AIBU?
To ask which number of children you found hardest?
obsessedwithsleep · 15/09/2022 08:44
I haven't explained myself very clearly in the title as I didn't know how to phrase it.
Basically, which transition did you find hardest? Was it going from no children to one, one to two or two to three?
Or more!
Glitterbaby17 · 15/09/2022 08:54
One to two - not being able to meet both of their needs some of the time is really hard
justanothermanicmonday21 · 15/09/2022 08:54
One to two, balancing them both and spreading my time. I now have four and find it's actually much easier and I'm more relaxed.
OnlyMeIJustChangedMyName · 15/09/2022 08:56
Yeah I'd say at first having the 2nd was OK as he slept a lot. Then there was a short phase of him being needy in terms of unable to play unaided. Then we entered a phase of them playing together, which emerged properly at about 15 months. Gives me more opportunity for a cuppa than when I just had one.
Somethingsnappy · 15/09/2022 08:57
I have 4 children, and I found it the hardest going from one to two! I had figured out techniques by the time I went from two to three, and then three to four!
CatsandDogs22 · 15/09/2022 08:57
None to one, though 1 to 3 wasn’t a walk in the park. Could not tell you what having 2 kids is like.
DownToTheSeaAgain · 15/09/2022 08:57
We went 0 to 2. That was hard but the hardest bit was 4 under 5. Just not enough thanks.
Somethingsnappy · 15/09/2022 08:59
justanothermanicmonday21 · 15/09/2022 08:54
One to two, balancing them both and spreading my time. I now have four and find it's actually much easier and I'm more relaxed.
Snap!
womaninatightspot · 15/09/2022 08:59
Going from two to four (twins) like a pp we had four under five and it was brutal tbh.
Onlyforcake · 15/09/2022 08:59
Two to three. But there was a huge gap. There was a bit of 'starting from scratch and a lot of juggling children with very different needs in terms of meals, support, entertainment.
womaninatightspot · 15/09/2022 09:00
I would say now they are 7-12 it’s actually fairly easy, lost school ties and much taxiing around aside.
GiantTortoise · 15/09/2022 09:03
None to 1 was the hardest as it was such a big change!
2 to 3 was also really hard, mainly because my DC3 was the worst sleeper of the three.
1 to 2 was easy for me.
Loopielu · 15/09/2022 09:07
Two to three, with a big gap. It nearly killed me, had horrendous PND.
Windowtea · 15/09/2022 09:09
None to one.
We had a close age gap though. I'd probably struggle going back to the baby stage with a child older than 4YO.
PenTantrum · 15/09/2022 09:10
Not hard, but 0 to 1 changed our lives a lot. Not unexpected though. 😂 1 to 2 was really easy, our lives were already centred around our child and we were used to it.
FrequentUser2022 · 15/09/2022 09:11
None to one was extremely hard for me. Number two just slotted into number one's routine as had a small age gap. I think I'd struggle if I had anymore than 2.
Poniesandgin · 15/09/2022 09:21
0-1 was hard.
1-2 not so bad but I had a huge age gap so DC1 able to do lots for themselves plus at school during the day.
Expecting dc3 with a tiny gap (18m) and I’m terrified!!!!
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