An Early Mother's Day Treat!

My mom sent me this email so I thought I'd share it with all my blogger friends who are pregnant, or already have multiple children. I think we can all relate!

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.

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: (I just want to add my 2 cents here on the pacifier thing. PLEASE do not put your childs pacifier into your mouth to clean it if it falls on the floor! That is totally sick and your mouth prolly has more germs in it than the floor has on it anyway!)

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.

3rd baby: You take your infant to
The supermarket and the dry
Cleaner.

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Going Out:

1st baby: The first time you
Leave your baby with a sitter,
You call home five 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.

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At Home:

1st baby: You spend a good bit of
Every day just gazing at the
Baby.

2nd baby: You spend a bit of
Everyday 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.

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Swallowing Coins (a favorite): SlowMo really did swallow a coin, a nickel. I didn't rush her to the emergency room, but I did call poison control and had to check her stool until it passed. Ah, the good ol days :)

1st child: When first child
Swallows a coin, you rush the
Child to the hospital and demand
x-rays.

2nd child: When second child
Swallows a coin, you carefully
Watch for the coin to pass.

3rd child: When third child
Swallows a coin you deduct it
From his allowance!