Third Eye Blind

I'm looking at this blinking cursor damning myself for even attempting to write a blog post when even a simple tweet is impossible to do these days.  Now with three kids four and younger, time management is truly an art form that I find I seriously lack, but that is a whole 'nother blog post.  I just have some simple thoughts on the poor status of my dear third child.  Mo is definitely an easy-going, patient baby boy and lord knows he absolutely has to be with so much chaos going on everyday.  Cliches do ring true with subsequent children especially since it is hard to divide ones already short attentions span by three.
1.  They have to cry.  Alot.  Much to any grandparent's chagrin, a third baby does have to wait more often than his siblings for food, naps, baths, and playtime.  I know this seems cruel and harsh to make a baby cry and I will always attend to his needs, but when your two year old is coloring on the walls (again) and your four year old is running laps around your kitchen at breakneck speed, the baby has to be put down to attempt to resume some sort of control.
2.  When you do have time, they get lots of extra snuggles.  The baby of the family knows they are the baby of the family from day one as exhausted parents wave the white flag at fertility and take the time to embrace each of those tender moments.  Freshly bathed smiles, messy pureed food faces, sweet smiles in their sleep are all cherished moments that we do stop and soak in.
3. Germs are a family affair. I am still a self proclaimed germaphobe and will do whatever I can to protect our family from the outside.  Once one of those sicky suckers enters the house its hard as hell to keep three kids wrangled far enough from one another NOT to share germs. My firstborn was 11 months before his first cold, my second, about 6 months.  My baby has basically been sick off and on since he was 2 months old.  One day he will thank me for it.
4.  Attention whore.  The baby knows that there is a long line of energy zappers ahead of him so he is loud, cute, and amicable with everyone.  I'm not one for enjoying the shrieking baby but I get that he has to be obnoxious to draw the attention away from the talkers int his family. And when he has your attention, he will pull out all of the cuteness stops to keep you there.
5.  The baby is probably the most loved one of all. No, not in the since of picking favorites or anything, just the fact he has two parents and two siblings who cannot wait to dote all over him  Hence the spread of the germies but well worth it to see the gummy smile he gives his older sibs.