Suddenly it turns out that I am such an aunt too

Six months ago, I was still shouting very loudly that babies were fun but it was even more fun to be able to give them back to their rightful father or mother, now everything is different. I have a new nephew and suddenly I am also such an aunt.

My best friends were already well into the next generation long before my nephew arrived. And no matter how adorable I find them all, when a certain baby starts crying, I look on anxiously. How do you make something like that stop? Am I squeezing too hard? Does he need to eat? Not with my nephew, no, with him I suddenly have the arrogance to think that I can make him stop because I am family. This is truly based on nothing scientific, but purely on pride. So far, the six-month-old adorable little boy (did I already mention that he is the cutest baby ever ?) does not disappoint me and stops when I let him pull my hair very hard as a last resort. You can already tell: I am willing to do anything to cater to his wishes.

My boyfriend always had the rule that a child had to be able to walk and talk before we would babysit. But with the arrival of my nephew, this requirement also went out the window. I have been trying to persuade the new parents for months to have a date night where I have exclusive rights to babysit. This is still a work in progress. My boyfriend still has doubts, but of course, he is free to go out for an evening.

So I have become unrecognizably changed since the arrival of my nephew and these are the signs that you have also become such an aunt:

1. You watch the same video unnecessarily often where your nephew or niece does something that is not necessarily very intelligent, but is incredibly cute or funny.

2. If there are no new videos or photos provided for more than three days, you become unreasonably upset. After which you start sending messages like: how is my most favorite man in the world? In the app where your father, brothers, and any boyfriends are also included.

3. You facetimed unnecessarily often with your brother or sister in the hope of seeing your nephew (sorry brother), while you never did that before the birth of this little munchkin.

4. Every week you come up with an excuse to drop by or ‘be in the area’, while you used to not see your brother or sister for a month without batting an eye because: busy.

5. Upon entering, you try to grab the nephew or niece in question tightly right away and then you stay as long as you can, even when you get hints that you should leave.

And for when you think that you will never become like this: I thought so too.