sounds like the hormones
i know how you feel

i get irritated with every little thing

i hpope you feel better bridget

I swear Bridget, you and your brother sound EXACTLY like me and my brother. I don't know if he does it as much as I do, but I compare everything both my mom and my dad does for us. If I find out that my mom did something for my brother and she didn't do it for me, watch out. I usually only complain to my husband, but sometimes my tounge gets the best of me.

I hope this time around they will act differently with you than they did when Finn was born.

i try not to think so childishly when i hear they've done something for one of my brothers and not for me, but it seems like the world sometimes revolves around my older brother and his wife. i've actually told a lot of stories about them on here and i'm sure i come across as a whiny brat, but after awhile i just wonder why i'm not as special.

i will not do that with my children!

ugh Bridget
i feel the exact same way
my parents are paying off my 25yr. old brother's $9,000 credit card debt
but can't put me in the college i really wanted to go to (7,000$ a semester)
ugh =(
i guess i'm being selfish

but if i were u in that position bridge i'd feel just as left out
=(
i'm sorry hun

Bridget, I try not to be so childish to, but I understand how you feel left out. My brother has two daughters, and I always feel left out because my mom is always helping them out and doing things for them, buying them clothes. I don't have any kids yet, but I guess I just think that she isn't going to do that for me when I have kids. My husband usually stops me before I get to wrapped up in it.

Like you said, I too will never be like that with my kids.

Bridgette, its your parents who are missing out. You and Finn will always be numero uno here and in my book. I wish you lived close. I could be your adopted "Fairy*Godmother and bring over supper and clean up for you and even babysit with the Finnmiester! I am the oldest and both sets of parents always catered to tmy older brothers and their family. I too am the BAHHHHHH BAHHHHHHH Black Sheep.but I'd rather be hte black sheep than a white one any day.............folks like us are special. I totally understand where you are coming from, jsut want you to know we don't think for one minute you are being chilish or selfish...........its your parents whos to blame.............

thanks everyone.

lol, fairy g, finnmeister is a new one.

i think i'm having way belated middle child syndrome.

ooh bridget any names yet picked out for the baby?

well, we're pretty convinced this is a boy so we have no names. boy names are hard!

i really like declan, but it's getting very popular. nick really likes jebediah, but i don't know... it just sounds so religious! we still like dexter, which was supposed to be finn's name.

we've had our girl name since our first pregnancy, but i'm keeping it a secret for awhile.

Bridget-I like Dexter. When he's older he can have his own laboratory...

You are the middle child? Me too. It sucks. everything I ever owned was my sister's first. When we all got older and moved out of the house, she took everything because it was "her's". I was supposed to be a boy, bu tthey settled for me, and five years later when they had the boy, guess who was no longer a princess?? Me. Blah! That's why I am only having 2 kids.

god i love the way you are so.. unique, in a way. like with your names, finn and dexter, that'd be so cute. finn and dexter, i can see it. i hope that's the name you go with they are adorable together.

am i getting positive reactions to dexter?!

when that was going to be finn's name everyone *hated* it! that with my raging hormones is the reason i changed it to finnegan. of course, now i can't imagine finn being a dexter so it was all for the best.

i think it's becoming my new favorite! now i need a middle name...

I'm sorry Bridget, that really sucks

I know how you feel, I'm the black sheep of my family too. Alex is treated as the "number 1 grandchild" just because my sister had him at a "respectable" age with her husband etc etc. Plus I think the fact that he's a boy makes a difference, there aren't many boys in my family. I get all the grief from my family & they don't take me seriously as a parent.

Anyway, feel free to vent.. you know we're all here & we understand! =)

I love Dexter! Dexter James? I don't know haha but I'm sure you could find something!

Dexter...

OK what are some of your family names?

thanks zanny!

luckily my parents *adore* finn and i think he'll always be their favorite. personally i think my new niece is going to turn out to be a brat, based on the way my sister-in-law and her family are. a few days before her due date she was referring to the baby as "a stubborn little brat" and then after she had her she said something like "i guess all those times that i threatened her life finally worked". how motherly! they all refer to her sister's baby as a brat too.

terra, my dad's name is james so he would love dexter james! finn's middle name is seamus which is the irish version of james.

lol aw, i think it goes great together. i'm not picking out your baby name for you but I love it

My family does the same thing for my brother. Hes is 25 and he is still living at home (with his girlfriend) and gets all the help he can get while I have been living on my own for almost 6 months and get crap for wanting health insurance from my mom (???) while I am going through college full time and working to support myself.

Mreh, just know you are the better one and take pride in yourself for all that you have accomplished.

I like Dexter James.

I also Like Dexter Aidan or Dexter Alexander.