The Cambridges are about to become a foursome ... but do we care? Source: AP
IT'S not often us commoners can relate to royalty but there's something going on in the British monarchy that just about every family with more than one child has been through.
Let me take you back less than two years, when the world was in the grip of a royal resurgence.
The dust had barely begun to collect on Kate and William's wedding album and focus on the family was buoyed by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. But aside from that, the Commonwealth had come down with a serious case of royal baby fever.
For months leading up to the birth of Prince George, the bunting was up and the countdown was on.
It was ridiculous ... there were even Royal Baby sick bags. Source: Supplied
Souvenir-makers were pumping out commemorative china, bookies were taking bets on the little one's name and sex, and everything the maternity-chic mum-to-be wore was quickly copied and sold out online.
Once again, there's a royal baby on the way, but the anticipation and fanfare has well and truly died down.
The Duchess of Cambridge is eight months pregnant, but you'd barely know both from the size of her bump and the amount of attention the royal pregnancy has generated in comparison to the first.
It's only been in the past few days, when the Duchess stepped out for one of her last official engagements before the Cambridges become four, that the new royal baby has again worked its way into headlines.
The Duchess bears a modest bump eight months into round two. Source: AP
At this point in the gestation of royal baby number one, you couldn't walk past a magazine stand without seeing the pregnant Duchess on the cover, but this time baby talk is buried in the back end of news bulletins.
It's not that we're over the royals, psychologists say, as parents and middle children would be well aware, this is just what happens with poor baby number two.
Pretty sure this guy is still excited though ... Terry Hutt pictured waiting outside St Mary's hospital ahead of Prince George's birth. Source: NewsComAu
Clinical psychologist Dr Melissa Keogh has studied 'birth order' and how kids are treated differently depending where they come in the family.
"What we're seeing playing out in public with the royal family is exactly what happens in normal families as well," she tells news.com.au.
"Parents have done it before, they know what to expect the second time around and friends and family members are more excited and anticipating of the first child.
"Mums and dads also parent differently from the first to the second, both because they are more confident, less cautious, and have to split their attention between the new baby and the eldest child who's had their world turned upside down by this arrival."
Prince George will have to get used to sharing the attention. Source: Getty Images
Dr Keogh says while there may be discrepancies in the way babies are anticipated and the number of presents and visitors they get in those early days, it will only affect them if they are reminded of it later in life.
Royal siblings may be able to measure the amount of attention they received as a newborn by the number of headlines and magazine covers they get, but for the rest of us there's less risk.
"If they're made aware of it, if there are more photos of the older brother or sister, then that could affect their personalities," Dr Keogh says, citing the 'psychological birth order' theory.
"But parents also have the challenge of making sure they don't neglect the older child once the new baby comes along.
"If there are discrepancies in the way either of children are treated, that will affect their personalities and character."
It was all new to them. Source: Supplied
But principal child psychologist at Quirky Kid, Dr Kimberley O'Brien says the personality of the second child is more likely to be moulded by how they are treated beyond the newborn phase.
"Often the second child, especially if they end up being the middle child, will feel like they're living in their sibling's shadow," she says.
"Parents tend to place more responsibilities on the eldest, so they end up being more likely to take on leadership roles.
"The second child can sometimes be less independent, more likely to be a follower. There is also a certain amount of competition born out of being the second child because they want to take on that role of being independent and responsible."
Good news for Prince George, who has being king to look forward to and could use those leadership traits that come with being first.
'I can do what I like' ... Prince Harry doesn't mind being second. Source: Getty Images
And while it doesn't seem like there's much global excitement now, there are advantages to being the younger sibling.
As the world's most famous 'spare', Prince Harry said to his older brother at the tender age of six: "You'll be king and I won't, so I can do what I like."
Prince Harry is getting on just fine. Source: Getty Images
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