
| Word | real meaning |
|---|---|
| AMNESIA | condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to have sex again. |
| 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. |
| OW | the first word spoken by children with older siblings |
| PRENATAL | when your life was still somewhat your own. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| WHODUNIT | none of the kids that live in your house |
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