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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure why everyone is saying stick with one. I am a introverted SAHM, but when we had two my husband worked in big law. One kid was much more draining with one than two as a sahm. With two there was a playmate, to distract, but still one bath, one dinner to prepare, one hour at the playground, one hour book time.  Even now when they are older, I still find it easier. I don’t have to do every puzzle, board game, etc with just the one. Easier for the introvert in me I think

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Two is still more physical work, especially when the 2nd is a baby. You have to prepare food for 2, laundry for 2, try to run errands with 2, get 2 kids into their car seats instead of 1. They may have different bed and nap schedules. When I had a baby and pre-schooler, most of the time my DH and I had to both do bedtime (split up for each kid). There were times that both kids would wake up at the same time in the night (when DH was out of town) and I had to split my time trying to get them both to go back to sleep.

Now that my kids are elementary aged, it's easier in some ways because they entertain each other. It's still a lot more work now that I have to drive them to separate activities and playdates, keep track of 2 sets of homework and teacher emails, plan birthday parties for 2 kids, get holiday gifts for 2 kids.

The people I know with 3 or more kids are almost always overwhelmed, even those that have a lot of resources and help. [/quote]

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