Parents of 3/more children: Do you agree with the following statement?

Question

It's a harder adjustment, going from no children to one child, and one child to two children, then it is going from two to three children or three to four children, and so on.

(This is basically what I read on a parenting website.)

Answer 1

Well, I'm not a parent to 3 or more children, but my mother is and I asked her what she thought and she said it does get much easier after 2, you just know what to do and get into the swing of things, the more you have the easier time you have with the younger ones.

Answer 2

my first pregnancy started with twins..... and i can tell you after that the two since then its been a breeze

Answer 3

I thought going from one child to two was easier, but from two to three...well, that's a circus act!!  I bow down to those of you who were brave enough to have more than 3!!  

Answer 4

i have 4 kids and it was difficult to adjust to each one as things went on because the more we added to our family the more small children we had to adjust to the new family member. i think that it might be for some, but it depends on the family and the situation. thats my opinion for you to take or leave.

Answer 5

I totally agree.  You always here people ask when you are pregnant if it is your first.  That's because even though all of your children are special the first is very special.

Another thing is you have to adjust your life so much after one child.  The ones that follow progressively become easier. Did you ever watch the Duggers?  They have almost 20 kids.  Whenever they have another one you hardly notice.

Answer 6

When I had my first it was obviously a life changing experience and when I had my second I simply wasn't prepared for how much harder it would be to have 2 children.

When I had my third he just slotted right in and hardly made a difference to things overall. It was far easier to got from 2 to 3 than it was to go from 0 to 1 or 1 to 2.

I'm now expecting #4 and I'm not fazed by it all.  

Answer 7

i think it still brings on more challenges and a few more difficulties all mine are still young but i am going to get them into sports and things so money wise and time wise it gets harder every kid..but i too think after you get the hang of 2 3 is not that much..but as i said it is harder in a few areas but the basic raising them is only a few steps different..

Answer 8

im only a mom of 2 but going from my first child to having 2 was a big adjustment.but ive heard it doesnt change that much goin to three.

Answer 9

Basically I agree with the statement.

I now have 5 kids and am 29 weeks pregnant with number 6 and it was only number 1 and number 3 that threw me out. Not number 2... I adjusted quite well to that but number 3 (when you only have 2 hands) is not so easy.

Answer 10

Yes, all true. The hardest thing is when you have your first.

Having a second is hard work, then after that you kind of get used to it.  

Answer 11

Yes I agree! Going from none to one is VERY HARD! From having an out-and-about lifestyle and going where ever when ever. Then going from one to two is hard. It's weird dividing time between the two kids.

Then adding more kids is nothing.It's the same thing as before, just with more kids.