As soon as Little Miss was born, one question quickly shot to the forefront, "What is like having two kids?" Up until now, I haven't spent much time to thinking about it. When you're in the moment of making the change from one to two kids, you're not usually also processing all the changes you're making. So when people have asked, I've tended to give very broad answers.
Now that we've been the parents of two kids for a full month, I thought I'd give it greater thought.
For my wife's perspective on having two kids: CLICK HERE
I'm a Better Parent to Little Man (my first born)
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This has taken three primary forms: (1) Playing in the backyard, (2) Playing in the car, (3) Playing with his new train set. He's usually very open to all of these options. Unfortunately, bad weather has made option one rather tricky. I'm excited for when the pool opens up in a couple of months.
**EDIT** I drove by the pool on my way home yesterday, and it's open NOW!!!!!
**EDIT** I drove by the pool on my way home yesterday, and it's open NOW!!!!!
I Don't Feel Like I'm Any Better at Having a Newborn the 2nd Time Around
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I feel just as insecure and afraid as round one.
When Little Man was born, there was a never-ending series of new fears. This time around, they aren't new fears; All of the old fears have returned, and I keep coming up with new things to be afraid of.
There's a Lot More Chaos
Double the kids = double the chance of trouble!
Prior to expanding our family, we'd found a nice groove with Little Man. Even with Jennifer being pregnant, we had a good idea to handle the amount of insanity that comes with a single child. However, things get a lot more complicated when you have two children.
The theory everyone has is that you can simply do a zone defense: each parent takes a child. It doesn't work out that way in reality. Even if we split up boys and girls, they can each still be quite a handful on their own. Bottom line: It's nice to have two sets of hands. So, it's not so simple as playing a zone defense.
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Did I mention half the sleep?
- Twice the meltdowns
- Twice the fits
- Twice the danger
- Twice the unexplained crying
- Twice the dirty diapers
- Twice the frustration
The theory everyone has is that you can simply do a zone defense: each parent takes a child. It doesn't work out that way in reality. Even if we split up boys and girls, they can each still be quite a handful on their own. Bottom line: It's nice to have two sets of hands. So, it's not so simple as playing a zone defense.
Twice the Joy
The great thing about having two kids is that you get twice the special moments. One of them is always doing something cute. They're amazing creatures.
Prior to Little Man's birth, people kept telling us how hard it is to raise kids, but how it's totally worth it. I really don't think you can understand what they mean until you have kids. It really is something else.
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