Sometimes I’m reminded that in spite of knowing I’m the mother to two children, I have become a mother of one. I don’t mean this in the “I’ve physically lost a son and only have one kid now” way.
I mean this in the “I can’t handle more than one kid at a time” way. I’m sitting in the Starbucks right now after dropping Henry off at a party. A party at a play place thing. You know, with all the bouncy things and games and screaming and screeching and running and making OMG so much noise!!
I’m never sure of the etiquette…stay, go, hover…what??
Needless to say, as soon as the first parent skeedaddled, I did, too. But not before I felt completely sucked dry of all the energy I had.
It’s not just parties, though. It’s everywhere. If there are more than two kids in one place, especially boys, I feel overwhelmed, almost assaulted by their energy. I can handle one other child with Henry, but add a third and jeeeez. You may might as well add 50 because it feels exactly the same to me.
My sister handles her 3 plus mine or 20 others like its nothing. I get jealous of people like that because I don’t like becoming an anxious mess when I’m at school or at a gathering with a lot of kids. I want to handle it with ease and not feel like I need to drink a gallon of sangria when I get home.
Surely I’m not alone in this thinking, right? Anybody else out there who feels like this?
Well, I feel this way, but I don’t have kids of my own. However, it’s nice for me to know that even parents feel this way with more than one kid. I just assumed all moms breezed through that stuff.
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No. We don’t all breeze through it! I think I fake it really well, but it’s hard.
I know exactly what you mean. I have one son, and that’s all I can willingly handle. My boyfriend has his daughter every other weekend, and even though she’s almost 14, she still has the ability to get on my nerves in a nanosecond. She’s a great kid, but the incessant talking all.the.time! grates on my nerves.
I try to avoid birthday parties and such too. I just don’t have the patience for a group of children. Hell, sometimes I don’t have the patience for my own!
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Um – I feel that way with any amount of children around. One or one hundred. I’m good for about 30 minutes and then it is time for one of us to leave.
I have more than one, but I can only handle other, additional, children for short amounts of time. I’m just not equipped to deal with Other People’s Kids
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Yessssss. And I don’t even have kids. I can imagine having one. ONE. And I think I may plan to have mine around the time my friend has her second so my kid has a built-in friend since they just WILL NOT have any siblings.
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I totally feel this way. Don’t know if I’ll ever be able to handle another although I’d love to be able to and will likely try… Wonder if I shouldn’t. Tough one, man, tough…
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