Comments on: 5 Benefits of Being the Baby https://kimharms.net/2013/11/04/5-benefits-of-being-the-baby/ With Cancer, Not Without Hope Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Kim Harms https://kimharms.net/2013/11/04/5-benefits-of-being-the-baby/#comment-351 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:18:02 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2140#comment-351 Yeah. It was almost like I was practicing with Carter because I didn’t know what I was doing. He has always been so laid back, so I had it pretty easy with him 🙂 Then came Owen, who was either on top of the world or hating the world with no in-between. I had to change how I parented him because of his personality. Then when our happy and content little guy came around 4 years later, I just felt so relaxed with him. Hopefully not too relaxed though….we’ll see how he turns out!

]]> By: Kim https://kimharms.net/2013/11/04/5-benefits-of-being-the-baby/#comment-350 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:00:31 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2140#comment-350 Absolutely. I agree totally with Melanie. My oldest son was always dressed nice, had his hair combed to even to leave the house and go to Target. My youngest could wear shorts, a shirt, cowboy boots and have bed head and I didn’t care. I could go on and on. Some was because of their personalities that I was willing to change but mostly because from 1st child to 3rd child you loosen up. The first is your first and you don’t know what might hurt them, etc. After you realize something wouldn’t hurt them you loosened up. The 3rd child also was drug to the older kids activities so you had to have things to keep them occupied when you were gone from home 3-4 nights a week.

And, if I had a child now, there would be a lot of changes in parenting, that’s why they will be grandchildren! (No news, just saying someday)

I’m glad I’m not the only one that gave in. I’ll bet if you had another one Kim, there would still be parenting differences between Lewis and the next.

I enjoy reading your blogs!

]]> By: Kim Harms https://kimharms.net/2013/11/04/5-benefits-of-being-the-baby/#comment-349 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:53:10 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2140#comment-349 In reply to Melanie Anderson.

I agree. Carter and Owen didn’t have to be dragged around to a million activities when they were little! Sometimes I feel bad for Lewis.

]]> By: Melanie Anderson https://kimharms.net/2013/11/04/5-benefits-of-being-the-baby/#comment-348 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:05:50 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2140#comment-348 I definitely parent the youngest differently. Just ask the older two. But, I tell them that there are benefits to each birth order.

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