In my family the middle child was known as the 'problem' child (not me, I'm a perfect first born ). And in DH's family too (it was him! lol). DH remembers once a teacher telling him in primary school 'your problem is that you have middle child syndrome. Your sister is the first born and most important and your brother is the baby and gets all the attention and nobody cares about you'. Nice huh??

So thinking about when we have number 3, that will make DD2 the middle child. I don't want my baby girl to be seen that way! So is this an old fashioned thing, or is it still something people think/see today? Does it happen in your family?

We're planning on having 4 anyway so I guess there will eventually be no 'middle'. According to my mum, when you have 4, number 3 is the 'problem child'. Eeek! So are these really just like old wives tales?

It also concerns me because DD2 so far seems a lot different to DD1. DD1 was easy peasy, listened when I said no, rarely had a tantrum. DD2 on the other hand already has tantrums where she throws herself to the ground, hmmm...

I guess it's like anything in parenting though. There are lots of things my parents did that I don't want to and so I'm concious of what I'm doing and I parent differently to them. I can control how I respond to my kids and not live up to the stereotype. Right??