One cannot fully imagine the experience of parenthood until one is in the thick of it.
You assume you will love your children, and that you will fear for their health and safety.
And youre sure that, at times, it will be challengingeven downright difficult.
Logistically, how is such a thing possible?
Oh god, are parents of twinsokay?
My wife and I are thinking we will have 3-4 kids.
Do parents somehow become more efficient with more kids??
Any veteran parent can feel the weight of their stress in all those question marks.
ButReddit came to reassureEmbarrassed-Sock1460 that it is indeed possible to survive while parenting more than one child.
Turns out they can cry for a few minutes and not die lol.
Second child gets lightly stained hand-me-downs, and careful means not dropped or at least not dropped often.
(u/ditchdiggergirl)
Man we just fake it till we make it.
I have three and really cant manage even one.
(u/AgentUpright)
We have 7, ages 2 to 17.
One thing we learned is to pick your battles.
Some things just are not worth the energy to fight over.
Two-year-old doesnt want to get dressed?
Fine, wear PJs all day.
We also learned that both parents need to present a united front.
We dont let the kids play one parent against the other.
(u/C_Alan)
Picking your battles is key!
They know whats non-negotiable.
The rule is not to have two in diapers at the same time.
Otherwise youre totally fucked.
(u/lehigh_larry)
I have two, but I spaced them over four years apart.
Two in diapers, Two non-verbal, thats a nightmare.
(18 months apart, but adopted so no pregnancies to deal with).
I think reintroducing the changing table after experiencing freedom would have killed my soul.
I have three and theyre all 3-4 years apart.
Im not saying its not still difficult or exhausting, but it does get easier in some ways.
(u/bethmcgary7)
In other words: Dont worry.
Maybe it gets easier, or maybe you just get used to it being hard.
Either way, eventually it wont seem so bad.
