AMNESIA: A
condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to
have sex again.
BOTTLE FEEDING: An
opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2am too.
DEFENSE: What you'd
better have around de yard if you're going to let de children
play outside.
DROOLING: How
teething babies wash their chins.
DUMBWAITER:
One who asks if the kids would care to order
dessert.
FAMILY PLANNING:
The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to
keep you on the edge of financial disaster
FEEDBACK: The
inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the
strained carrots.
FULL NAME: What you
call your child when you're mad at him.
GRANDPARENTS: The
people who think your children are wonderful even though
they're sure you're not raising them right.
HEARSAY: What
toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
IMPREGNABLE: A
woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
INDEPENDENT: How we want our children to
be as long as they do everything we say.
LOOK OUT!: What
it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it
PRENATAL:
When your life was still somewhat your own.
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH:
A contradiction in terms.
PUDDLE: A small
body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes
into it.
SHOW OFF: A child
who is more talented than yours.
STERILIZE: What you
do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your
last baby's pacifier by blowing on it
STOREROOM: The
distance required between the supermarket aisles so that
children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything.
TEMPER TANTRUMS:
What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset the
children.
TOP BUNK: Where you
should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.
TWO-MINUTE WARNING:
When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those
familiar grunting noises.
VERBAL: Able to
whine in words
WEAKER SEX: The
kind you have after the kids have worn you out.
WHODUNIT: None of
the kids that live in your house.
WHOOPS: An
exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge."
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