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Big gaps = hard work!

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ohcluttergotme · 30/12/2012 09:54

Just wanted to see if anyone else was in similar situation to me? I have 13 yr old dd and 3 yr old ds and it's hard! I'm at 6am most mornings with ds & he is full of beans from the moment I wake up. Spend the morning feeding him (he's always hungry) tidying up, washing etc etc Then some point through the morning my teenage one graces us with her presence, barely speaks. Then spends an age beautifying herself before asking if she can get a lift somewhere and now! Have to then accommodate this and off she goes. Feel like toddler one is only child a lot of the time as teenage one is so busy with friends, parties, sleepovers!
Toddler one has set routine & tucked up in bed by 7 and this is when teenage one comes to left & she is constantly hungry all evening even though she eats a dinner big enough for 7 foot, our working all day man. Teenage one normally up well after I've gone to bed as I'm knackered and know that I'm up at 6 an maybe earlier if toddler one needs a wee, lost his ted, wet the bed etc etc!
Just wondering if others with similar gaps are experiencing a similar life to mine? Just all feels exhausting at times. Sometimes wish I either had 2 similar to dd's age or 2 similar to ds's age but I'm sure there would be difficulties with having your children close in age too!!

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ohcluttergotme · 31/12/2012 06:25

Wow shellywelly 5 kids, you must have your hands full. Think that happened with me when I had my 2nd 10 years later it was a lot harder than the first time round! But then also think I was due to everything being new & exciting with first, she was a girl...has been easier as baby/toddler. I didn't have an older child to look after. Lots of factors. Do you ever feel exhausted that you have been doing the same things for 24 years? I know I have friends and family whose children are close together and they say that t can be tiring but gets all the stages over in one go. My sis-in-law has 4 under 5 (4,3,1,0) and some ways I think this looks good that they will be experiencing the same things other ways it looks so exhausting.

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