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    >>>The Birth Order of Children
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>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 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, 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.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>Dummies:
    >>>
    >>>1st baby: If the dummy falls on the floor, you put it away until you
    >>>can go home and wash and boil it.
    >>>
    >>>2nd baby: When the dummy 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.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>Changing:
    >>>
    >>>1st baby: You change your baby’s nappies every hour, whether they
    >>>need it or not.
    >>>
    >>>2nd baby: You change their nappy every two to three hours, if needed.
    >>>
    >>>3rd baby: You try to change their nappy 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 favourite):
    >>>
    >>>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.
    >>>

    There are 3 types of people:1. People who make things happen.
    2. People who watch what happens.
    3. People who wondered what happened.

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    Actually now I know why I only had two!!

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    Hi Sellby,
    I also have 2 children and this rings fairly true for the 2 of them.Martin

    There are 3 types of people:1. People who make things happen.
    2. People who watch what happens.
    3. People who wondered what happened.

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    now I dont feel so bad sending my kids to daycare with odd socks and mismatched clothes. I only have 2.

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    ……….and the sad thing is its all true!!!!

    Sparky

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    Being the third child…I can attest…you do survive…despite the lack of pampering the first one gets.

    Having 3 girls of our own, I think the third one does OK…in fact gets away with murder actually…

    All up, kids are pretty robust and don’t need to be namby pambied like we all tend to do in the Western World.

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