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Parents know, that there are some quite big differences between having your first and second children. From different approaches to pregnancy, to slightly different ways the kids are raised once born. And these changes were beautifully illustrated by Weng Chen - an incredible artist, VR game designer and a mom from China, currently living in the US.

Weng Chen was always close to the world of art. "When I was about 2, 3 years old, my mom drew me a little mermaid and told me the story," she wrote on her website. "I was fascinated, it was like magic that the most beautiful picture just came from my mom’s pen. I believe that was when I fell in love with drawing and storytelling."

Now she focuses on drawing comics about her dreams and daily lives raising her two daughters, Electra, the firstborn, and Ali, the secondborn, together with her husband. "Messycow comics were started with an impulse. I didn’t spend any time designing anything, just dove in and started drawing."

Her latest series of comics explain the differences between the firstborn and the secondborn children and the strips are hilarious. What do you think?

More info: wengchen.wordpress.com | Facebook

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly the same situation here with my first born toddler... am I a bad mother? :D

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am currently pregnant with our first, which is also gonna be our last because of my age. Yesterday, Dear Husband and I have seen baby on the ultrasound and since then, he's been floating on a blissfull cloud, telling everyone he meets (even strangers!) about his unpreceded and boundless happiness. Guess who gets to wear a crown for the next 5 months? :)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first born has an actual baby book, with locks of his first cut hair, growth stats., etc. My second... well, he's fine.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

parent didn't realise that often kids prefer the simplest toy. my older one got 1 plastic with truck we bought in in a dollar store... he kept it almost 4 years

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happened to me, and I felt worthless as a mother for not being able to breastfeed. You can only try so much, and in the end what really counts is that the baby is being fed somehow and is healthy. I had to bottle feed him for his survival. I do think it's great when you can breastfeed your child, but sometimes you have to let go of some of your beliefs. Even though I had never thought about it, apparenltly, I as a new mother believed that a real mother has to breastfeed her child, or else she is not a "complete" mother. But now just see it as a true mother does what is best for her child, which in this case is giving the child enough nutrition no matter if it comes from a breast or bottle. Nobody wins a special prize for being able to do it the "natural" way. I'll never say I'm "pro" this or that. It hurt to be reminded by people that breast was the best when it didn't work in my situation even though i really wanted it to.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A baby will love y our food.. a toddler will hate u even if it is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meal

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a middle child and this is PAINFULLY relatable. I had walking pneumonia once and could barely breath one night due to all the congestion in my lungs. My parents didn't believe I was actually having trouble breathing and assumed I was just panicking. If my grandfather didn't have an oximeter on him, my family probably would have let me stay at home and I would have died of oxygen deprivation. :|

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i almost died twice, because of food poisoning and sting bite reaction and both times they didn't care all day and i remember I hear myself dr telling my dad, "If you brought her 10 minutes later she would have died" . They thought I was unconscious talking above my bed . I am a classic case of middle child.

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A S Koziol
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a good thing Mother Nature made babies as resilient as they are! :) (Because you can't always do everything "right" and you don't aways catch them before they get hurt..)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm the third child and this happened to me. When I was 7 I got The mumps. Mum thought it was a heat rash or something and she sent me off to school. My teacher thankfully knew exactly what it was and sent me home. Unfortunately though I still managed to spread it around and 8 girls in my class got it. My mother was not popular.

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Jodi Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All about experience. Once you have learned not to freak out over the smallest things, life changes.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See, as the oldest, I'm supposed to suck it up. My 16 year old brother has always been pampered. My mother took him to the ER for constipation when he was 7. CONSTIPATION! Just make him drink prune juice- that's what she made me do

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Flisey
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then the third one comes along and you're like 'meh, he'll be right'

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KT Trondsen
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep true. I was #4, I almost died of blood poisoning. Showed my mom the line going up my arm, she was like eh you'll be fine, next day wake up it's at my chest. Dr said if it had reached my heart things would have become fatal fast

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With my 1st child, it was right to the doctor or ER. But that’s because she had so many medical problems when she was young. With my 2nd child, I just waited to see how he responded to his injuries. There were times when he’d get up and shake it off, so we’d forgo the hospital. Then there were the times when he’d broken something and tried to hide it so he could still play... Broken arm, “It’s okay. It doesn’t hurt that bad. I can still play, right?!” Nope! I draw the line at broken bones. And dog bites. And puncture wounds. Sometimes I wonder if he even feels it.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought 102F was dangerously high. My mom ( a nurse) would have taken me to the hospital if my fever was that high. I could see taking a wait and see approach if it was 99 or less, maybe.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m always at a hundred, if I’m 101 take off your jacket and I’ll re-check later

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Middle children grow up not expecting much. I'm one and married one. Hence sometimes we get nice surprises.

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KismetTheFox
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, guys some parents are just busy with younger and older siblings and don’t have time, with work, kids, and whatever else. Not their fault

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 3rd grade, I hit 106-109F, was out for a week, no hospital, and we just kept it rolling

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's still the same pic of the first born child -didn't bother to replace it

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