| An increased laying interval would create a large hatching interval for last-born chicks with potential negative effects on their survival. |
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| All the cubs, apart from the last-born who is thinner, are healthy and two are male cubs. |
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| Such is, I suggest, the primary reason for having first-born children act as godparents for the last-born. |
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| Now, this risk is exactly what, according to Portuguese data, the custom of choosing the eldest children to act as godparents to last-born siblings seeks to avoid. |
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| Osler was the last-born of eight children, the son of a minister. |
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| Ever since childhood, the last-born Ludwig had had a passion and a facility for mechanical things. |
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| They are awarded from the first child onwards, at the ages of 6, 12 and 18 years, but not for an only child or for the last-born. |
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| Birth order played a part, too: Though mothers said they were more likely to turn to a first-born for advice or in a crisis, the one they felt emotionally closest to was most often a last-born. |
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| I got my dad's genius genes, and I got a boost from being last-born. |
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| At the heart of Dorothy Vauk's grief over the last-born of her nine children is a question that has haunted the nation since Sept. 11: How can someone ever manage to hate strangers? |
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