!