What Would You Do Differently the Second Time Around? (lilsugar?format=xml)
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I sometimes wonder, knowing what I know now, what would I do differently with
my next child – whether it be with my pregnancy, the birth, or shortly after?
I love the way things went down with my daughter, but that doesn’t mean I’m
not up to try things differently.
I mean, what if I had given my daughter a pacifier when she was small? Would
my boobs have gotten an occasional break? Next time I’ll try that.
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Us first-time moms haven’t a clue what we’re getting into. Now that I’ve
walked this path and learned a lot along the way, I have a short list of
things I’ll do differently with my next child.
1. **Not find out the gender:** This is something I never thought I’d be
able to do. I’m a huge planner. But since I really wanted a girl, and …