The Birth Order Of Children

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>>>The Birth Order of Children
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>>>Your Clothes:
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>>>1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN
>>>confirms your pregnancy.
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>>>2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
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>>>3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
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>>>Preparing for the Birth:
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>>>1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
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>>>2nd baby: You don’t bother because you remember that last time,
>>>breathing didn’t do a thing.
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>>>3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
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>>>The Layette:
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>>>1st baby: You pre-wash newborn’s clothes, colour-coordinate them, and
>>>fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau.
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>>>2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and
>>>discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
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>>>3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can’t they?
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>>>Worries:
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>>>1st baby: At the first sign of distress–a whimper, a frown–you pick
>>>up the baby.
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>>>2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your
>>>firstborn.
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>>>3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical
>>>swing.
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>>>Dummies:
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>>>1st baby: If the dummy falls on the floor, you put it away until you
>>>can go home and wash and boil it.
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>>>2nd baby: When the dummy falls on the floor, you squirt it off with
>>>some juice from the baby’s bottle.
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>>>3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
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>>>Changing:
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>>>1st baby: You change your baby’s nappies every hour, whether they
>>>need it or not.
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>>>2nd baby: You change their nappy every two to three hours, if needed.
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>>>3rd baby: You try to change their nappy before others start to
>>>complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
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>>>Activities:
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>>>1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and
>>>Baby Story Hour.
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>>>2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
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>>>3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
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>>>Going Out:
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>>>1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call
>>>home five times.
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>>>2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a
>>>number where you can be reached.
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>>>3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she
>>>sees blood.
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>>>At Home:
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>>>1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
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>>>2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older
>>>child isn’t squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
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>>>3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
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>>>Swallowing Coins (a favourite):
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>>>1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to
>>>the hospital and demand x-rays.
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>>>2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for
>>>the coin to pass.
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>>>3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his
>>>allowance!!
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>>>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!)
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>>>GRANDCHILDREN: ..God’s reward for allowing your children to live.
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There are 3 types of people:1. People who make things happen.
2. People who watch what happens.
3. People who wondered what happened.