We have 4 DCs, the youngest of whom is recently turned 2. This is our last child.
I feel a little like I am on the edge of a cliff... For a decade I have been pregnant, and had babies and toddlers. Now the youngest isn't a baby any longer, and the older children are at school. There is only one child at home, no nappies, only a short time of buggies and afternoon naps remaining, and in actual fact only 2 yrs until they are all at school. This is not a problem, we don't want any more. Yet, I feel like I sort of don't know how to do this? I cannot remember what it was like not to have two preschoolers, or a toddler and morning sickness IYSWIM?
It is sad to see some things pass, and I am horrified at how quickly I am forgetting the detail of their early years, but it's more that I don't think I 'get' what this next bit will be like? The primary years for the older two are already such fun, so it's not like I can't see loads of positives. I work part-time, so it's not like I am mooning around at home with nothing to do. It's more just that I longed for this freedom, the ten mins to sit or whatever, and now I have it I can't remember what to do?
I'm not sure I know what I'm on about really. Friends who had DCs at the same time as my eldest two have been out of the stage for ages. They 'reverted' in some ways to life pre-DCs and with only a few years or so of tiny ones it passed v quickly. With us it has been basically a decade.
Does anyone have any idea what I am on about ?
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WaxyDaisy · 27/07/2014 10:53
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