The Coming of the Second One
April 5, 2007
Filed under Parenting & Family Posts
Following on from yesterday’s spiel about Dads with post-natal depression (just scroll down people, I can’t be bothered inserting a hyperlink – is that blogging bad manners or what?)…
My good mate, Molks, has opened his life for inspection in a brave and humble way over at his blog. (Damn, I had to do a link anyway.)
He mentions that many people told him that the “most difficult change is from 1 kid to 2 kids… the added grabs for attention, the learning of the first kid to understand that Mum and Dad can no longer lavish their total attention on them all the time, etc. ”
I absolutely agree. Add to that the normal demands of new baby and well, woah Nelly! It gets a little stressful…
(And not just for the parents. I remember Oldest Son asking – when Youngest Son was about 8 weeks old – if we could take him back to the hospital and leave him there)
But then again, I only have 2 kids.
Maybe the “most difficult change” is actually from 2 to 3??
Adding a third would turn the second into … The Middle Child!!!
Cue “Jaws” music here.
Going from two to three is a huge jump as now each parent must focus 100% of their attention on 1.5 children each… I have three and the third is always the one doing something to make you scream.
So I should stick with 2? That’s the message I’m getting here.
I look on at families that have 5 or 6 kids (wehre it’s working) in awe that anyone can do that. Lord Matt, my hat’s off to you that you are giving your life (in a sense) to 3!
Thanks for commenting…