OK, I don't mean for this to sound like it is going to!

For those of you with more than once child is there one that is your favorite? Maybe not that you love them more, but that you just relate better to them? I have two so far (and a third that will maybe show up some day!) but there is one that always comes to me and one that goes to my husband. Others looking at our life assume that we have favorites. While I don't think that is the case I do know that I relate better to one than the other - the child is just like me - making it easier to understand / relate. Just wondering if others face this issue.

It will be intersting to see how the third changes the dynamics.

I know when I was growing up I always assumed that I was my moms favorite - but looking back on it I can't say there was favoritism, just a better relationship. I wonder if it falls along girl / girl or boy / boy lines? Anyway just curious what others thought.

Sara

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Mommy to Jake, Alexis, Abigail and Joshua, Wife to Matt

I'm having lots of fun with the baby but seems like my oldest has grown up enough to actually TALK to, ask opinions, etc. He was quite wild when he was younger. He has calmed down enough now that we can see just what a troublemaker our middle child is lol

I have to agree with Carrie! I have my favorite at different times. It depends
on the day, what's going on, etc. My 4 yo and I have such special times when
it's just me and him but my 14 yo DD and I have a special bond, too. I don't have
ONE favorite by any means but yes, I do have a favorite one day and they may
not be my favorite the next.

My DD is so funny! When my DS does something and gets in trouble, she starts
singing this song "I'm the good child, I'm the good child" and does a little dance.
It's so funny! I told her that I am so happy that she is thrilled and gets so much
enjoyment out of her brother being in trouble! She has been doing this
since he was born and I guess when she gets 18 she'll still be doing it!

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~~~GO DALE JR!!~~~

LOL I'm the oldest, I'm over 30, and I still remind my mother that I was the good one

I love all three of my children, but I have to honestly admit, my oldest child (son) is probably the closest to me. I don't know if because he's my first born or what...We just have this special bond that I don't have with the other two...my second child is a girl and she's my only daughter so that's special...and my third child is a boy...and he's special because he's the baby of the family...but my oldest is very special to me. ~Lisa

My 20 yo DS is just like I was at this age, including all the not so good stuff. I always understood him, because I remember how I felt at that age.
17 yo DD I just don't quite know where she's coming from but she is just so cool. She doesn't care what other people think and follows her principles. I envy her for being so mature and smart at such a young age.
She always acused me of having favorites (DS!), but it just seemd like it because I understand him so well.

I honestly do not have a favorite, my ds are 4 and 8.

Or do you mean one annoys you less
If that is the case, no , they are equally annoying

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Oh boy is this a hard one. I have three, and also have a different kind of "favorite" feeling, but about each one.
I had DS#1 when I was 18, and not married, and ended up not staying w/ his father. I raised him alone with the help of my dear dear parents, worked F/T while they watched him, and for that I feel a special bond w/ him. He made me "grow up" (kind of). He has just turned 21.

DS#2 is now 18, and he is the sensitive, march to the beat of his own drummer sort of kid. Very soft spoken w/ his own very different views on things, and I respect that. But I have the type of relationship w/ him, that he kisses me each time he comes and goes, would sit and talk w/ me for hours at a time, about nothing...that sort of thing.

DD is almost 16 and she has a chronic medical condition that had her hospitalized many many times while I stood bedside for weeks at a time, not sleeping, worried, and I feel a bond w/ her as well. She is going through that"teen" thing now, and funny, but I, more than my husband (who she idealizes, and is interested in all the same things as him, Firefighting, EMS) can pick up on her moods, understand her when she says "No" and really means yes, and she will sit and talk w/ me alot too.

I have been told now, that my dear parents have passed away, that I was in a way, my mother's favorite, and that she told people that if she ever had to live w/ one of her kids, it would be me. I connected amazingly w/ her, and know she did alot, and felt alot for me, more than my other sisters. But I know she loved all her kids the same.

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