Birth Order

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Registered: 09-11-2007
Birth Order
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Wed, 06-11-2008 - 4:11pm
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.

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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. _



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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? _



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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.

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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 e baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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Registered: 05-05-2008
In reply to: mnmoon70
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 4:30pm
Thank you for the chuckle.. I needed that today..


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Registered: 10-07-2005
In reply to: mnmoon70
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 4:47pm
haha!

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Registered: 08-08-2007
In reply to: mnmoon70
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 4:53pm

3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.


~Pacific~
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Registered: 06-04-2004
In reply to: mnmoon70
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 5:08pm

Is this a subtle way of telling us you are pregnant, Moon?? ;-)


**ducking and running**

~shrimpy


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