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[Buff Hooligans]

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There's the Christmas spirit, Buffy.

I do just exude love for mankind, don't I?

 

[NellaBean]

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I am pro-kid sometimes. If they belong to other people, are in a good mood and I need something done.

"Can you go get Auntie her phone?"

"Can you throw this away for Auntie?"

"Can you go get a kleenex for Auntie?"

And when I say "can you", just to clarify, that is not a question. Because if the answer is NO, then I will pull out the Santa card, or the timeout card, or the scary book card. I used to pull out the "fine, I am going to leave then" card, but last time I tried that she said "BYE".

Little monster.

I just saw Santa and he said if you are a bad girl, you won't get any presents. ARE YOU A BAD GIRL?

 

[Southernbelle]

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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.

I have to admit, the first 6 weeks are a sleep-deprived blur. Good thing DH likes to take a lot of pictures because I have very few memories of the first few weeks.

Seriously, with Ella I was SO happy to have her that ALL I wanted to do was sit on the couch and hold her. I gave myself permission to do nothing but take care of the baby and I loved it. Babies are easy, it's when you try to take care of the baby AND other stuff that you get overwhelmed. I let the house go to heck and let my husband deal with the older kids.

This time, I have cleared my schedule of all obligations until after New Years - DH is taking all his vacation and my mother (who is wonderful) is coming for 2 weeks. Let them deal with the chaos. I'm looking forward to just sitting with the baby, having all my meals brought to me and having complete control of the remote control.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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You could start a prison chicken ministry. You know, to rehab the other people that hate kids. Have 'em deal with broodies or something.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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You can extend your rest period if you feed him milk laced with rye and coffee to stunt his growth... Just a helpful suggestion...

 

[Buff Hooligans]

I have to take my ranting self to my next office now. Attempting to do six errands in the 30 minutes between then and now.

Take care of yourself Belle. I am worried for you now that I know how rotten you feel.

 

[Southernbelle]

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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.

I think your other siblings sound boring. YOU are fun and witty and I'm glad we're friends.

This 4th one of mine may have been a surprise, but he'll be endless entertainment, too. Although I already had 1 daughter, Ella is still something special. She just knows the whole world loves her, there's no doubt in her mind. Matthew knows he's brilliant and Jackie knows she's creative. I hope we manage to instill that much self-confidence in this little guy, too. Ella will go to school full time next fall, so the baby and I will have a lot of one-on-one time.

 

[Orchid]

I have to admit that I did enjoy the first six weeks with our second son; he was an easier baby than the first and by the end of the fifth week my house was spotless, laundry was always done and supper on the table at six, and I wasn't stressed in the least.

Then when he was seven weeks old I went back to work and everything went right down the drain.

 

[Orchid]

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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.

I think your other siblings sound boring. YOU are fun and witty and I'm glad we're friends.

This 4th one of mine may have been a surprise, but he'll be endless entertainment, too. Although I already had 1 daughter, Ella is still something special. She just knows the whole world loves her, there's no doubt in her mind. Matthew knows he's brilliant and Jackie knows she's creative. I hope we manage to instill that much self-confidence in this little guy, too. Ella will go to school full time next fall, so the baby and I will have a lot of one-on-one time.

Hmmm, how did I miss that post of Buffy's?

I think you're fabulous, Buffy, and the world would be a more dreary place without you. So THERE.

 

[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."

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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Yep, I've done that, too. It works for shoes, too.

My friends thought I was horrible for letting my kids pick their own bizarre outfits for pre-school. As long as it was resonably weather-appropriate, I told them they looked great in swim trunks, hawaiian shirt and muck boots.