Comments on: The Gift of Hindsight http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/ A Mommy Blog written by Jill Smokler, a Baltimore mother with three young children Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-28135 Julie Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:16:46 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-28135 If I could stand up and applaud you without keeling over and dying right now... I would. I look at my friends w/ 4 kids and KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that THIS is NUTS enough for me, and I only have 2!! .-= Julie´s last blog ..The One with the Annoying Moaning Girl in the ER =-. If I could stand up and applaud you without keeling over and dying right now… I would. I look at my friends w/ 4 kids and KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that THIS is NUTS enough for me, and I only have 2!!
.-= Julie´s last blog ..The One with the Annoying Moaning Girl in the ER =-.

]]> By: Life with Kaishon http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23712 Life with Kaishon Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23712 Believe you me! Every. single. Day. I am so thankful for just one : ). In the summer when I have Naji or Bria I am like HOLY COW! People really take care of more than one kid all the time. How do they do it : ) You are amazing. .-= Life with Kaishon´s last blog ..<a href="http://kaishon.blogspot.com/2009/08/crisis-averted.html" rel="nofollow">Crisis Averted!</a> =-. Believe you me! Every. single. Day. I am so thankful for just one : ). In the summer when I have Naji or Bria I am like HOLY COW! People really take care of more than one kid all the time. How do they do it : ) You are amazing.
.-= Life with Kaishon´s last blog ..Crisis Averted! =-.

]]> By: Scary Mommy http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23489 Scary Mommy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:16:09 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23489 That is so, so true. I'd kill for the stomach I hated in high school. That is so, so true. I’d kill for the stomach I hated in high school.

]]> By: Trenches of Mommyhood http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23483 Trenches of Mommyhood Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:37:53 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23483 So, so true. I work with a few women who only have one child. It's hard to bite my tongue when they talk about being busy. Which yes, it is, but it's just a DIFFERENT BUSY when you have 3. Right? Even worse? The 37 year-old I work with who is single/no kids. And she comes to work every morning yapping about how she's "soooooo tired." Gah. .-= Trenches of Mommyhood´s last blog ..My Good News! =-. So, so true. I work with a few women who only have one child. It’s hard to bite my tongue when they talk about being busy. Which yes, it is, but it’s just a DIFFERENT BUSY when you have 3. Right?

Even worse? The 37 year-old I work with who is single/no kids. And she comes to work every morning yapping about how she’s “soooooo tired.” Gah.
.-= Trenches of Mommyhood´s last blog ..My Good News! =-.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23478 Jennifer Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:16:18 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23478 I thought having one was hard too. Now, with three, having one is like a vacation. Maybe it something to do with experience. Like when I think back to high school and want to kick myself for thinking my thighs were big. I had no idea how big they could really get. .-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Weekly Meal Plan 3 =-. I thought having one was hard too. Now, with three, having one is like a vacation. Maybe it something to do with experience. Like when I think back to high school and want to kick myself for thinking my thighs were big. I had no idea how big they could really get.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Weekly Meal Plan 3 =-.

]]> By: Jessica - This Is Worthwhile http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23473 Jessica - This Is Worthwhile Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23473 I'm NEVER letting my husband read this post! It's my biggest wish to have three kids and I'm having to fight for TWO! He'd be happy with just the one, but, you know, the whole sibling thing is really important to us both, so he knows what he's got to do :) I tell him all the time that one more won't be that big of a deal! haha .-= Jessica - This Is Worthwhile´s last blog ..<a href="http://thisisworthwhile.blogspot.com/2009/08/250-pm.html" rel="nofollow">2:50 pm</a> =-. I’m NEVER letting my husband read this post! It’s my biggest wish to have three kids and I’m having to fight for TWO! He’d be happy with just the one, but, you know, the whole sibling thing is really important to us both, so he knows what he’s got to do :) I tell him all the time that one more won’t be that big of a deal! haha
.-= Jessica – This Is Worthwhile´s last blog ..2:50 pm =-.

]]> By: scrappysue http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23441 scrappysue Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:59:53 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23441 we call having one 'a picnic' hehe - i know what you mean, but like ross says - 'it's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal relative!!!' trust u enjoyed your quiet night! .-= scrappysue´s last blog ..<a href="http://ngaiosixpack.blogspot.com/2009/08/wordful-wednesday-yesterday-i-became.html" rel="nofollow">wordful wednesday - yesterday i became the mother of a daughter entering her 3rd decade</a> =-. we call having one ‘a picnic’ hehe – i know what you mean, but like ross says – ‘it’s aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal relative!!!’ trust u enjoyed your quiet night!
.-= scrappysue´s last blog ..wordful wednesday – yesterday i became the mother of a daughter entering her 3rd decade =-.

]]> By: Susanne http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23436 Susanne Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:16:44 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23436 Well. I actually KNOW that my life probably was easier with 2 kids. But maybe it also depends on individual temper. Last day and night we just had our littlest, 2y old. And this morning we just found out that is wasn't THAT MUCH easier. We hoped for a period of relaxing but didn't find one. I think some kids are simply more demanding than others. I can remember being alone with our second daughter. And it was ALWAYS a cakewalk. Not with the youngest, anyway. .-= Susanne´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.mommytales.de/sleep-aholic/" rel="nofollow">Sleep-aholic</a> =-. Well. I actually KNOW that my life probably was easier with 2 kids. But maybe it also depends on individual temper. Last day and night we just had our littlest, 2y old. And this morning we just found out that is wasn’t THAT MUCH easier. We hoped for a period of relaxing but didn’t find one. I think some kids are simply more demanding than others. I can remember being alone with our second daughter. And it was ALWAYS a cakewalk. Not with the youngest, anyway.
.-= Susanne´s last blog ..Sleep-aholic =-.

]]> By: angie http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23426 angie Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23426 So true. So true. I remember thinking one was so hard. And then when two came along I was thrown into a whole new world of hard. Or so I thought. But, after about 3, it's all about the same. Just more food consummed. More butts to wipe and make sure are showered. More noise. More of the same as three. Multiplied. :) .-= angie´s last blog ..<a href="http://angiescircus.blogspot.com/2009/08/whrrl.html" rel="nofollow">Whrrl.....</a> =-. So true. So true. I remember thinking one was so hard. And then when two came along I was thrown into a whole new world of hard. Or so I thought. But, after about 3, it’s all about the same. Just more food consummed. More butts to wipe and make sure are showered. More noise. More of the same as three. Multiplied. :)
.-= angie´s last blog ..Whrrl….. =-.

]]> By: Cara http://www.scarymommy.com/the-gift-of-hindsight/#comment-23425 Cara Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:28:24 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=3335#comment-23425 I only have one and while I know that some days are crappy and hard, it would only be harder with a second and, oh my god, a third. Which is why I'm still not sure that I want another. I'm crazy enough already. .-= Cara´s last blog ..Booga Booga Revisited =-. I only have one and while I know that some days are crappy and hard, it would only be harder with a second and, oh my god, a third. Which is why I’m still not sure that I want another. I’m crazy enough already.
.-= Cara´s last blog ..Booga Booga Revisited =-.

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