Re: Re: busy schedules - was Partied out!

[Guest guest]

>Did you hear that " story " about 1st child, 2nd child, 3rd child?

>I can't remember the full story but it went along the lines of

>1st child does swimming, dance, music, gym class, singing etc

>2nd child does gym class

>3rd child does supermarket, school run etc

>

>You reminded me of it with the above story!

That's going in my current newsletter. Good follow on from the

Abrams article I thought.

YOUR CLOTHES

1st baby – You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

confirmed

2nd baby – You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

3rd baby – Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

THE BABY’S NAME

1st baby – You pore over the baby names books and practice pronouncing and

writing combinations of all your favourites

2nd baby – Someone has to name his or her kid after your great Aunt Mavis,

right? It might as well be you

3rd baby – You open a name book, close your eyes and see where your finger

points

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH

1st baby – You practice your breathing religiously

2nd baby – You don’t bother practising because you remember that last time,

breathing didn’t do a thing

3rd baby – You ask for an epidural in your eighth month

THE LAYETTE

1st baby – You pre-wash your new-born’s clothes, colour co-ordinate them and

fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau

2nd baby – You check to make sure that the clothes are clean, discarding

only those with the darkest stains

3rd baby – Who says boys can’t wear pink? We’re living in progressive times

aren’t we?

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 only when her wails threaten to wake your

firstborn

3rd baby – You teach your 3-year-old how to wind up the mechanical swing

ACTIVITIES

1st baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swimming and Baby

Singing

2nd baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics

3rd baby – You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners

GOING OUT

1st baby – The first time you leave your baby with a babysitter, 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 babysitter to call only if she

sees blood

AT HOME

1st baby – You spend a huge chunk of every day just staring at the baby

2nd baby – You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your older child

isn’t squeezing, poking or hitting the baby

3rd baby – You spend a little bit of each day hiding from the children

Newsletter Editor, Leighton Buzzard & District NCT

SAHM to 19/9/97 and Caitlin 12/1/00.

Photo Album

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=697874&a=11513591

[Guest guest]

>Did you hear that " story " about 1st child, 2nd child, 3rd child?

>I can't remember the full story but it went along the lines of

>1st child does swimming, dance, music, gym class, singing etc

>2nd child does gym class

>3rd child does supermarket, school run etc

>

>You reminded me of it with the above story!

That's going in my current newsletter. Good follow on from the

Abrams article I thought.

YOUR CLOTHES

1st baby – You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

confirmed

2nd baby – You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

3rd baby – Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

THE BABY’S NAME

1st baby – You pore over the baby names books and practice pronouncing and

writing combinations of all your favourites

2nd baby – Someone has to name his or her kid after your great Aunt Mavis,

right? It might as well be you

3rd baby – You open a name book, close your eyes and see where your finger

points

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH

1st baby – You practice your breathing religiously

2nd baby – You don’t bother practising because you remember that last time,

breathing didn’t do a thing

3rd baby – You ask for an epidural in your eighth month

THE LAYETTE

1st baby – You pre-wash your new-born’s clothes, colour co-ordinate them and

fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau

2nd baby – You check to make sure that the clothes are clean, discarding

only those with the darkest stains

3rd baby – Who says boys can’t wear pink? We’re living in progressive times

aren’t we?

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 only when her wails threaten to wake your

firstborn

3rd baby – You teach your 3-year-old how to wind up the mechanical swing

ACTIVITIES

1st baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swimming and Baby

Singing

2nd baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics

3rd baby – You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners

GOING OUT

1st baby – The first time you leave your baby with a babysitter, 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 babysitter to call only if she

sees blood

AT HOME

1st baby – You spend a huge chunk of every day just staring at the baby

2nd baby – You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your older child

isn’t squeezing, poking or hitting the baby

3rd baby – You spend a little bit of each day hiding from the children

Newsletter Editor, Leighton Buzzard & District NCT

SAHM to 19/9/97 and Caitlin 12/1/00.

Photo Album

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=697874&a=11513591

[Guest guest]

>Did you hear that " story " about 1st child, 2nd child, 3rd child?

>I can't remember the full story but it went along the lines of

>1st child does swimming, dance, music, gym class, singing etc

>2nd child does gym class

>3rd child does supermarket, school run etc

>

>You reminded me of it with the above story!

That's going in my current newsletter. Good follow on from the

Abrams article I thought.

YOUR CLOTHES

1st baby – You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

confirmed

2nd baby – You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

3rd baby – Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

THE BABY’S NAME

1st baby – You pore over the baby names books and practice pronouncing and

writing combinations of all your favourites

2nd baby – Someone has to name his or her kid after your great Aunt Mavis,

right? It might as well be you

3rd baby – You open a name book, close your eyes and see where your finger

points

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH

1st baby – You practice your breathing religiously

2nd baby – You don’t bother practising because you remember that last time,

breathing didn’t do a thing

3rd baby – You ask for an epidural in your eighth month

THE LAYETTE

1st baby – You pre-wash your new-born’s clothes, colour co-ordinate them and

fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau

2nd baby – You check to make sure that the clothes are clean, discarding

only those with the darkest stains

3rd baby – Who says boys can’t wear pink? We’re living in progressive times

aren’t we?

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 only when her wails threaten to wake your

firstborn

3rd baby – You teach your 3-year-old how to wind up the mechanical swing

ACTIVITIES

1st baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swimming and Baby

Singing

2nd baby – You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics

3rd baby – You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners

GOING OUT

1st baby – The first time you leave your baby with a babysitter, 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 babysitter to call only if she

sees blood

AT HOME

1st baby – You spend a huge chunk of every day just staring at the baby

2nd baby – You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your older child

isn’t squeezing, poking or hitting the baby

3rd baby – You spend a little bit of each day hiding from the children

Newsletter Editor, Leighton Buzzard & District NCT

SAHM to 19/9/97 and Caitlin 12/1/00.

Photo Album

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=697874&a=11513591

[Guest guest]

>YOUR CLOTHES

>1st baby - You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

>confirmed

>2nd baby - You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

>3rd baby - Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

Hi

We've got a nl meeting this evening: can I use this? Who should I attribute

it to?

Thanks

Vicki

[Guest guest]

>YOUR CLOTHES

>1st baby - You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

>confirmed

>2nd baby - You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

>3rd baby - Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

Hi

We've got a nl meeting this evening: can I use this? Who should I attribute

it to?

Thanks

Vicki

[Guest guest]

>YOUR CLOTHES

>1st baby - You begin wearing maternity clothes the minute your pregnancy is

>confirmed

>2nd baby - You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible

>3rd baby - Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes

Hi

We've got a nl meeting this evening: can I use this? Who should I attribute

it to?

Thanks

Vicki

[Guest guest]

> DS1 will have his party on Sunday and we still haven't had replies

from 6 school friends, I am so fed up with people not replying to

invites!!!!<<

This is one of my main bug bears. I have had parties where people

just haven't replied and I have telephoned them the night before to

find out! It is so annoying because you have to cater for them just

in case because it would be awful to turn a child away just because

his/her parents didn't bother replying. Mind you, I have had

incidences where the invited child never took the invite home from

school so mum never knew anything about it.

Me, I always reply as soon as I get the invite! Mind you, at the

beginning of April, DS2 brought home an invite that was dated 14th

March! I immediately rang the mum, ready with apologies but it turned

out she'd got it wrong and had meant to put 14th April. Phew!!!!

Lorraine

Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3

[Guest guest]

>Hi

>

>We've got a nl meeting this evening: can I use this? Who should I

attribute

>it to?

I got it from the Weybridge & Oatlands newsletter (anyone here from that

branch?). They just have Anon by it, so I think it's one of those things

that does the rounds and is fair game. Think it was originally American due

to use of the word " regular " clothes rather than " normal " clothes.?