2004-08-29 Life With Your First Child And Beyond

1. I need to change the layout a bit to include a picture of all three of my children(which I am discovering may be near impossible...do you have any idea how hard it is to get three children to look at the camera at once? And I thought two was difficult!).

2. I need to change the name of the other journal from pregnancy to baby. Afterall, I haven't been pregnant for 5 weeks! Well, 5 weeks and three days if you want to get right down to it.

Anyway, below is an article I read in Parenting Magazine that I found humorous(and in some cases, oh so true!).

1st child: Play classical music to soothe your child.

2nd child: Play classical music to soothe yourself.

3rd child: Buy an electric guitar, teach yourself chords from Pearl Jam songs, and drown out sounds of siblings bickering.

1st child: Sleep when baby sleeps.

2nd child: Sleep when the baby sleeps and while the toddler is watching a video.

3rd child: Sleep while nursing, sitting in the minivan at soccer practice as toddler watches videos on the protable DVD player.

1st child: Accept all offers of help from family.

2nd child: Accept all offers of help from family, friends , neighbors, and acquaintances.

3rd child: Offer your spare change jar to anyone on your block who'll take your children so you can go to the bathroom by yourself.

1st child: Establish regular naptime routine with child in crob.

2nd child: Let child nap in the carseat while you're running errands.

3rd child: Move kids to couch or bed only when you notice they've collapsed in exhaustion on the floor.

1st child: Immediately wash and sterilize every single binky, blankie, or stuffed animal that touches the floor.

2nd child: Scrape away obvious dirt and give the item a quick tap-water rinse(or lick) before presenting to child.

3rd child: Dirt? What dirt?

1st child: Potty train by 24 months.

2nd child: Potty train by preschool deadline.

3rd child: Notice that no one has touched the last three packages of pullups and realize that she must have potty trained herself.

1st child: wonder how you could ever love someone this much.

2nd child: Amaze yourself that you're able to love two this much.

3rd child: Worry that you're capable of loving even more kids this much.