Yes the house and the heart does expand as each grandchild arrives but the 
budget doesn`t so one has to set priorities.
Having spent yesterday, my regular one day a week looking after the 
youngest - 8 months - who misses his mum and clings on to me (all 9 kilo) 
like a monkey for the entire time that he is with us I am now planning a fun 
day for the older kids who have a short school holiday coming up.
Don`t be sorry when they grow up Royce.  While I still coo over that baby 
smell, I really enjoy the older ones and spend a lot of time researching 
museums, activities, trips, picnic sites and play centres.  And the joy and 
pride at that first Barmitzvah last year!!
As long as we have the health and strength to cope, we can enjoy the arrival 
of each new child and enjoy each new personality, note how they resemble 
their parents when they were small and remember the joy (and exhaustion) of 
their childhood years.
Wendy Blumfield
NCT Prenatal Tutor/BFC
Israel Childbirth Education Centre

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royce Anderson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 3:27 AM
Subject: Diane, Debbie and Love for a 2nd baby


> Debbie, Diane et al,
>
> I loved the response from Debbie Albert.  I had a beautiful & adorable
> little granddaughter first; I talked to everyone about how special she was
> and how much I loved her.  When my DD became pregnant a second time we 
> found
> that it was a boy (the 1st was a surprise) and every friend and co-worker 
> I
> had kept saying "How are you going to handle having a "bubba" now?
>
> Quite frankly I didn't know; then just like Debbie's mom said another room
> opened in my hotel/heart and he is now the sweetest, most wonderful young
> man. Unfortunately they are growing up; he's 14 and she is nearly 17!!!!!
> How can they possibly grow that fast?
>
> Royce
>
> This reminded me of when I was pregnant with my second child.  I told my 
> mom
> that I had no idea how I could possibly love a baby more than my first
> child.  I have reiterated her response to many a second time mom since. 
> My
> mom had five children, and she replied, "Debbie, your heart is like a 
> hotel,
> it has many rooms!"
>
>
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