Pile On
Jay has a great post about multiple-child households over at Blogging Baby. Loads of great tips from parents who have been there, done that. My own experience with two kids is that it's best to "keep 'em separated" in the car, at the dinner table, and with their stuff -- it's imperative that they each have things that very clearly belong just to them.
When we were expecting baby #2, I remember thinking it would be so easy because we were doing so well with the first child. How much harder could it be? Well, it was much more difficult than I expected but not quite the shock and upheaval that we felt the first time around. It was nice to have a lot of hand-me-downs for the second baby... Yes, my daughter wore a lot of boys' clothing that first year.
I just heard a quote from Jerry Seinfeld about having more than one child (I'm paraphrasing): "I like to think of it in terms of football. Having the first kid is like getting tackled midfield. Once the players start piling on, it doesn't really seem to matter how many of them are on top of you."
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 11:28 PM
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Interesting post. My grandmother used to say "it gets easier after the fifth one" (she had 12). The thing I find difficult about two is the balance of parity--there is always an argument about fairness. I could see how with four or five, the kids would lose their ability to keep track of exactly what everyone else got.
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