the birth order of children
Current mood: chipper
Category: Life
Your clothes:
1st baby: you begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confrims yor pregnant.
2nd baby: you wear your normal clothes as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
Preparing for the birth:
1st baby: you practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You dont bother because you remember that the last time breathing didnt do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epideral in your 8th month
The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-was newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them,and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: you check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: boys can wear pink, cant they?
Worries
1st baby: at the first sign of distress-a whimper-a frown- you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: you pick up the baby when their wails threaten to wake up your firstborn.
3rd baby: you teach your 3 yr old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
Pacifier
1st baby: if the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away til you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: when the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt if off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: you wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
Diapering
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, weather they need it or not.
2nd baby: you change their diaper every 2-3 hours, if needed.
3rd baby: you try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
Activities
1st baby: you take your infant to baby gymnastics, baby swing, baby story hour.
2nd baby: you take your infant to baby gymnastics.
3rd baby: you take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going out
1st baby: the first time you leave your baby with a sitter you call home 5 times.
2nd baby: just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: you leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
At home
1st baby: you spend a good bit of everyday just gazing at the baby
2nd baby: you spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isnt squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: you spend a little bit of everyday hiding from the children.
Swallowing coins
1st baby: when 1st child swallows a coin you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
2nd baby: when 2nd child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd baby: when the 3rd swallows a coin you deduct it from its allowance.
pass this on to everyone you know with children... or everyone who knows someone with children.( the older the mother, the funnier this is)
GRANDCHILDREN:
Gods reward for allowing your children to live !!!!
