Dear Second Child: My Love For You is Second to None
My second child, you may have come in that order, but you aren’t second rate. The only second you are to me is my second language—the one I had…
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You Don’t Get All Of My Attention as the Baby of the Family, But You Get Something Even Better
To my littlest, The truth is, you don’t get the attention your big brother did. He got us 24/7, at his beck and call. He was constantly showered…
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15 Truths About the Baby of the Family
1. They don’t share. AT ALL. You are pretty sure you will be working on this until they are in their 70s. The main problem is that the other…
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Cherish Your Siblings if You’re Lucky Enough To Have Them
Being a sibling is a strange thing. You are born into a family you don’t choose with brothers or sisters you don’t choose. And then you have to…
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To My Drag-Along Child
To my drag-along child, To the one who gets dragged from place to place because of your youngest sibling status in the family. To the one who gets…
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When I Gave You a Sibling, You Gained a Best Friend
When we learned we were having another baby, I thought a lot about you. Our first. Our oldest. And I worried. About what you’d think. About how…
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You’ll Never, Ever Be Too Old to Be My Baby
You were the baby. Our first. Our only, for a time. Until you weren’t. Until another came along. And then, just like that, you were big. So big.…
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Having Another Baby Made Me a Better Mom
Having another baby made me a better mom. There. I said it. I know it sounds weird, but it’s my truth. It’s not like I wasn’t a “good” mom…
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You’re Not My Baby Anymore
As I look through your baby pictures, it hits me. It hits me so hard. You, sweet toddler, are not my baby anymore. From the moment you were born, you…
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Dear Firstborn, I’ll Never Forget When it Was Just Us
My little one, Tomorrow you earn a new title: “big”. And before we both embark on this new journey, I have a few things I want to remind you of.…
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