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Cappy
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 Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:23 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | Kim born 04/23/1996
Michael born 04/23/1999 |
you cpa types just have to be so precise! |
cuz they're spreadsheeters! |
I am, she ain't. I was just following instructions
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copteacher
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:25 Post subject:
Joel it is what happens under the sheets that makes the baby remember
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TriBob
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:30 Post subject:
19 months. I was told at the time it was better to get it over with so you didn't have one in diapers for years and years.
Luckily the first one potty trained very early so we didn't have two sets of diapers for long.
There probably isn't a perfect age difference. I seem to be aging more quickly since kids 
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rolling rock
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:34 Post subject:
we did ours 5 years apart. after lst one had health problems at two, i had read every book on Parenting the Only Child.....after reading them all i decided HELL NO - he aint no "only child"....
5 years turned out to be perfect for me. #1 Son started kindergarten the fall she was born. it was so wonderful to have tiny little baby girl in my arms  when i put him on that big bad yellow school bus for an 8 hour day 
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robp
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:36 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | we did ours 5 years apart. after lst one had health problems at two, i had read every book on Parenting the Only Child.....after reading them all i decided HELL NO - he aint no "only child"....
5 years turned out to be perfect for me. #1 Son started kindergarten the fall she was born. it was so wonderful to have tiny little baby girl in my arms when i put him on that big bad yellow school bus for an 8 hour day |
My kid got a bus ticket for swearing his first day on the bus 
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Cappy
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:37 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | we did ours 5 years apart. after lst one had health problems at two, i had read every book on Parenting the Only Child.....after reading them all i decided HELL NO - he aint no "only child"....
5 years turned out to be perfect for me. #1 Son started kindergarten the fall she was born. it was so wonderful to have tiny little baby girl in my arms when i put him on that big bad yellow school bus for an 8 hour day |
My kid got a bus ticket for swearing his first day on the bus |
Just like his father, yes
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rolling rock
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:40 Post subject:
| robp wrote: |
My kid got a bus ticket for swearing his first day on the bus |
le petite bada$$.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 12:52 Post subject:
I don't have kids, but I can speak for my own experience.
There are 3 of us and just over 6 years between each of us, so my oldest sister is 12 1/2 years older than I am. I would say that was too much. My oldest sister and I are almost from different generations. I can relate to her daughter more than I can to her...Just my 
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thegman
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 13:24 Post subject:
Our first two are 16 months apart, and are now 5 and 6. They're both boys, and they get along well if they aren't killing one another. 
Our latest and last addition, our only girl, was born last December 30th, one day shy of 5 years since the middle child was born. The older brothers dote over their sister now, but I'm sure she'll be a royal pest when she's 3 and the 8 and 9 year olds want nothing to do with her.
There are benefits to having them close together, in that they theoretically can entertain each other. I expect they'll have a closer relationship as adults, if they're fortunate enough to live through puberty.
The downside thus far was having two in diapers at the same time. Only triplets could be worse. (Molly, if you want to borrow her for a while to see what it's like, just let me know.)
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robp
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 13:30 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | robp wrote: |
My kid got a bus ticket for swearing his first day on the bus |
le petite bada$$. |
Um he's seen the detention room a large number of times during his not so stellar career. Mostly for clowning, nothing drastic. And he has matured somewhat the last couple of years.... Although the two week ago stunt of Saran wrapping the local popo car while it was parked at the popo station was something I didnt' need to hear about..... 3' wide rolls of industrial plastic wrap.... wrapped the car up tighter than a drum... three popo's out swearing and cutting off plastic a half hour later....
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ShannonG
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 13:33 Post subject:
2 1/2 years seems to be the magic number with our friends....
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robp
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 13:33 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | robp wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | we did ours 5 years apart. after lst one had health problems at two, i had read every book on Parenting the Only Child.....after reading them all i decided HELL NO - he aint no "only child"....
5 years turned out to be perfect for me. #1 Son started kindergarten the fall she was born. it was so wonderful to have tiny little baby girl in my arms when i put him on that big bad yellow school bus for an 8 hour day |
My kid got a bus ticket for swearing his first day on the bus |
Just like his father, yes |
We didn't get "tickets".... I got whacked with a board for misbehaving.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 13:37 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | Um he's seen the detention room a large number of times during his not so stellar career. Mostly for clowning, nothing drastic. And he has matured somewhat the last couple of years.... Although the two week ago stunt of Saran wrapping the local popo car while it was parked at the popo station was something I didnt' need to hear about..... 3' wide rolls of industrial plastic wrap.... wrapped the car up tighter than a drum... three popo's out swearing and cutting off plastic a half hour later.... |
HA! Some of my cow-orkers did that too me on my last day at work at a different job.
Good times...good times.
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Sahara
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 14:13 Post subject:
Mine are 20 months and 22 month apart and currently ages 10, 8, 6.
Two years after my youngest was born we got a puppy. There must have been something instinctual going on for me.
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ginchy
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Posted: 04/21/03 - 16:18 Post subject:
Happy early birthday to Cappy's kids!!  Janice
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