-LSB-...] meanwhile, Whitney Moss shares this tip from the authors of How to
Have Your Second Child First: «keep your car stocked» (think a cardboard box in your trunk full of essentials like diapers, wipes and a pacifier).
Kerry and her husband Rob, are the authors of the new book, How to
Have Your Second Child First: 100 Things That Are Good to Know... the First Time Around (Chronicle Books).
Not exact matches
Rising prosperity
has largely obviated the
first and helped the
second, along with changing social mores — people who really want
children can do so today without
having to be permanently tied to a mate, if they are up to the challenge.
I
had my
first child at 46 and my
second at 56 — they stepped into an affluent lifestyle.»
«I
've met 11 - year - old
children in cancer wards who are in the
second half of life,» he said in a recent interview with Amazon.com, «and I
have met 68 - year - old men like me who are still in the
first half of life.»
SGM evoked a religious freedom defense in 2013 when the confidentiality of its pastoral counseling was challenged, stating, «SGM believes that allowing courts to
second - guess pastoral guidance
would represent a blow to the
First Amendment that
would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including
child sexual abuse.»
My husband and I struggled to conceive our
first child, so this journey wasn't new to us, but we
had hoped it wouldn't be so painful the
second time around.
By the time W finished his
second term, I
had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi
children and prisoners of war, and experienced
first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the
first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged
would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.
«SGM believes that allowing courts to
second - guess pastoral guidance
would represent a blow to the
First Amendment that
would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including
child sexual abuse,» a representative of SGM said in a November 14 statement.
If a woman is married in the temple and her husband dies and she remarries, any
children she
has with the
second husband can only be sealed to the
first husband.
The
first child has no way of anticipating the arrival of the
second.
Homosexual adoption thus risks aggravating the trauma of the abandoned
child, for the generational chain
would be doubly broken:
first in the reality of the
child's abandonment, and
second, symbolically, in the fact of the homosexuality of the adoptive parents.
Even if a
second - century dating is assigned to
First Timothy, exegetical outcomes
would note that the «Scripture» here mentioned was that familiar to Timothy as a
child - surely the Old Testament, but not certainly all thirty - nine books as we know the Old Testament.
«God
has done many miracles, but I'm still asking for a few more,
first, that my
children will come to South Korea, and
second, that I'll be able to share the gospel with them so that they will also become followers of Christ.»
If you
'd had asked me as a
child I
would have told you that the
first part is German and the
second part is silly.
Sam's wife
had just given birth to his
first son and she was pregnant with their
second child.
Since my last few weeks
have been spent listening, sympathizing, educating, and mostly reassuring parents whose
first (or
second or third)
child has left for college, thi...
I
had HELLP with my
first child and ultimately did
have complications of PIH with my
second.
And yes, by the time I
had my
second child, I definitely (and sadly, I think) knew more than the nurses «advising» the
first - time moms in my ward.
I
have three
children and the
first was colicky and intense... the
second mellow and easy - going... the third seems to be somewhere in between.
Kids are just as disgusting as kids, so does mean when you
have your
second child are you going to get rid of your
first child when the little snot face picks his nose or sneezes all over your newborn or pisses on your couch because he can't make it to the toilet, you should
have thought about bringing a pet into your home and used your brains and thought about the well beingof that innocent cat or dog that just wanted to be loved.
One of the biggest disadvantages to
having a
second child in this timeframe is that your
first is likely to feel jealous.
The
second time around, everything will be a little more difficult, as you will
have your
first child to take care of through it all.
Having a
second child and handling two kids can be a bit overwhelming at
first.
Here are some of the good things about
having your
second child two to five years after your
first:
this is my
second child and I
had no problems nursing my
first child.
Most parents choose to
have their
second child within five years of the
first, but there are some good things about waiting longer.
Becci Barker, East Morton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK Photo: At
First Sight Two different experiences of induced birth When I fell pregnant with my
second child I was overjoyed, but at the back of my mind lurked the worry that I might
have to endure another long and traumatic labor.
Women who
had an amazing experience breastfeeding their
first child, may find it difficult to nurse with their
second child.
My
first child was a Tension Increaser, so I couldn't let him cry for even 30
seconds or he
'd escalate for hours and never fall asleep.
A mother who
has had previous
children will likely show more quickly in her
second pregnancy (or more) than a mother pregnant for the
first time.
I
've been thinking about that conversation, and why it is that the experience of parenting the
second child (or subsequent
children) is so different from being a
first - time parent.
Before I even conceived my
second child, I
had two unreasonable expectations: the
first was to conceive naturally (that is, with no help from the infertility specialist who helped me the
first time around) and the
second was to deliver vaginally.
Those kinds of statistics haven't gone unnoticed, thus the increasingly vocal group challenging parents to change their ways, among them David Code, an Episcopal minister and family coach, who writes, «To raise healthy kids, simply put your marriage
first and your
children second.»
Some might question if the problem was the fact that it's a
second marriage for both, which often
has a more dismal divorce record than a
first marriage but not always; some
second marriages struggle because blending families with young
children can be a challenge more than anything else.
My husband and I just bought our
first home within a week of
having our
second child.
When a parent of a
first child gets pregnant with a
second, often they struggle with a question, «How will I
have enough love to spread between the
child I
have and the
child that I will
have?»
We moved when my daughter
had finished her
first year of school and the
second child was in playschool.
What often stands in their way is a system that frequently focuses on the
child first, the mother
second and turns the dad into a shadow — even though, like Mark, he may
have the support of his entire family.
Sometimes welcoming your
second, third or even fourth
child may be even more intimidating than your
first as you
have the added task of preparing older siblings for the big change.
When I
had my
second child 8 years later going into it I knew I
would be exclusively formula due to my issues and education with my
first.
I praise God that when I
had a similar situation with my
second child, I
had the experience of the
first to know things were not right.
The
child would listen after the
first or
second or third timeout.
We were thrilled that we could easily hold our
second child without all the pain we
'd endured from holding our
first in the other carrier.
(In fact, even if your partner
had PPD / A with your
first child, that doesn't mean she'll
have it with your
second.)
Having a
second child is overwhelming - at
first, and suddenly it's complete chaos.
When my
second child showed signs of being ready, I needed a few more weeks to mentally be ready to be all - in for potty training and muster the patience I knew I
'd need for those frustrating
first couple of days.
I
had a very hard time nursing my
first child and want all the info I can get to successfully nurse my
second who is due in 3 weeks!
I
would love to
have my
first child potty trained by the time I
have my
second.
While most parents I know
have strict limits on their
first child even looking in the vague direction of the iPad, show me a
second child who hasn't accidentally seen Frozen a zillion times, over their sibling's shoulder and I'll show you... oh wait, I'm too tired to argue.