It's taken some time adjusting to life with 3 bubbas, but I love the idea that our family is growing! here's what I feel the difference is with having 3 kids rather than one or two...
-the other two kids tend to bicker, argue, tease, and FIGHT a lot...perhaps to get the parents attention.
-the other two kids make a lot of noise playing (or fighting) which frequently wakes baby up. arrrrgh.
-you may have twice the amount of help where the older child can do more difficult chores (Ahonui now takes out the trash. wooohooo!) while the younger one can handle simpler ones (nahe is supposed to pick up the toys...note: supposed to.).
-the older ones have places to be (Ahonui has school and baseball) and things to do (homework!), which means you can't just sit around with your new bundle all day...you've gotta get them all ready and out the door - on time!
-we haven't yet had any "house rules" in our home, but now with 3 kids...it feels like we really need rules (and consequences. lol)!
-walking around with 3 children makes me feel more "motherly" I guess...it's more responsibility right smack in front of my face.
while it's proven to be more difficult with more little ones that depend on us, we still feel very blessed, and very grateful. one day at a time...
...next up: baby's birth story!
1 comment:
I CANNOT WAIT to read your birth story! It's funny because my sister has 4 kids now, she gave birth two days after you and her older 3 fight over who gets to hold the baby. Whereas my oldest sister's only son fights over all the adults attention and doesn't want any of the other kids to get more attention than him LOL. I watch my new next door neighbor's kids (half korean half tongan) outside doing chores and they're like 5 or 6 years old, and their Korean mama is out there screaming at them to hurry up or they can eat LOL at least you're not that kinda mom ;-)
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