Congratulations on your baby's birth!
Now they are a joy to you.
Warning, they are a handful
When they hit the age of two.

Your whole house will get rearranged
As soon as they turn three.
You can't wait for school to start
To get free time-finally!

Then comes a few quiet years
That you MAY go through.
Seven, eight, nine thru twelve,
The kid will challenge you.

Now comes those teenage years,
Get ready to get stung!
Then you will finally understand
Why tigers eat their young!



B.G. Wetherby