A niece/nephew might not be your son or daughter, but they can change your life just the same
It is often said that "a baby changes your life", and nothing is extra true than that: with the arrival of a new living being, so small and in need of care and love, one's life will never be the same as before.
This statement is so true that it concerns not only the baby's parents but also their brothers and sisters, who from that moment on will become "aunts and uncles".
A status of pure joy, we could say, because aunts and uncles have the advantage of being able to enjoy the best part of a child and do not expect to do anything but be able to spoil the child and they almost feeling entitled to do so.
But what they do not suspect is how much that little nephew or niece will transform their very existence - exactly in these (and other) 7 ways.
- 1. The relationship between the sister/brother, parent of the nephew or niece, is strengthened. The arrival of a new small and tender family member attracts all the others who want to hold the baby close, and, in doing so, to meet and be together more than before. In this way, not only can one be blessed with a baby, but also by helping the child's exhausted parents, the bonds between you and them will be reinforced.
- 2. Awakens the inner child within us. A child is imagination in its purest state: because everything in the child is yet to come, and everything around the child unleashes in the child a sense of wonder and amazement. This is a powerful and totally disarming perspective, which infects those around the child, especially aunts and uncles, who can let out all their creativity and desire to play thanks to - and with the excuse of - their niece or nephew.
- 3. Generates a new obsession. In the era of smartphones, you will end up with a smartphone full of photos of your niece or nephew. Because you do not want to lose any fun moments and signs of the child's progress, and just simply to be enchanted by the baby's sweet little face, you will have so many photos that people will believe that you are the parents.
- 4. The power of a noun. Just as mom and dad find out, you will soon discover it too. When? The first time you hear yourself called "aunt" or "uncle", then your heart will melt, and your day - however bad it may have started - will magically shine with joy and sweetness.
- 5. It makes you feel proud. Like parents, aunts and uncles are also eager to see every little step of progress their niece or nephew is making and are willing to reward the child with any new game /clothes/ anything that is within the reach of their hands and also their wallet.
- 6. It makes you feel special. The way your niece's or nephew's face lights up, opening up in a joyful smile, when they see you and try to jump on you, and how they always want to be with you and never want to let you leave --- all that, well, it makes you feel like a star, unique, special --- and for them you really are.
- 7. It will teach you the meaning of unconditional love. When you see your niece or nephew for the first time, you will have no way out and you will be forever prisoners of the love that will be unleashed deep down inside of you, for the baby will immediately have a special place in your heart.
Being an uncle or an aunt is a really unique experience because even without being their parents, you both will be a part of the other. So you just have to take advantage of this wonderful gift that your own brothers and sisters will give you!
