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Precious first born: mothers admit they really do favour first child Mothers really do favour their precious first borns over the children they have later, research has found. Among examples of attention lavished on the precious first borns were tales of how mothers rubbed shampoo into their own eyes before using it on their baby to ensure it wouldnt sting, and pulling their prams backwards for miles to keep the sun off their adored offspring. While they will conscientiously disinfect everything that comes into contact with their PFB and change them up to 150 times a week, their later children have to make do with items licked clean by the dog and stew in their own juices until their parents are ready to deal with them. The term PFB and its poorer sibling the Neglected Subsequent Children were coined by members of the parenting website Mumsnet. Among the tales reported was one of a mother that used a hairdryer on her babys bottom after changing her. She was chatting to her neighbour and asked if they were ever disturbed by her crying, The neighbour assured her they were not, but that they had been woken once or twice by what sounded like a hairdryer. Another self-obsessed mother turned down an invitation to a friend and her babys christening party because she thought her own childs total gorgeousness would show their baby up and make them feel bad. | 
