How We've Changed, From Child #1 to Child #4

I'm sure you've all heard of the sayings, "With Child #1, you fully sanitize the binky after it drops on the floor. With Child #2, you just rinse it off. With Child #3, you just put the binky back in the child's mouth." Well, I've made up some of my own. These are from my own experience.

Fevers
Child #1--When Child #1 runs a fever, you panic and call the Doctor and want your baby checked out.
Child #2--When Child #2 runs a fever, you know that a Doctor rarely does anything for a fever so you don't even call. You are already fully stocked on all the appropriate meds and begin a regimin of Children's Motrin.
Child #3 and #4--Learn quickly that a feverish child is sometimes easier than a well child. You've learned that Motrin just lowers the fever and does not treat the bug so sometimes you give it to them and sometimes you don't. You don't mind the fever because they tend to sleep more.

Laundry
Child #1--Wash baby clothes separately from the other clothes with specially formulated detergent that's gentle on the baby's sensitive skin.
Child #2--You've learned that the special detergent is expensive and the first child never noticed the difference so this child has her clothes washed with everyone else's using regular detergent.
Child #3 and #4--You've learned that washing clothes is tiring and expensive so you let them wear their clothes as long as possible because the older two put everything in the dirty clothes hamper, even if it's only been worn for 2 seconds.

Walks
Child #1 and #2--Visit the park often and play on the playground. Take long leisurely walks in the neighborhood.
Child #3 and #4--Drag #3 and #4 to t-ball and soccer games and let them play near our lawnchairs. Occasional walks in the neighborhood end with child #3 not wanting to sit in the stroller and instead insists on pushing child #4 around.

Crying
Child #1--When child #1 cries, the goal is to stop the noise as soon as possible with nursing, or whatever else works.
Child #2--When child #2 cries, you attempt to take care of the need as quickly as Child #1 allows.
Child #3--When child #3 cries, you reason that they need to learn they aren't the only one in this world and let them cry a little longer before taking care of the need.
Child #4--Crying? What crying? When the crying finally registers, you ask Child #1 to help with Child #4.

Church
Child #1--You proudly take your perfectly outfitted bundle of joy to every mass and dote on child throughout.
Child #2--Your lucky to get them both dressed on time for church without a last minute poop that needs changing before heading out the door. You decide the cry room is the best place for your family after Child #1 keeps crawling under the pews and escaping into the isles. One parent is designated to Child #1 duty while the lucky parent gets to hold the content Child #2.
Child #3 and #4--You've learned that the cry room is NOT a pleasant place to be so instead, you leave the little ones at home and take turns going to mass. Every now and then you forget the torture you suffered last time and bring the whole family only to end up in the same place you were last time.

Pictures
Child #1--Take pictures at every event and of every person holding said child. Develop pictures immediately and make cute, decorative pages in scrapbook.
Child #2--While you are busy taking care of Child #1 and #2, you rarely find a free hand to take pictures. The pictures you do take end up getting developed months later and it takes longer to get them into the scrapbook. You find it's more efficient to do less decoration on the page.
Child #3 and #4--There are few pictures of child #3 and #4 alone. They tend to attract child #1 and #2 (especially video cameras). The camera often has dead batteries when you need it most and many "great" shots are missed by the time you get the camera. The album is way behind, but you insist that some day you will catch up.

Breakfast
Child #1--Fix blueberry muffins and freeze them in separate bags. Microwave in the morning for breakfast. Serve with fruit and milk for a nice, wholesome meal. Avoid sugar cereals at all costs!
Child #2--You don't have time to fix muffins anymore. You start with the healthy cereal but eventually you end up bringing home cereal based on the characters on the front of the box and the games on the back. This leaves you stuck with the sugar cereals. Child #2 insists on having the same junky cereal child #1 has.
Child #3 and Child #4--One time you thought it would be fun to serve poptarts. Child #1 and #2 LOVE them. What started as a luxury is now a necessity. They DEMAND POPTARTS! Child #3 has to have them now too. They have to be the S'mores kind. So every day now they get pure chocolate and marshmallows for breakfast. (Child #4 is still too young to know what's going on, but if this continues, she will follow suit with the demands).

Bathtime
Child #1 and #2--Child #1 and #2 both start out bathing in the baby tub and then graduate to the bath ring before bathing freely in the bathtub.
Child #3 and #4--Start out like Child #1 and #2, but the bath ring is nixed because of the way it traps babies when it tips over, causing near drownings. Child #3 and #4 end up crashing in on Mom's shower and no longer need baths.

I could think of lots of these, but I figure I need to stop! Would you like to share some of your own? Don't be shy...