Rotherham Family

Your Clothes:

1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your ob-gyn confirms your pregnancy.

2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.

3rd baby: Your regular clothes ARE your maternity clothes.

The Baby's Name:

1st baby: You pore over baby name books and practice pronouncing and writing combinations of all your favorites.

2nd baby: Someone has to name their kid after great-aunt Mavis, right? It might as well be you.

3rd baby: You open a name book, close your eyes, and see where your finger falls. Bimaldo? Sounds good to me!

Preparing for birth:

1st baby: You practice your breathing regularly.

2nd baby: You don't bother practicing because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.

3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in the 8th month.

The Layette:

1st baby: You prewash your newborns clothes, color-coordinate them and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.

2nd baby: You check to make sure the clothes are clean and discard only those with the darkest stains.

3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they??

Worries:

1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby

2nd baby: You pick up the baby when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.

3rd baby: You teach your 3yr old how to rewind the mechanical swing.

Activities:

1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swim and Baby Story Hour

2nd baby: Your take your infant to Baby Gymnastics

3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners.

Going Out:

1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.

2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.

3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

At Home:

1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.

2nd baby: You spend a bit of every day watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking or hitting the baby

3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

Today I am sat at my computer in a warm house! No need to "haul" the electric heater from the lounge, and I am sat in my PJs. Not the usual delightful ensemble of: Jammies, Socks, Slippers and Lee's dressing gown.
We have never had radiators on the ground floor of our home, I always found it very strange that the previous owner; despite extensive improvements, opted for upstaiheating only We always meant to "get round" to putting radiators in, forgot every summer and cursed every winter when we went to bed at 8pm to keep warm
However 2 weeks ago, visitors to our home said they smelt gas, despite being in the house 24/7 I couldn't smell it. We called Transco and the lovely man informed us we had a gas leak "somewhere" in the heating system, capped off the supply and toddled off in his van
We got a plumber, lovely bloke called Andy, who informed us the leak was somewhere between the meter and the gas fire (hidden under either my lovely kitchen tiles or lounge carpet and a foot of concrete)
We knew it had to be done anyway, so took the decision to have a full new system installed, remove the gas fires and put in a trendy chrome electric jobby! As we are taking out the whole chimney next year and making the ground floor open plan it was the best option. I have a new swish combi boiler and can't believe the dfference.

As the saying goes "small things........"