Meet the "Magic Baby Boy"!! Cute lil' bugger ain't he??
Mum-in-law bought two of these little ceramic bubs on one of her trips to Miri, I think, a few years back. She gave one to me, I'd had three gorgeous little girls by then (self-explanatory) and one to Sis-in-law who was just about to get married.
I think SIL's Magic Baby Boy was put on the marriage bed, on the day of the wedding, in place of the little boy that's supposed to jump on your marriage bed to ensure that your first-born is a boy!!! Yes, this is a real Chinese custom, and since we didn't have a real little boy conveniently at hand, I guess a ceramic one was the next best thing!! Hahaha....
Anyway, as for me, I put my Magic Baby Boy on my bedside table, without giving it much thought. So, the little bub and his little ceramic part was the first thing I saw every morning!! I call this forced visualization. I do believe in the power of positive thinking and visualization, and to a certain extent, the law of attraction.... so I suppose you can guess what happened next...
Well, I got pregnant first, with Baby no.4, who had a little something extra (like, literally) compared to his 3 sisters before him. Thus, I got my boy, Solomon, and also the license to "shut factory production"! :)
But honestly, I don't really mind whether I have boys or girls, like they say, as long as they are healthy. That said, it is still nice to have some variety, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, about half a year later, SIL also got pregnant with her first child, baby Hughie... a boy of course...
So since I had no more plans for a no.5, little Magic Baby Boy was passed on to Big Sis in Singapore.
Big Sis says she put him on the table next to her telephone, so every time she talked on the phone, he was staring her in the face!
A few months later, Big Sis too got pregnant and little Benedict came along...
Meanwhile, back in Kuching, Sis no.2 had already had 4 lovely girls and so was the obvious choice as heir of Magic Baby Boy! :)
Sis no.2 just left Magic Baby Boy on a shelf behind her bar counter. If I'm not mistaken, she did say once that the bar was at the part of the house which had the best Feng Shui.... I wonder if that played a part.... hmmm... (BTW I don't believe in Feng Shui, only that some methods of arrangements are more practical and/or pleasing to the eye, that's all)
Sure enough, Sis no.2 is now pregnant with Baby no.5 who comes, of course, with extra bits!! :) She was due to deliver 4 days ago but there's still no action, so we're all still anxiously waiting here!!
So anyway, now, I think we are finally no longer in need of Magic Baby Boy's services. If any of you would like to inherit him, do let us know!!
First come, first served!!
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