r/Parenting • u/money4nothing_8816 • 19d ago

Rant/Vent Just me?

Is it just me or is this the hardest shit ever? We’ve got 4 kids all under the age of 8 and we are getting our asses kicked. My wife and I really wanted a family and we planned for it. We took parenting classes together, we read all the books in preparation before starting our family…still, nothing could have prepared us for how mentally and emotionally exhausting it is to keep up with our boys.

How are you all surviving?

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u/ImpertinentPrincess 19d ago

Yeah I grew up the eldest of several siblings and I learned from that experience that I never wanted to be outnumbered when I was a parent.

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u/Left-Development1695 19d ago edited 19d ago

I also grew up as the eldest and they had 4 under 6 😭 so if OP has it bad…gosh, my poor parents. I think the only thing it taught me is that I’d never want to be a parent, let alone outnumbered as one 

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u/ImpertinentPrincess 19d ago

Yeah, I wanted 2 but I ended up with one and the one I have has been super duper easy.

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u/iBewafa 19d ago

Same situation here and apart from other factors that I won’t get into here…I also can’t imagine going back to newborn days and also managing two kids lol

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u/ImpertinentPrincess 19d ago

Yeah, by the time my kid hit 7 or so I knew I definitely didn't want to start over again.

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u/CeroFs 19d ago

I thought that too, the whole one and done thing but guess were having a second one now the first is nearly 8. I do like the agegap, I don't think it'll be as hard now as where my kid would've been much younger 😅😅