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Does anyone with more than one child, or a child older than say 5 object to the term PFB

83 replies

Twiglett · 22/09/2008 14:05

just wondering

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TheCrackFox · 22/09/2008 15:08

Nope

Infact when I heard the term PFB it made me feel a lot better about myself. I wasn't the only crazed mum on the planet.

TheHedgeWitch · 22/09/2008 15:10

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Sazisi · 22/09/2008 15:11

No

Mrshall · 22/09/2008 16:52

No. They're both precious to me

Bluebutterfly · 22/09/2008 17:02

No - only have the one and he is my pfb and always will be.

No pg with #2 and I am sure that this dc will be psb!

I am sure that I will never be as neurotic as I was with my 1st though - it is a rite of passage into parenthood!

btw - there is possible a case of a eplb (extra precious last born) as I know is the case in several families who have "finished" child bearing - the "ishoos" are a bit different than with pfb, though.

Bluebutterfly · 22/09/2008 17:03

duh - pregnancy is frying my brain again -

"now pg"

and "there is possibly"

lou031205 · 22/09/2008 17:04

no

serenity · 22/09/2008 17:06

Doesn't bother me...but I generally only use it in relation to my own pfb and the nsc (Neglected Subsequent Child/ren)

madhairday · 22/09/2008 17:10

No, think it's funny.
My brother wouldn't take his PFB 3 month old out for a 20 min walk, al bundled up in the all singing all dancing buggy with raincover etc 'in case it rains and she gets chilly'. Told him he was being PFBish. got a look. hehe

debzmb62 · 22/09/2008 17:23

nope i have 5 i refer to my just as my eldest or first all my kids a precious !

PinkTulips · 22/09/2008 17:49

nope

i cringe at the memories of things i did when dd was little

and i find it quite sweet if occasionally mildly annoying when i see other parents suffering from PFBitis. it's all part of the initiation into paranthood

cherrylips · 22/09/2008 18:30

Nope

ByTheSea · 22/09/2008 18:31

Nope

Smithagain · 22/09/2008 18:31

I don't object to the term - but I do think it is used in a rather unkind way on here sometimes.

SaintRiven · 22/09/2008 18:33

nope. Have 4, 3 of them teenagers.

ProfYaffle · 22/09/2008 18:35

I find it quite amusing, although it can be used unkindly on here sometimes.

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helpfulornot · 22/09/2008 18:54

Nope, I was very much PFB (with my first oddly enough!), which is not a bad thing, was looking back at PFB's baby photos the other day, they were the best days of my life....

clam · 22/09/2008 19:09

Nope.
What's more, I think that, if you're offended by the term, then you're guilty as charged, frankly.

Twiglett · 22/09/2008 19:10

s'rather unaminous innit?

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ethanchristopher · 22/09/2008 19:11

no

pfb is the definition of my little boy

but if i had another i still would object

infact id probably say psb(precious second born) and so on for consequent children

Twiglett · 22/09/2008 19:12

PFB does not describe the child

PFB describes the parent .. the syndrome that the parent is suffering that is

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smoggie · 22/09/2008 19:47

nope - I know I was guilty of it, I cringe at some of my PFB'isms and find it very amusing when I see it in others. It's just part of being a parent isn't it? Anyone who says they didn't have any PFB tendancies are LYING!
Poor NSC (ds2), I tried to avoid it as I'm an 'NSC' but it's sadly inevitable. Even when actively trying to make sure I had as many solo pics of NSC I still fell way short of the mark.

unfitmother · 22/09/2008 19:48

Nope

Sanctuary · 22/09/2008 19:48

Errrr No