What’s harder, going from 1-2 kids or from 2-3?

I often get asked, what was harder, going from 1-2 children or from having 2-3?

 Neither! For me, going from 0-1 was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done as a human being. 

 When I see a mom struggling, just as I did, to get one clean and fed infant out of the house, I see her eyes widen as big as dinner plates to ask, “How do you do it with three?” and I must say good news, gets easier! I mean, with more children in tow, it gets louder and in some emotional and logistical ways, more complicated, but in general, I am

1) improving as a mom through experience 

2) learning to let them do more comes naturally when you have more than one since you don’t have the time to dote on any child.

Not sleeping through the night is familiar with infants, and yes, before you had children, you probably pulled some all-nighters, but you didn’t have someone’s life in your hands the whole next day. You didn’t have anyone consistently crying in your ear, and you weren’t feeding anyone from your hands/breasts all day. Once you understand this deep level of sleep deprivation plus caretaking, you expect it and prepare for it better the next time.

Take heart, mama, you are learning every day. Even though you can’t see your improvement or actively appreciate it each day, your children do!