But, again, the hard work is finally paying off so it makes the impossibly, horrifically difficult years worth it! Julia, you are too right about that. I should have mentioned it, but none of mine are on the spectrum and I know if they had been we would have tried our best to space out further! My four littles are all 13 months apart…. I just found out im pregant again today with baby 3 im terrified. My son is 1 will be 2 in feb my daughter is 8 months will be 1 in febuary. I never had any complications with my pregnancies im just terrified of having the 3 baby so close in age with the other 2.
I will have 3 kids under 2. Having your kids so close in age did you experience any complications with the 3rd baby? Hey Paige. Oh dear, I bet you are so terrified right now. I have been there, I know! I did not have any complications having them close together like that, sometimes nature knows! I would say to rest as much as you can, be kind to yourself, lower your standards,and know that you CAN do this!
I love it and they are now 10,9,8,8, and 5. They are the best of friends and always have someone to play with. Instead of changing, feeding, napping, starting over we run around like crazy giving them every chance they want at baseball, soccer, football, basketball, dance, tumbling, piano, cub scouts, and singing to name a few.
WE are busy and they love it. It never slows down it just changes. Tana, thanks for your perspective. So great to hear that it changes but has some new life as the seasons go :. This post just made my heart sing. My boys are 19 months apart and I just found out I am having twins in January.
My oldest will just have turned 3 when the babies come and I have been freaking out about having 4 three and under. You have eased my fears that it is possible! I had 4 kids in 45 months. The twins are 4. All of my kids are great sleepers and all four go to bed at pm.
Leaving my husband and I lots of time together in the evenings. While my children are far from perfect I have no qualms about taking them grocery shopping, doctors appointments etc. They know their expectations when we are out and about. Baby and toddlerhood are busy to begin with. You might as well do it all at the same time.
They are all great playmates now. Jilian, I am worried right there with you. What a great read! My oldest two are 15 months apart, and we are expecting 3 when 2 will be 18 months. A much nicer way to look at families and babies, I think You are so right about the cultures mattering. They are on the same routine and are great at playing and sharing! And an early bedtime of pm.
Just be careful not to become too rigid in the routines, spontaneity makes for laughter and memories and being the heroine in your kids eyes! Kimberly, thanks so much for sharing :. I love having a structure of a routine and the freedom to throw it out. This was a relief bringer! Sorry I had to LOL at the title of your post!
And it felt like a super hard day. Can you super nanny it over in my house?? Also, do you have a post on how to handle big transitions, you know like international moves and daddy traveling for a long time, and such? Well, I DO have a post on moving with small kids, let me find the link here. Second and third are 14 months apart. Third and forth are 14 months apart. I wish, desire, really want to have 4 kids.
I have 3 kids. A little girl almost 3 years old, a baby boy almost 1 year old, I am having my third baby girl on August I am 6 moths pregnant right now so I decided that I want to run through fire because I really want to have 4 kids.
But my husband said we are done with the third baby. I am the one taking the birth control pills so I am not going to take it just like I did last year after I delivered my baby boy that is why I am pregnant right now with baby 3. I decided to do the same thing this year and Hopefully I will be typing the next year saying I am pregnant with baby 4. Allah willing. I love your post because it is very interesting and educational for a lot of desperate mothers out there.
I have read and heard of many womens that took the decision of sterilization permanent after having 1,2,3, kids. And after years later they wanted to have 1 or more kids. It is a shame how our society is being programmed about having 3 kids the maximum. People should have as many kids they desired. It really does not matter money, what class you belongs, etc.
I linked this blog to mine. Wanted to share with you. Have a beautiful day! I have one daughter who is only 8 months old, and people are already asking if we will have another soon. Everyone speaks so negatively to first time moms. This is such a breath of fresh air and gives me hope I can continue to have routine and structure even with multiple babies!
You can, girl! I felt compelled to comment! I am the proud mother hen to 5 little boys Rachel thank you for five steps discovering your personalities. And I have a question for you how many kids you actually have, what are the ages gap? We decided to run through fire the walk through it.
Congratulations and God bless your family every single each of them individually Rachel. Hello, Rachel I hope that you are good and your having a good post partum recovery, I just want to let you know that I had my third baby last Saturday and I am very happy with my new addition in my own family. So now I want to recover from the post partum lose weight that I gain during my pregnancy and after that I will be ready for baby 4. So I will let everyone know about it very soon, God willing.
Congratulations, Rachel for your new addition in your family. I just know that you just have your fifth baby. God bless you and your family. I have very close to the same spread, 4 in 4 years, with a miscarriage in between. The sleep, quiet, independent play are all important! Almost daily someone comments on how well behaved my 4 kids under 5 are! My husband and I are blessed with 6 children. Our first one was born in December of , and our youngest was born December We have two sets of Irish twins.
Having a schedule was and still is a must for us. They all help out to keep our home running smoothly. I remember those younger years, though, and there were times I had to remind myself as all the little ones were crying at once that in a few moments all the needs would be met and peace wold reign again soon. I just had to tackle the most important task first and work my way through those times.
What great advice and encouragement. They do, at times, all cry and fuss together and keeping cool is a challenge but really is the way through. Bless you guys!
Me too gave birth every year. I have 4, 3, 2 and 8 months old baby. We have the same routine, putting them to sleep at the same time. I came from Philippines, where it takes a village to raise a child, but when I came here you have to do it alone. No family and relatives. Fortunately, I survived everyday lol. The best thing of having more children is that they always have an instant playmate, to play with and to fight with sometimes!
Blessed to have you here :. My first two are 13 months apart and I am due in a few weeks with my 3rd who will be 17 months apart from my second; 3 kids in 2. Some people think we are crazy which I am not sure why others have opinions about this. I take my kids everywhere with me and I also work from my home 20 hours a week, I do not have outside help watching my children, did I mention my husband works about 80 hours a week and travels for business about once a month.
I also get ridiculed for keeping my children on schedules; this is my sanity. I too have my children play independently while I am nearby, and we I have instilled excellent sleep habits in them. I also am such a firm believer that having children close together is the greatest gift I could possibly give them. They are into the same toys and interests. I do not feel that I am holding anyone back because we are all learning the same things together.
I feel scared to have my 3rd as so many people are telling me that it will be hard and how hard 3 kids is compared to 2. The same people told me the same things before my 2nd was born and I felt that the anticipation of it was worse than it was.
I absolutely love my children and I think knowing that they are only this little for so long makes me patient and accepting of this lifestyle. It is refreshing to read your article, thanks for posting! I so agree with this sentence you wrote…. Hello, Rachel. I just wanted to let you know that I am pregnant with baby number 4 and I am a little bit nervous because baby 3 is just 2 months old.
But I made it and soon baby 4 will be in our family very happy with my future addition. I want to have 5 kids total but we will see about that next year because if I am going to do it, I will do it very quickly once I stopped, I will be very done for sure so I prefer to run through fire than walk through it anyway. I want to be done having kids in so if I do not have baby number 5 in then I am done.
I only have 2 boys; almost 3 and 1 year. How do you Mamas with multiple children do make time for them all to feel special..? Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you. Kerri, i think that feeling is so common. I often suffer with guilt about it as well, but my personal strategy is to make the most of all the little moments each day.
So when one comes to me I try to give him or her undivided attention. Even six weeks later when Miss Budden felt sick one morning, she put it down to a virus. But she decided to take a pregnancy test to be sure. Once the couple got over the shock they were delighted.
But baby number two came much sooner than expected. In February , at 26 weeks, Miss Budden woke at 5am with contractions. Sienna was born two hours later. Although weighing 1lb 14oz — a reasonable weight for such a premature baby — she was taken to special care. It was heartbreaking. Three days later Sienna had a brain haemorrhage, a common complication with premature birth, and it was touch and go whether she would pull through.
But after three and a half months she was well enough to come home to Andover, in Hampshire, on her original due date. Since coming home she has gone from strength to strength. With a newborn and another baby who was beginning to crawl, life was hectic at first for the couple. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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