Waiting for the New Born Baby

Photo of Ananda Nayla

By Ananda Nayla Tabrani Yunis

Class 6 of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri (MIN) 5 Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Waiting and waiting. It is awaiting time I am facing now. Do you know what I am waiting? If you do, tell me. If you don’t know, let me tell you! You know, something will come soon. A new baby. That’s so awesome right? I do not know if the baby will be a girl or a boy, but I am very happy to wait for the baby born. When baby is born, I will give the baby a lot of LOVE because who don’t need love? I know all of you need love, even baby.

Even I am very happy with the baby, there is something I don’t like. Do you know what? When the baby is born, I want a baby girl. I don’t like a baby when is still new born, and I don’t like a boy baby. So if you are asking me why I don’t like baby boy and new born baby. I have the reasons. I don’t like a baby boy because when he grows up, I will be scare. So why am I scare? Its because when the baby grows up, he is going to be scary. You know, some of the boys are like that. What happen if the baby can be a boy not a girl? If it is going to be a boy I will not carry him, because I don’t want a baby boy. Then I don’t like the baby boy dress because its not cute at all. But if the baby are twins I really really really LOVE, even there is a boy, but I really want one boyand one girl. Next, why I don’t like new baby or new born is because I can’t hold him or her yet. It means that I cannot carry him or her.

I am curious with some needs for the baby. I ask my self, what we need if the baby is coming. Therefore, I asked my Mom. I got the answer. We need baby stuffs, such as clothes, diapers, baby socks, baby bed, baby toys, and some other stuffs too. Sometimes you don’t need to buy the baby stuff first. You just need to buy some baby blankets. We need a blanket for the baby and it is very important, because when the baby is cool, we cannot give the baby our blanket, because its too big and it could have very tiny dust in it.

Then, it is interesting to know what the baby eats. What will the baby eat? Everybody knows that the baby will not eat first, because the baby only needs milk from Mom. The baby does not have teeth, and baby born don’t have teeth yet. So what they will eat? So the baby will drink milk from the mommy. The baby will eat when he or she is 8 or 9 months and then when he or she grows up, he or she can eat what ever he/she wants.

What about talking? When will the baby talk? Baby can talk when the baby is 2 or 3 years old, but when the baby talks, sometimes we don’t understand, because baby talks in the baby’s way. You know? New born baby only can can drink, cry, poop.