THE BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN

This was in my email box this AM, and since Mother's Day is Sunday, I thought this was fitting to post:

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.

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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 for you.

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, 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?

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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.

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Diapering:

1st baby: You change your baby's diapers
every hour, whether they need it or not.

2nd baby: You change their diaper every
two to three hours, if needed.

3rd baby: You try to change their diaper
before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to
their knees.

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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.