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.

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