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[NellaBean]

That dolphin has no eyeballs

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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So how are you supposed to enjoy your little bundle of happiness??? I just don't see the function of such screwed-up hormones. But alas, whatever.... it's just a very very very very good thing I never became preggers. God is good.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Speaking as a #4, mostly everybody just yawned at anything I did. I was just "more of same", nothing new here, move along, carry on. I could never keep up with all the older siblings, never be as important or as interesting as them*. I was just one more kid. It's a wonder I didn't become an axe murderer just to get a speck of attention or respect.

*I'm still not.


Although...my mom once said my sense of humor was exactly like my uncle's (whom I never met as he was killed in WWII). Sooo, my claim to fame was resemblance to a dead uncle.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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I'm glad you noticed that. Yum.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Maybe I should start a anti-kid rant thread. Can you imagine the complete uproar and resultant bannings that would incite?

 

[Orchid]

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Babies are actually bundles of puke, poop, and crying that hold you down to the couch, recliner and rocking chair for what seems like months at a time (yes, I am a bit hyperactive)...but when they're asleep they're positively angelic.

My boys were adorable as babies, but I really prefer kids once they hit that 3 year old mark. I'm a horrible person, this I know. I'll probably be a horrible grandma until they hit that 3 year old mark, too...

 

[Southernbelle]

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That's true of most first-time moms, but not me. I'm the 2nd of 6 kids and as the oldest female child, I was often put in charge of my 4 younger siblings (which included a set of identical twin boys.) Not much I hadn't seen by the time I had my own.

Once when I was pregnant with #2 and in the middle of the "please let me die" sicker-than-I've-ever-been part of the pregnancy, friends of ours stopped by to drop off something. She was pregnant with her 1st baby and had never been around kids much. I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to eat something without dying and my oldest child (about 1 years old) was sucking water into her mouth, spitting it on the floor, then licking it. My friend was horrified and made sure to point out what my child was doing as if she expected me to be equally horrified and put an immediate stop to it. I said, "She's fine, she's had all her shots."

 

[Orchid]

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There's the Christmas spirit, Buffy.

 

[Orchid]

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That's true of most first-time moms, but not me. I'm the 2nd of 6 kids and as the oldest female child, I was often put in charge of my 4 younger siblings (which included a set of identical twin boys.) Not much I hadn't seen by the time I had my own.

Once when I was pregnant with #2 and in the middle of the "please let me die" sicker-than-I've-ever-been part of the pregnancy, friends of ours stopped by to drop off something. She was pregnant with her 1st baby and had never been around kids much. I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to eat something without dying and my oldest child (about 1 years old) was sucking water into her mouth, spitting it on the floor, then licking it. My friend was horrified and made sure to point out what my child was doing as if she expected me to be equally horrified and put an immediate stop to it. I said, "She's fine, she's had all her shots."

I was like that too. Imagine my daycare provider's horror when my two year old showed up without a coat at -20º; hey, he had a tantrum about putting it on, so I said fine, don't wear it. I believe in the power of natural consequences - sure enough, next day he wore his coat. (I did bring it with us in the car, lest someone feel the need to call social services.

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[NellaBean]

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That's true of most first-time moms, but not me. I'm the 2nd of 6 kids and as the oldest female child, I was often put in charge of my 4 younger siblings (which included a set of identical twin boys.) Not much I hadn't seen by the time I had my own.

Once when I was pregnant with #2 and in the middle of the "please let me die" sicker-than-I've-ever-been part of the pregnancy, friends of ours stopped by to drop off something. She was pregnant with her 1st baby and had never been around kids much. I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to eat something without dying and my oldest child (about 1 years old) was sucking water into her mouth, spitting it on the floor, then licking it. My friend was horrified and made sure to point out what my child was doing as if she expected me to be equally horrified and put an immediate stop to it. I said, "She's fine, she's had all her shots."

I was like that too. Imagine my daycare provider's horror when my two year old showed up without a coat at -20º; hey, he had a tantrum about putting it on, so I said fine, don't wear it. I believe in the power of natural consequences - sure enough, next day he wore his coat. (I did bring it with us in the car, lest someone feel the need to call social services.

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See, I like to call that natural selection. And that is why I have no children. And I'VE NEVER HAD ANY. Just to be clear. I didn't have one and then let it get picked off or something. Considered it, but no. Who would care for my chickens while I was in prison?