Attention mommy bloggers
Posted on | March 11, 2007 | 3 Comments
recieved this via email from the lovely Steve.. Is it true?
Birth order
Your Clothes
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN
confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
Preparing For Birth
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don’t bother because you remember that last time,
breathing didn’t do a thing.3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
The Layette
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn’s clothes, colour-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, can’t they?
Worries
1st baby: At the first sign of distress – a whimper, a frown – you pick
up the baby.2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your
firstborn.3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical
swing.Pacifier
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you
can go home and wash and boil it.2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it 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, whether they need
it or not.2nd baby: You change baby’s diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change the diaper before others start to complain
about the smell or you see it sagging to the knees.Activities
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and 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
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 every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older
child isn’t squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
Swallowing Coins
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the
hospital and demand x-rays.2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for
the coin to pass.3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his
allowance.
Cheers for the chuckle honeyI especially loved the ‘at home 3rd baby’ *grin*
oh.. I also stole this from HK It tickled me muchly – in a ‘its funny cos its true’ kinda way..
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March 12th, 2007 @ 4:52 am
That them there’s funny. I don’t care who you are. That’s funny right there.
March 12th, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
Signs or someone who just doesn’t care anymore.
March 14th, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
I must be too laid back then, I’m doing things more like the 2nd baby mum
Heh – you just know better than to panic *grin* It’s when you start acting like the 3rd baby mum it’s time to worry