What the little big brothers and sisters said

I said I’d share the hysterical comments some of my youngsters made when Isaiah was born and plum forgot. (Is it plum or plumb? Oh well…)
Anyhoo, here they are:

Elijah, age 7 – After welcoming his new baby brother, Eli meandered about the room (we had a homebirth) looking in the laundry and trash bags, around the bed, etc. obviously investigating with a purpose. The midwife asked what he was looking for. He answered,"Where’s the blood? I don’t see any blood." He knew blood was somehow involved.

Later, after I had cleaned up and changed, I was sitting on a chux pad on my bed to eat my well-deserved eggs benedict from Bob Evans (I was SO HUNGRY!). After I was done and got up, evidence of one of those "gushers" you get after having a baby was left on the pad. Of course, Elijah had to be in the room: "Eeeuw. Blood…..Cool."

Judah, age 5 – Coming in after his 3 older brothers were already oogling over the baby, he made his way through the crowd, got a load of the small presence before him, and said, with the "this-is-so-heavy tone, …"Wo!"

Autumn, age 3 – "Is there another baby in Mommy’s snumuck? She’s still fat."

Elijah – "He has zigzag hair."

Isabelle, age 21 months – While pointing at the baby’s ear: "Eye." We’re off to a good start.

Autumn - Before the baby was born, one of my daughters was babysitting at our house. I carried the 3-month-old, fully-dressed baby into the room where Autumn was. When she turned and saw me, her eyes got as big as saucers and she asked, "Did that come out of your snumuck?!"

Elijah – Sounding so cute….at first, "Look at his teeny toes!…….They look like worms!"