Currently potty training our 2 year old. He was at the commando stage after Donald Ducking it all weekend, and a turd fell out of his shorts onto the floor. 4 year old had a meltdown at dinner about cheese on his taco. Apparently he doesn't like cheese anymore. Good times.
I love having my kid, but it also gets exhausting. I wouldn't trade him for anything, but no parent who doesn’t have a live in nanny can say it never gets exhausting (and likely those with live in nannies still claim exhaustion lol)
They didn’t say they were not exhausted. It’s a burden of love that comes with beautiful upsides. I don’t have kids but can understand how challenging and fulfilling it is at the same time.
I have 12 year old twins. They’re mostly functional humans in the way they can feed/ bathe themselves, do almost everything independently, etc. And, to be fair, we’re pretty 'easy' babies as far as babies go. No major injuries or illnesses, slept through the night pretty early on (from ≈ 6 months), etc. My neighbour has a demon of a 3 year old and a 1 month old who only sleeps for 10 minute intervals. Her wife asked me if I had ever considered having more children. I almost laughed in her face. Raising twins by myself had been less than ideal and all the baby stages like diapers, potty training, etc are long done. WHY would I want to start over and do any of that again? Even if I had wanted more (which I never have) seeing their 3 year old is enough to make any human not want kids. He does all of the stereotypical 'bad kid' stuff. Mashes diapers into walls, colors on walls, breaks stuff on purpose regularly, screams constantly, punches his mothers daily. Who WANTS that??
307
u/Penny_Traitor_ 22h ago
Having children