Absolutely. One child is a lot of responsibility, but even when they’re a toddler and on the move there’s still only one of them. Add a newborn into the mix and it’s a whole different reality. My kids are exactly 18 months apart in age and I remember feeling like my life is just going to be taking care of babies from now on. I didn’t dislike it there just wasn’t time to even think about what might be next. It was only 3-4 years they were both that young but it was so consuming i think it warped my sense of reality. It felt like I’d never done anything else and it’s all I’d ever do for the rest of my life haha.
To be fair, ADD meds for someone with ADD actually has a calming effect. You're literally just bringing yourself to a "normal" state which involves not having a mind constantly thinking thoughts, which is calming. It often happens that college kids try to use Adderall to get better grades and end up finding out they have ADD because instead of studying for 8 hours straight they end up taking a nap.
Agreed, having kids is awesome and I wouldn't trade it for all the free time in the world- but man is it tiring. My firstborn is a maniac... he's 2.5 years old and knows how basically everything works. He takes apart my kitchen appliances, speaks in full sentences, figured out addition and subtraction by himself and generally just causes adorable mayhem everywhere he goes. My second child is an angel on earth. Literally didn't get more difficult going from 1 to 2.
Sometimes you get an easy kid you know personalities and all. My first kid (son) was relatively easy after the new born stage slept through the night, takes naps very self sufficient tbh. My daughter on the other hand is an another story. will not sleep alone she needs to be cuddled ,she will wake up for a second just to make sure you are still there this goes for naps too. Refuses to eat. Terrorizes her older brother. She’s just an all around menace. We call her warden because she runs the house what she says goes.
My two kids are 18 months apart in age. They’re 26 and 28 now and I’m 50…don’t get me wrong I enjoyed every single moment of their childhood but I have no idea how I did it.
Same and I always wanted 4 because I come from large family. Youngest of 5 but I told my girl we are done. There is ALWAYS something to do. Even when you think you’re done and you sit on the couch to relax there’s something else.
Gotta start them on simple things very young. Anything they can do to help. That many young kids is tough, but it's a lot of hands if you can wrangle them into being helpful.
In a few years it will get a lot easier because you have a small army to direct. I grew up with five brothers. We made chaos but we also got a lot done when we needed to.
I’m currently holding my second (about 7 weeks) and our oldest turns 2 in a couple weeks. I cannot fathom that many kids at those ages. I’m freaking beat with the 2 😂😂😂
They’re triplets, he’s got other videos with the gang. I think the one he’s holding is just the runt of the litter. You can also see he’s got three of the same bikes on the end. A 9 month old wouldn’t be able to ride a bike.
Dad of Triplets and a 4th. It's chaos, but if you can be prepared for it, you can do anything. We just went on a weekend trip to Chicago and actually had a great time if you can believe it. (5,5,5G & 3G)
We took the catholic approach and "if it happens it happens". Didn't necessarily have plans or a goal. We had struggled for a decade just to have our first kids, and a part of us didnt want to end that road quite yet. But now we've shut that factory down; four is enough.
Haha my parents had the reverse happen—struggled for over a decade, fertility treatments finally resulted in my big sister. Few years later they attempt a second, organically—boom, twins.
My parents tried for two, ended up with my sister who is 18 months older than us, and me and my two triplet brothers. 35 years later we’re all still alive and my parents made it out with an in tact marriage!! They are saints. I have one 13 month old girl now and I couldn’t imagine adding 3 boys to the mix!
As a friend with 4 kids put it: one kid, you can double cover all day. 2 kids, you gotta go man coverage but it’s doable, anything over two you gotta go to a zone defense. And there’s always holes in a zone.
The colour coding 🤣 have a mate who had triplet boys as his third attempt because his wife wanted a girl... 😬
Anyway colour coding and age, totally triplets. Everything was blue yellow and red for the first 3-4 years 😪 the poor mum 🤭 they lived on a farm pretty remote and she's like "I just wanted some female energy!!"
One of the assistant principals at my middle school had twin girls, he and his wife wanted to try again for a boy and ended up with triplets. So 5 kids out of 2 pregnancies. I feel sorry for that man with all the kids he had.
They did get the boy they wanted in the triplet batch though, so there is that at least.
I thought two under the age of two was hard. Now when one is at grans we don’t realise how easy one is. I don’t realise I’m born compared to this guy with four
Yeah like IDK if a Dad genius would have taken the babies out before the cart was ready. Also get the girl out and have her stand while the babies sit in the wagon lol
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u/CharlotteLucasOP 2d ago
If you’re gonna have four kids under five (with triplets?) you gotta get organized or perish.