Does Boo Look Like…

It’s a question we have always been asked

One most parents are asked

“Does Boo look like Baba?”

It is something we hear a lot

But something we hardly ever hear is

“Does Boo look like Rhianna?”

It is something I have been asked a handful of times.

That’s less than five

I have been asked “Does Boo look like Baba?” a million times

I have been asked “Does Boo look like Rhianna?” less than five times.

Less than five times Boo has been associated with his sister

Less than five times Boo has been compared with his sister

His big sister

The one that isn’t here

The one he has never seen

The one he will only know through us

And less than five times we have been asked about him and her

The truth is…

Yes Boo looks just like Baba

Identical in fact if you post photos of them both at 6 months together

But yes he also looks like his big sister

He has her colouring

Her hair

Her skin tone

All things that are different from Baba

He is a striking mixture of them both

But less than five people know that

As its only been asked a handful of times

So thank you to those people who have asked

You didn’t make me feel uncomfortable

You didn’t make me sad

You made me feel what I am

A mother of three

A mother of a baby that looks like his brother and sister

Not one or the other

But the two of them together

Thank you for putting Baba, Boo and Rhianna together