Yes, parenthood changes everything. But parenthood also changes with each baby. Here, some of the ways having a second and third child differs from having your first:
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.
The Baby's Name
-1st baby: You pore over baby-name books and practice pronouncing and writing combinations of all your favorites.
-2nd baby: Someone has to name his or her kid after your great-aunt Mavis, right? It might as well be you.
-3rd baby: You open a name book, close your eyes, and see where your finger points.
Preparing for the Birth
-1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
-2nd baby: You don't bother practicing because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
-3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your 8th month.
The Layette
-1st baby: You pre-wash your 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 3-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
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 5 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 every day 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.
2007-09-16 12:46:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Reminds me of Ogden Nash's great poem on babies. The one about his first child goes on forever, he writes stuff like 'suns should be as bright as the light that plays
around her for'ed, and bright she is, who says, who says'
there's about forty or fifty lines like that (but not those words, I just tried to give you an idea, eh?)...
then the second child's part of the poem-
'Is it a girl or quite the reverse?
I'll call in the morning and ask the nurse.'
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2016-10-09 07:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally true, although I am only a mother of two,, it definatley changes,, the first baby you obsess about, the second, it's all "old hat",, loved equally of course, but you feel more experienced when you go through it the first time around!
2007-09-16 12:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by Ande-Lin F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How sad I'm the third in the family!!! ='[ i wonder if this was anything truthful. But one things for sure I, surly get my sisters clothes. lol
2007-09-16 12:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by Jaimjaim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, I'm baby no' 5....................Where does that leave me??
At 35 am I to old to prosecute my parents for neglect????
Very funny and also very true!!!!
Have a star *************
2007-09-16 14:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by jennijan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too Funny...and somewhat true....sucks for me i'm the third child LOL
2007-09-16 12:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jenn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha! Funny! 10!
2007-09-16 12:54:55 · answer #7 · answered by cats 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's why you should stop at 2...
2007-09-16 12:53:50 · answer #8 · answered by Prunella Prunella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More than a grain of truth here!
2007-09-17 00:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by Kitty Katty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's so good and true, its scary! LOL.
2007-09-16 22:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋