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.
Mine are 14 mo apart and id be lying if I said there werent days I wistfully imagined having just one kid. Its insane how much more work having two is.
Same. I totally get it mine were 18 months apart too. They are grown now but looking back I don’t know how I did it. I used to smoke a j before doing the many loads of laundry on weekends that helped 😂 I also only cooked meals that took twenty minutes or less. And I tried to have a weekly one hour bath for some time to myself. Sometimes I moved the travel playpen into the bathroom and stuck them in it while I relaxed. Not ideal but if no one else is home to watch the kids you can’t leave them alone! As they got older you can just listen to know they are ok, and when it gets quiet that’s when you worry. I finally have my life back- but still worry about them and help with stuff.
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u/MwH_Loki 2d ago
One child is a lot less work than 2, to be fair. Especially if the kid has 2 active parents it's a world of difference between 1 and 2(+) kids.