Mommy’s wardrobe:
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 baby’s bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
(Thanks Esther for the forward. You only had TWO kids, right?? 🙂 )
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
“Jesus knows me, this I love”