How Parenthood Changes Your Life

"How Parenthood Changes Your Life"
(Baby Number 4)

As a supplement to the recent edition about how
babies number 1, 2 and 3 change your life, here
is a supplement from "someone who knows"
about how baby number 4 does the same.

YOUR CLOTHES:
4th baby: You steal your husbands clothes because
you can't afford any.

THE BABY'S NAME:
4th Baby: To make it easier to remember you name it #4.
You subsequently rename the other children #1,#2,& #3.

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH:
4th baby: You skip the epidural because it was too much
fun choking and cursing out your spouse, and you want
to remember it clearly.

THE LAYETTE:
4th baby: All clean clothes go in a pile somewhere. Keep
trying them on until something fits (almost)

WORRIES:
4th baby: You can't hear any complaints through the cotton
in your ears.

ACTIVITIES:
4th baby: You forget about leaving 1,2,&3 in front of the TV
while taking number 4 to the cleaners and supermarket.

GOING OUT:
4th baby: Go out? What's that? <OR> You sneak out the
back door while the sitter is coming in the front.

AT HOME:
4th baby: You seriously consider velcroing them to the walls,
and wonder how much duct tape it will take to get the volume
low enough to take the cotton out.
Received on Sun May 1 02:56:10 2005