Hi TristanR,
Wao...... amazing, both you and your husband were very hardworking increasing the population
. I was so worn off from my girl and not dare to have another kid. We would like to have some time for ourself too. How can you cope your life with all of your children? Hopefully there were helper of parents in law to share your burden.
Happy Parenting !
Agnes
Honestly, life with children gets
easier the more you have. I think the hardest was babies 1, 2, and 3. Until baby 4 came along I had to be everything for each child: friend, playmate, helper, etc. Even when my oldest had 2 younger siblings they were so little she couldn't really play games with them, but by the time my 4th was born everyone else was old enough to be playmates together.
Now we are at the point where I am the one asking to join in the play, they are all busy together.
The work (housecleaning, cooking, etc) does grow with each child, but they are all able to help out there. It is funny, my 5th child is only 18 mos, but he happily helps his siblings unload the dishwasher, picks up toys, and generally tries to do what everyone else knows how to do. My 1st would not have done so, she had no examples to follow of kids helping.