tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post4772687405300418183..comments2023-09-26T09:48:49.979-04:00Comments on ...but then I had kids: I thought the baby in the family was supposed to get babied...Liz Aguerrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465793815137696650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-67858573859512055192009-09-16T12:05:29.866-04:002009-09-16T12:05:29.866-04:00Yes. Yes. and YES. Now, adding a third and you can...Yes. Yes. and YES. Now, adding a third and you can only imagine. I have found my third on top of the dining room table. She can basically feed herself a meal at the ripe old age of 11 months. Her 5-year-old brother is still the neediest of the bunch. And our almost-4-year-old has been the cliched middle child since before her baby sister was even born.<br />We all do the best we can. And we can't know what it's really like until we jump right in. So, intentions be gone. Keep doing what you're doing. Your kids? They are all RIGHT.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969567138255166449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-47243960136439494942009-09-14T12:31:10.579-04:002009-09-14T12:31:10.579-04:00found you from one of my followers and now followi...found you from one of my followers and now following you. <br /><br />first off - i am much more lax and give my 2nd way less attention than i did my first b/c i just don't have the luxury anymore and she is a wonderful happy baby. her older brother sounds much like your son. if we knew then what we know now! <br /><br />also loved u kept bedtime bottle til 18 mths. my daughter will be 1 yr in 9 days and i can't imagine her not having a ba-ba. she doesn't even hold it herself, she's so small and tiny. maybe the daytime bottles i'll take away or maybe only the afternoon ones. just morning and night. I DON'T KNOW! it's hard! <br /><br />great post!SPEAKING FROM THE CRIBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875665332513211981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-9218289624901244622009-09-11T15:57:09.325-04:002009-09-11T15:57:09.325-04:00I can definitely relate. Poor Luke definitely get...I can definitely relate. Poor Luke definitely gets the short end of the stick in our household but he's so HAPPY and the babying we give Hannah just doesn't seem to bother him one bit. I think HE actually babies her! It's just what HAS to be done... we just can't give full attention to both so we give it to the one who seems to beg for it more which interestingly often is the older one. I AM however still giving Luke a bottle at 16 months before bed though.. and I will hold onto that as long as I can!beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616867595961283505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-23044966110921850682009-09-11T09:08:49.146-04:002009-09-11T09:08:49.146-04:00As I only have the one I wouldn't have first h...As I only have the one I wouldn't have first hand experience with this - but I've witnessed it in other families. Makes me kinda wish I hadn't hovered so much over him. Though he's grown into a fine young guy - he still likes to be taken care of - no real independence there.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-42087396527863437402009-09-10T22:46:54.085-04:002009-09-10T22:46:54.085-04:00It IS amazing how different the second one is trea...It IS amazing how different the second one is treated. I had major guilt over it for a while, but like you, I'm realizing he's a happy, well-adjusted little lad, even without (or is it, because he's without) the constant laser of parental attention and freak-outery.LucyCooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038825805426846794noreply@blogger.com