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We had twins for our second round, so we hopped straight from one to three. Infant twins are about the most exhausting thing I have ever experienced. But now th

We had twins for our second round, so we hopped straight from one to three. Infant twins are about the most exhausting thing I have ever experienced. But now that they're bigger (4, 2, and 2) they're pretty easy to deal with. I can see how having two might be a lot of work since you could feasibly try to maintain the same level of hands-on as with one. With three, that level of commitment is just impossible, so you learn to strategically ignore your kids and let them figure things out for themselves. It's pretty great though. Couldn't imagine a world without them at this point.

zeroonetwothree 6y ago
My twins didn’t get easier till 4 or 5. 2-3 was actually even harder than infancy.
- rootusrootus 6y ago
  I maintain that there is a vast conspiracy amongst parents not to tell new parents about the threes. Sure, we will chuckle about the terrible twos, but there is this implication that it will get better after that. Ha! The threes are just like the terrible twos, except now they have intent. If we told people what the threes were like, they might never have kids :). I'm only kinda kidding...
  - c22 6y ago
    In my experience 2 was the cutest age, 3 wasn't as bad as I'd been led to believe, but 4 was pretty rough.
    - rootusrootus 6y ago
      Yeah it definitely varies by kid. My daughter was a sweetheart when she was 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, etc, but a terror at 2.5, 3.5, 4.5. Something about those half-year points, I don't know. My son, on the other hand, who is now 7, has been the easiest kid ever. Though that seems to be evolving a bit as he starts feeling a bit more independent, he's still overall a breeze compared to my daughter. I love her dearly, the precocious little girl she is, but she gives me gray hairs.
      - madcaptenor 6y ago
        It seems a bit strange that the half-year points would matter... I wonder if it has to do with the season? For example, does your daughter like going outside and it's easier for you to go outside at the .0 than at the .5 because of the weather where you are?
    - socceroos 6y ago
      I've got 5 kids between 1 and 7 years old (twin girls in the middle) and we've been pleasantly surprised with how easy they've been at each age (compared to what we'd prepared mentally for). We're "worst-case" preparers though. Definitely depends significantly in the nature of the children, but also a significant part on the parents too.
- war1025 6y ago
  The main thing I've learned from parenting and being around other parents is that each kid is different in their own way. Kids have a lot of nature built up in them.

zeroonetwothree 6y ago

My twins didn’t get easier till 4 or 5. 2-3 was actually even harder than infancy.

rootusrootus 6y ago
I maintain that there is a vast conspiracy amongst parents not to tell new parents about the threes. Sure, we will chuckle about the terrible twos, but there is this implication that it will get better after that. Ha! The threes are just like the terrible twos, except now they have intent. If we told people what the threes were like, they might never have kids :). I'm only kinda kidding...
- c22 6y ago
  In my experience 2 was the cutest age, 3 wasn't as bad as I'd been led to believe, but 4 was pretty rough.
  - rootusrootus 6y ago
    Yeah it definitely varies by kid. My daughter was a sweetheart when she was 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, etc, but a terror at 2.5, 3.5, 4.5. Something about those half-year points, I don't know. My son, on the other hand, who is now 7, has been the easiest kid ever. Though that seems to be evolving a bit as he starts feeling a bit more independent, he's still overall a breeze compared to my daughter. I love her dearly, the precocious little girl she is, but she gives me gray hairs.
    - madcaptenor 6y ago
      It seems a bit strange that the half-year points would matter... I wonder if it has to do with the season? For example, does your daughter like going outside and it's easier for you to go outside at the .0 than at the .5 because of the weather where you are?
  - socceroos 6y ago
    I've got 5 kids between 1 and 7 years old (twin girls in the middle) and we've been pleasantly surprised with how easy they've been at each age (compared to what we'd prepared mentally for). We're "worst-case" preparers though. Definitely depends significantly in the nature of the children, but also a significant part on the parents too.
war1025 6y ago
The main thing I've learned from parenting and being around other parents is that each kid is different in their own way. Kids have a lot of nature built up in them.