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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Parenting the second child?

I'm sure I'm not the only one that thought parenting the second child would be similar to parenting the first child.  Boy was I wrong.  While there are similarities;  it's very different most of the time.  I even have two kids of the same gender, but their personalities make a huge difference in the way we have to respond and parent.

For example, take potty training: my girls couldn't have been more different.  My first one had poop accidents for almost 6 months, but never once wet herself.  Right now I'm potty training my younger daughter, and she hasn't had a single poop accident in the 4+ weeks we've been perfecting this thing called being a big girl. As much as I don't enjoy cleaning her accidents, I'm very thankful to not be cleaning up sh** every day.  Let's just say it's been an easier process this time around.

What has your experience been with parenting your second/third/dozen child?  Any tips for parents pregnant with their second child?


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