3rd baby go round

With the first baby its NO don't eat that dirt , don't use that paci when its hit the floor...
By the 3rd baby you're all, here .... eat this. Yes it hit the floor.. more germs equals a better immune system.
When I got pregnant, I was terrified. I already had two under 5 years.. how was I going to hold their hands AND hold this baby. How was I going to go anywhere without one running off. But somehow.. we manage. Mostly due to the fact that if I go anywhere ....either I wear the baby in my mei tai carrier OR I have my husband and/or my 12 year old stepson there to help corral.

I used to rush in as soon as the baby started crying to try to get her back to sleep, but now I wait to make sure she is really awake or just trying to pass some gas before I pick her up.

I am not one of those parents whose children never act out in public and always use good manners,
Nope. My kids sometimes run around the grocery store like banshees. They throw little preschooler tantrums. And they even (gasp) argue about bedtime.
All in all, I’d say we’re pretty normal.
Kids act up.. its normal.  We DO get compliments on how well behaved our kids are sometimes.
We stay home more than I'd like to, but we haven't quite mastered the taking all the kids out in public thing yet.
People ... really bug me sometimes...
"You DO know how that happens, right?"
I wanna scream back "NO you wanna tell me? Explain this process PLEASE!"

I find the best way to get through the day is humor ( and LOTS OF PRAYER).
  If YOU need some humor :) Just read!

With the first baby: At the first sign of distress — a whimper, a frown — you pick up
the baby.
With the second baby: You pick the baby up when their wails threaten to wake your
firstborn.
Third baby: You teach your 3-year-old how to rewind the mechanical
swing...or in my case how to feed the 8 month old a cracker.

At Home:
First baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
Second baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older
child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
Third baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.


If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children."

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.