I always heard that the second child gets the short end of the stick (have you seen the lack of pictures around here?). There's not as much time for them, not enough pictures of them, etc., etc., etc. I feel bad for Taylor because I see that happening. He's growing so quickly but Makayla demands so much time. Taylor still sleeps and eats a lot and is only awake for short periods at a time. It's hard to capture the moments on film or video. I feel that when they are doing cute things, I just don't have the time to run and grab the camera and the times that I do by the time I get back one is either crying or the cute moment has passed. I am trying so hard to make the moments count with both of my kids.
I also worry that Taylor won't be as smart or well adapt as Makayla. I had so much time and energy to care for Makayla and teach her things but now how do I continue to teach her things and begin to teach Taylor things too? I guess this is the part of parenting that has to be figured out. Once again there is no manual for parenting and each kid is so different. I am learning, but I just worry that Taylor's going to get shafted and so I remind myself with this post to do all I can to be a good mother and teach my kids as best as I can!
Do other mom's out there worry about that stuff and what did you do?
2 comments:
Trying to get time with each kid is a huge challenge. H knew his letters and most of the sounds by 3 years old. S has no interest. I have to trust that I'm doing the best I can - just like you :)
I totally worry about the same things! My current example, Nolan is 14 months old and has not even taken his first step! All of the girls were walking independently by 14 months. I've really been focusing on their uniqueness and trying to embrace it. Isabella seems to be more into learning academic type stuff, Brooklyn into learning about life stuff, Katy is all about building things. There may be tonnes of pictures of Isabella, but Brooklyn was the first one to get her nails painted! I think we already know that each of our children come from a different mold, and we need to embrace that we can be a different molder with each of them. And a LOT of prayer and trust.
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