Comments on: Third Baby Syndrome?

By: windows

windows — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:14:44 +0000

Our second is on the way and I can tell my wife really wants to splash out on new stuff but we have been given loads of second hand girl clothes in the event it’s a girl and our boy has tons of clothes, so really we don’t need much. In saying that i want her to enjoy that part of it too so we will probably renew some things.
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By: Baby Pushchairs

Baby Pushchairs — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:53:17 +0000

Well I was in this situation myself as a third child and it wasn’t so bad after all- I think there sounds like some substance to the third baby thing but it never hurts the baby really.. I like to think I turned out OK. Besides, the third child sometimes gets spoiled MORE, so it probably ‘all comes out in the wash’.

By: JHS

JHS — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:33:51 +0000

My sister has a beautiful baby book. All the milestones are recorded, photos glued in, etc.

My mother handed my baby book to me when I was in my 20′s and got my first real home of my own. It was a collection of Hallmark cards, photos, and other assorted trinkets bound together in no particular order in a rubber band on top of a blank baby book.

She apologized.

The reality was that we moved 2,000 miles from S. Dakota to California when I was 6 months old. She already had an 8-year-old. Having a baby and packing up her entire life, buying a new home, setting up the home, etc. left no time for a baby book.

Alas, my youngest’s book is better than mine, but still not as complete as his older brother’s. I was in law school when he was born — a total surprise pregnancy — while, in contrast, I stayed home and rested in preparation for #1Son.

Be kind to yourself. Be easy with yourself You already have 2 busy, active, little girls and are not as young as you were when you had them (sorry, but it’s true). You are doing the best you can and you will love this child no less. If you are tired, rest now because you know you won’t be resting after she is born. And in the end, the baby book doesn’t really matter because the real book will be written in her memories of her wonderful mother and loving family. Just as mine was. Just as (hopefully) Mattie-Boo’s is.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:44:05 +0000

with the other two pregnancies, you didn’t have two children taking away all your less than excess energy.

Possibly you are still a bit tentative after having experienced the loss. Our emotions are tricky things. You still could be in a protective mode.

I’ll name the baby if you can’t decide. How about….mmmm…. PAMELA!!

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By: Tarasview

Tarasview — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:56:30 +0000

well, I suppose I was forced into preparing more for my third because she was my first girl…. plus she was a surprise so I had gotten rid of everything. BUT I did not prepare early. I would say about 2 months before she was born I started gathering hand-me-downs from friends. About a week before she was born I started “nesting” and got A LOT done, even bought a few cute girlie outfits for her.

However, I will say her baby book sucks.

BUT thanks to digital cameras we have WAYYYY more pictures of her than of our sons… of course they are all trapped on the computer but at least we have them.
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Unfortunately we have less than a few minutes of video of her and we have tons of the boys.

The third is just different.

By: NerdMom

NerdMom — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:08:19 +0000

Its those other troublesome kids;). I have a feeling that you are investing more time with the older 2 than you ever did planning for them. So if that block of time was free;).

By: AmyT

AmyT — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:40:34 +0000

I didn’t prepare for my third like I did my first two. I think it is because I was so tired chasing around the first two. Plus, after I had the first two down, I wasn’t nearly as paranoid about adding another one to the craziness.

By: Desert Songbird

Desert Songbird — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:38:39 +0000

I only have the two, but I hear that it’s not that unusual to feel as you do. Two of my sisters have three kids, and with each of them, they felt as if they didn’t prepare the same way for the third one as they did for the first two.

By: VeRonda

VeRonda — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:55:15 +0000

My girlfriend just had her 3rd baby and she was the same way… I don’t think your feelings and actions are abnormal at all. She just went through the motions… She was a crack up!!