[djcullen]

BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN

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 the 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, 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, 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 their diaper every two to three 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, 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 home
> five 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 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 (a favorite):
>
> 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!
> __________________________________________________ ____
>
> Pass this on to everyone you know who has children . . . or everyone who
> KNOWS someone who has had children . . (The older the mother, the funnier
> this is!)
>
> GRANDCHILDREN:
>
> God's reward for allowing your children to live!

[Faith]

Cute stuff! I'll have to send it to my mother...she had 6 of us. Poor woman...what was she thinking?

[twilson79]

It's so true, at least for 1st and 2nd baby, soon, I'll find out if the 3rd baby stuff is true

[nanascooter]

That is too cute!!!!

[bette]

Yep, it all sounds about right! DH laughs so hard when the baby's pacifier hits the ground and I pop it in my mouth to wash it off. I used to be the one rushing home to boil it! I know, I'm disgusting! But hey, 3 boys, what do you expect?