- The impossible sweetness of the afternoon newborn snuggle.
- Sleep is overrated.
- Diet? What is that? Eating for two is the new black.
- Each new child tacks on like 2-3 years of available, effortless, cutesy blog fodder.
- So Mini has somebody with whom to trade off weekends
wiping drool off my chinvisiting me in the nursing home when I’m 94 and won’t die already. - Because now that I have finally come to understand the urge to say “I could just eat you up” to babies, I hunger for another delectable specimen upon which to feast.
- $1000 stroller, when used for two kids, becomes merely a $500 stroller.
- By same token, $1000 crib, when used for two children, becomes $500 crib.
- Better to have four people when you go to Disneyland, so everybody has somebody to ride with.
- Having tummy tuck and liposuction after pushing out two kids is much easier sell to Mr. Right-Click than after just one.
- If I don’t have another baby, I will never have a tweenage daughter. And if I never have a tweenage daughter, how will I ever get to see all of the High School Musical movies?
- Some of the only children I’ve known.
- Excuse to buy items made of Minkee fabric.
- That melty feeling you get when you look at newborn diapers, because man, they’re so small.
- Siblings rock.
- What do you need your office for?
- Decorating nurseries is fun.
- 6-13 weeks of morning sickness might be thought of as a spiritually cleansing process.
- Obama is probably going to win (knock on wood), and the country is likely to pull itself out of the shitter in the coming years.
- Tax deduction. hahahahahahahaha
- I have quite a bit of personal growth to do.
- Keeping up with the Jolie-Pitts.
- Maybe the second time around I will be able to enjoy the newborn period more, since there will be less stress what with having done it before. (hahahahahaha)
- Chance to try breastfeeding again, because it was so enjoyable the first time.
- Gender balance in family (maybe)
- If no gender balance, then exalted status as only female, reaching near god-like level.
- Trumpette socks
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Oh, those socks! They make me hope a little girl will be popping out in six weeks. And if it’s a boy, I’ll be god-like in my status and that sound like it could be pretty sweet.
I’ve participated this week. I can’t get the button to show up in my post, so it’s just in my sidebar indefinately.
jenni´s last blog post..Listless Mondays: Pet Peeves
Ah, the baby love! I actually offered to hold someone’s baby at church yesterday so she could go to the ladies’ room.
But, those days are so over for me. I have my two, I’m the exaulted queen of the house and I just don’t know if I could love any more. (I know I could, if I needed to, but things are great the way they are!)
Mary Anna´s last blog post..Pumpkin Patch Kids
Now if you had done 27 reasons not to have another baby…I’d be with ya.
It would go something like this:
1.) too old
2.) too old
3.) too old
…you get the rest.
Thanks for the link love!!!
Mary Anne´s last blog post..A Break From Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
There’s gonna be some lovin’ at someone’s house goin’ on… I could add to your list. Be careful with the dreams of a little girl though. I have three boys (that I naturally adore more than I could put into words), but thought our third son might be a girl named Ruby. We have adorable little Redmond.
I’m with Mary Anne though. I’m too frickin’ old – 42. Don’t think I can do it again. Wish I could. Go forth. Make a baby. Quick!
Love it! Link love. Some of those are good reasons to have a *first baby*.
crazylovescompany´s last blog post..Listlessness Monday- revisited!
Planned children? What are those? They just seemed to show up at our house. After 2 we figured out what caused it then promptly up a stop to it. The children that is….
There are definite advantages to having 2 of the same flavor. Exalted queen status is not to be over-rated.
Michele´s last blog post..5 Cheese Eggplant Lasagna
I sympathize. And as someone who just used her 7 year-old to get to see HSM3 on opening night, Troy is dreamy. Where was I going with that? Great list. I’m listing today too. http://www.suburbanmatron.com/2008/10/aspects-of-weekend-three-pictures.html
becky´s last blog post..Aspects of a Weekend: Three Pictures
Oh, that’s exciting!! Another Mini? Or Minette? yay!!
HeatherPride´s last blog post..Prince Charming Dot Com
So, does this mean you are having a baby? Are you thinking about having another baby?
shonda´s last blog post..The Offspring Uprising Has Conquered the Internet
Congratulations if another is already on the way. Congratulations you lucky so and so if you’re trying for another.
My List: 11 things found while doing yard work
Katrina´s last blog post..What my taste in Art says about me…supposedly
#23 cracked me up. My poor second kid gets hardly any attention because her brother demands it all (in the form of being dangerous to the point where I have to chase him every second of every day). Great list!
Yay for Mondays (and procrastinating at work)! Mine’s up now…
Ginger´s last blog post..i love boobies
Yay for Mondays (and procrastinating at work)! Mine’s up now…
The newborn phase is just as disorienting as it was the first time around. But I can’t sleep when he sleeps. Good news is that it’s getting better now (4 weeks)! And newborns sure are cute.
Becca´s last blog post..Under the Wire
I’ve got two, but they’re the kind who wouldn’t want to wear those socks, so I’m willing to do whatever necessary to try for a girl so I can get some of them. The key is getting the man of the house on board. So to speak.
foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog)´s last blog post..‘…that is what I do, hey, baby’
@shonda nope! not pregnant. We are just talking about it. It is just that the talks are getting more serious now.
@fadkog not in my house! The man of the house is on board and raring to go. It’s me who is weighing pros and cons.
Dearest Listless Wonder,
I finally finished my freakin’ list. I am a slacker on Mondays… takes me longer to come up with sh*t — even with your help! Anyway, here’s my link:
http://layoder.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/6-reasons-why-the-80s-are-truly-truly-truly-outrageous/
Thanks, Anna!
Oh, and ps) your #11 kind of reminds me of how I totally go see all the movies targeted to little girls (“Madeline,” “Kitt Kitteredge,” etc.), and I fear that parents give me the hairy eyeball and think I’m a pedophile… rather than really just being a total immature geek. I NEED A DAUGHTER. But not yet. Thank god I’ll have a niece soon…
PauvrePlume´s last blog post..6 reasons why the 80’s are truly, truly, truly outrageous
The smell of newborn diapers isn’t all that bad either. Also, I can’t tell you how much I love sleep. Oh, dear, do I loves me some sleep.
jenboglass (steenky bee)´s last blog post..Fattie: Update 1
Am I too late to the party? It’s still Monday here…
Also, my list was really excruciating to write.
Aaaannnnddd…didn’t need to read your list, thanks Anna! I miss sleep too much for it to be a serious conversation for us right now…but it will be soon.
Keely´s last blog post..7 embarassing things about like, omg! my highschool self
Holy cats. I started my list at about 10:30 this morning and only just finished it now. How dare the rest of the world distract me when I’m creating an opus.
eliz´s last blog post..15+ movies I can’t wait to see with Tink
Stop that! My uterus can hear you.
blissfully caffeinated´s last blog post..“Self, You’re An Idiot.”