parent trap

[chance]

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 favourites.
-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 practising 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 new-born's clothes, colour- co-ordinate 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 take 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 wing, 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.

[chance]

lmao :rotfl:

[RealityGap]

OH how true

I am only on my second - but things like with my first everything had to be so clean - with my second she sits and eats sand in the sand pit and I dont care (well I do but trying to stop her is like trying to stop the tide coming in!)

[Trinity]

Thank god I stopped at 2!

[chance]

OH how true

I am only on my second - but things like with my first everything had to be so clean - with my second she sits and eats sand in the sand pit and I dont care (well I do but trying to stop her is like trying to stop the tide coming in!)
it is sooo true,you dont love them any less but you do tend to let them do things youw ouldnt let the first or what i am guilty of is with my first i used to pick him up if he so much as fell over but my 2nd son i dont do that unless hes really hurt himself,sounds cruel but hes actually benefitted from it as he never crys if he hurts himself etc and its made my life easier also.

[RealityGap]

it is sooo true,you dont love them any less but you do tend to let them do things youw ouldnt let the first or what i am guilty of is with my first i used to pick him up if he so much as fell over but my 2nd son i dont do that unless hes really hurt himself,sounds cruel but hes actually benefitted from it as he never crys if he hurts himself etc and its made my life easier also.

It comes down to a practical level really!! just dont have the time to run about after them the same way But you are right that you dont love them any less :wub: