Comments on: It really does get easier. {The holiday version} http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/ Moms of Multiples Tell it Like it Is Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristin Hutchinson http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7592 Kristin Hutchinson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:04:35 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7592 Oh, it totally gets easier! And yes, I too have been thinking about this a lot during the holidays -- they are good markers for how things are going and easy to remember year to year. My girls are 3.5 and 19 months (twins), and this holiday season has been SO much better than last year. For me, once they were able to be a bit more flexible with sleep, and were able to happily play/hang out with other family members instead of needing to be held or fed by ME, things got so much more fun and manageable. And while my girls are still not the best nighttime sleepers, we are getting a lot more sleep than we did during the first year and a half, and that makes EVERYTHING better! I have the energy to handle their energy, which is huge. We've had a happy, fun, and fairly stress free holiday season this year, hooray! There is hope, I promise! .-= Kristin Hutchinson´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.chinacat.org/roller/sunfrog/entry/peeps" rel="nofollow">Crafty Christmas Project: Handmade Wooden People</a> =-. Oh, it totally gets easier! And yes, I too have been thinking about this a lot during the holidays — they are good markers for how things are going and easy to remember year to year.

My girls are 3.5 and 19 months (twins), and this holiday season has been SO much better than last year. For me, once they were able to be a bit more flexible with sleep, and were able to happily play/hang out with other family members instead of needing to be held or fed by ME, things got so much more fun and manageable.

And while my girls are still not the best nighttime sleepers, we are getting a lot more sleep than we did during the first year and a half, and that makes EVERYTHING better! I have the energy to handle their energy, which is huge.

We’ve had a happy, fun, and fairly stress free holiday season this year, hooray! There is hope, I promise!
.-= Kristin Hutchinson´s last blog ..Crafty Christmas Project: Handmade Wooden People =-.

]]> By: Kim http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7589 Kim Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:42:23 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7589 Okay, you're giving me hope. Several times during our holiday travels and get-togethers this year, I kept thinking about how much harder it would be next year. Here's to hoping it will get easier....eventually. :) .-= Kim´s last blog ..<a href="http://bigbagleys.blogspot.com/2009/12/swingin.html" rel="nofollow">Swingin'</a> =-. Okay, you’re giving me hope. Several times during our holiday travels and get-togethers this year, I kept thinking about how much harder it would be next year. Here’s to hoping it will get easier….eventually. :)
.-= Kim´s last blog ..Swingin’ =-.

]]> By: Jenna http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7581 Jenna Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:07:02 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7581 This was our first Christmas with the girls. We spent a lot of time making sure they weren't eating wrapping paper or pulling ornaments off the tree or helping themselves to candy. We also had two teething babies over the holidays. We had to pack a lot of baby stuff for the trip to our parents. Next year we're planning to stay home, which should make it much easier to maintain routines. This was our first Christmas with the girls. We spent a lot of time making sure they weren’t eating wrapping paper or pulling ornaments off the tree or helping themselves to candy. We also had two teething babies over the holidays. We had to pack a lot of baby stuff for the trip to our parents. Next year we’re planning to stay home, which should make it much easier to maintain routines.

]]> By: Leigh from 123 blog http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7571 Leigh from 123 blog Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:23:37 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7571 Still waiting for things to get easier....mine are 5 and a half months old. That said, it is easier now than the newborn stage - I NEVER, ever want to go through that kind of torture again :) .-= Leigh from 123 blog´s last blog ..<a href="http://leighloveslists.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-from-our-family-to.html" rel="nofollow">Merry Christmas from our family to yours</a> =-. Still waiting for things to get easier….mine are 5 and a half months old.

That said, it is easier now than the newborn stage – I NEVER, ever want to go through that kind of torture again :)
.-= Leigh from 123 blog´s last blog ..Merry Christmas from our family to yours =-.

]]> By: M http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7567 M Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:52:40 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7567 I'm in that camp that they get easier. Mine are now 4, 3, & 3. We leave the house now with out a diaper bag. I tell the kids where we are going and how long to expect to be in the car ... and THEY bring things to play with in the car. They are even starting to understand that when they are tired they need to rest and when I say I need five minutes of quiet time, I almost always get it now. I do think that those of us with multiples had a much more difficult time when they were little ... but I think a lot of things will be easier for us as they get older ... at least I keep telling myself that :) ... .-= M´s last blog ..<a href="http://over40momadventures.blogspot.com/2009/12/balance-and-slow-family-wannabe.html" rel="nofollow">Balance and the "Slow Family" Wannabe</a> =-. I’m in that camp that they get easier. Mine are now 4, 3, & 3. We leave the house now with out a diaper bag. I tell the kids where we are going and how long to expect to be in the car … and THEY bring things to play with in the car.

They are even starting to understand that when they are tired they need to rest and when I say I need five minutes of quiet time, I almost always get it now.

I do think that those of us with multiples had a much more difficult time when they were little … but I think a lot of things will be easier for us as they get older … at least I keep telling myself that :) …
.-= M´s last blog ..Balance and the "Slow Family" Wannabe =-.

]]> By: Goddess in Progress http://www.hdydi.com/2009/12/it-really-does-get-easier-the-holiday-version/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Goddess in Progress Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:24:14 +0000 http://www.hdydi.com/?p=3827#comment-7561 I agree, I think annual/milestone events like that are a great way to realize how different things have become. This year, for Christmas, my 2 1/2 year olds disappeared for 45 minutes with the "big kids" and I couldn't have been happier. What a difference! I do think that things get a lot easier as they get older. I mean, parenting is never "easy," and there's always something hard about each age. But you get a lot more flexibility as they get older, which makes things feel a whole lot easier. I agree, I think annual/milestone events like that are a great way to realize how different things have become. This year, for Christmas, my 2 1/2 year olds disappeared for 45 minutes with the “big kids” and I couldn’t have been happier. What a difference!

I do think that things get a lot easier as they get older. I mean, parenting is never “easy,” and there’s always something hard about each age. But you get a lot more flexibility as they get older, which makes things feel a whole lot easier.

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