"Check that diaper, we need grocery money."

CPS warning - this is NOT a true story.

I'm (so far) the daddy to 3 beautiful children - 4 years, 2 years, and 9 months.  Upon reflection, it's amazing how we evolve as parents through our different child experiences.  For instance, what happens if your baby finds something on the floor, predictably shoves it in his/her mouth, and by the time you get your finger in the tiny mouth to pry it out, that something is no longer there...

Child #1 - Swallows a dime... Call pediatrician, who doesn't answer the phone on the first ring. Panic. Debate calling 911, Poison Control, Roto-rooter. Pray. Child still breathing. Pediatrician calls back as you load the car for trip to ER and says, "Don't worry, it will come out in a day or so."

Child #2 - Swallows a nickel... Send child #1 to time-out for giving the nickel to baby brother/sister. Start a load of laundry. Child #2 still breathing. Call pediatrician, who gives you the same story as with child #1 - "This too shall pass..."

Child #3 - Swallows a quarter... you inform your wife that you have moved her purse from the floor to the counter. She says, "<insert quote above>".