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Anon says
Regular poster, going anon for this. Just found out I’m pregnant with #3. We want to put off telling anyone in real life, so sharing here :) Anyone with 3 or a larger age gap between kids want to share what they love about it? (My older two will be 6.5 and 4.5 when #3 arrives).
Anonymous says
College friend had two sisters – spaced 5 years apart. So 20, 15, 10. Even years later they are the tightest group of sisters I have ever seen. They are so encouraging and non-competitive with each other. You have the advantage of slightly closer spacing on the older two so you won’t have years where all 3 are in different schools.
I have 3 and while the twins have an amazing bond I do feel like I missed out on the individual focus and bonding I had with my oldest. So much of the 0-2 yrs time frame is a blur of sleep exhaustion.
There are pluses and minuses to every family situation.
anon says
I often think that if I’d had a third kid, I would’ve really loved this arrangement. My kids are five years apart and although it was not what I initially wanted (secondary infertility), I now can’t imagine our family any other way. There are lots of advantages with one-on-one time, less competition between siblings, etc.
AwayEmily says
Hello me from 2ish years ago! My kids were six and four when my third was born. This age gap IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!! I enjoyed her babyhood SO much more than with my second — it’s so fun getting to experience all those baby “firsts” with big siblings old enough to really appreciate it. I have a wonderful memory of the night she started standing on her own for the first time — both big kids would just raucously applaud every time she did it, and she had such a huge smile on her face. Now she’s 18 months and I can trust the big kids to keep an eye on her for a few minutes while I run upstairs, they both genuinely enjoy playing with her, etc. I’m so so glad we waited to have our third — it was the right choice for our family’s sanity (two under two was ROUGH for us) but it turns out it’s also such a joyful experience to have a baby with bigger kids around.
Anonymous says
I have 3! They are 5(K), 7(2nd) and almost 10 (4th). You are in a great spot. The older kids will be in or almost in elem when #3 arrives giving you a lot of breathing room. We have lots of friends with 3 kids that are 3 years in school apart and I honestly think it’s ideal- that was the spacing between myself and my siblings as well.
Clementine says
Congratulations!! Three is chaotic but this will be such a joy. Mine are 7,3, and 1 and the oldest is actually helpful with my younger ones. I have more patience and the baby is so happy to tag along.
I found that a baby and a kid is lovely whereas a baby and a toddler was stressful. Reading out loud to a newborn? Amazing for your big kids. Best of luck!
DLC says
I have the reverse age gap- 11, 6, and 4. I loved that my oldest was able to really participate in her siblings’ lives. I loved that she was very independent when the subsequent kids came along. I also loved the sense of perspective – that she has always been a different phase of life – which has it’s difficulties if course- but also it strangely made having the baby easier because her big kid struggles allowed me to focus on her and helped distill the baby to what was essential. I didn’t spend as much time worrying about the baby because our babies’ issues were simpler – i kept the baby fed and dry and otherwise just strapped them to me and carried on with life. It’s kind of hard to articulate, but I think I was able to be a more relaxed mom with the baby because my older kids’ took more mental/emotional energy. And then at the end of the day I still had a little baby to snuggle and cuddle and it felt like a nice break from big kid problems.
Anonymous says
I have an only child so take this with a spoonful of salt :) but I’ve always thought that late preschool and early elementary school (ages ~4-7) would be the ideal time to add a baby. The kid is still young enough that they’re super excited and interested, but old enough that they have their own life and aren’t in competition with the baby. Plus it gives you such a long stretch of time having at least one kid in those golden elementary school years (the best parenting years, imo).
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
As I’ve posted before, DS #1 has been struggling with the transition.
Well, well, well – guess who got student of the week for this week?! We had such a great conversation about what it meant, and why he cared so much about getting it – talk about blossoming. And more importantly, I think it’s made him like his new school even better :)
Cb says
Oh that’s lovely! T was one of the 1st house heros (student of the week equivalent) and he was very proud.
GCA says
Oh, that is lovely! Well done kiddo!
This is only my kids’ 2nd week of school (and the K-er’s first full week), but today they got themselves out the door to the bus stop…small victories!
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Cheers all around :) Yes, small victories indeed.
Anonymous says
What do your kids eat for breakfast? We’re sick of eggs but my kids don’t like oatmeal.
Anony says
We don’t cook for breakfast on weekdays, so cereal with yogurt, granola bars, waffles, and fruit are basically the rotation.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Yup – similar here: K*ND breakfast bars, oatmeal, waffles, or toast + fruit (usually banana) + milk is our rotation.
Bean74 says
My kid is six and hates traditional breakfast foods like eggs, cereal, yogurt, and even waffles. He gets a couple slices of ham, a cheese stick, a cup of milk, and apple slices. Depending on his appetite, he might have a roll or leftover Crazy Bread if we have it.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Cereal (sometimes with milk) and granola bars during the week. Bigger breakfast on the weekends like eggs, muffins, waffles, potatoes.
Anonymous says
Cereal, toast, or yogurt. Their choice but those are the only weekday options I am not Martha Stewart I am not cooking breakfast
anon says
Same, girl. Those are the choices. If I made hard boiled eggs over the weekend, that’s another choice. But cooking before work is not happening in my household.
AwayEmily says
Ha, your view of mornings is my view of dinner. I’m happy to make all sorts of breakfasts but when 5:30 rolls around I’m like “here is a cheese stick and a bowl of cereal, best of luck with your evening” (I’m not exaggerating; kids have “snack dinner” multiple times a week because we have ZERO energy to cook in the evenings).
Anon says
Yes! I have no motivation to cook (and then clean) when dinner rolls around. Last night I think my toddler ate a few pieces of cheese, some apple slices, and some cucumber for dinner.
For breakfasts, I usually make eggs and toast and fruit for myself. Toddler’s breakfast may include toast, oatmeal, muffins, fruit, yogurt/pre-made smoothies, and maybe goldfish crackers depending on his mood and my mood.
AwayEmily says
Biscuits from a can. Pancakes (we make a double batch on weekends and freeze them). French toast made with sandwich bread. Waffles from Kodiak mix. Frozen croissants from Trader Joes. Yogurt.
Anon says
A bagel with cream cheese. Every day since she was 2. She likes what she likes.
Anon says
Almost-3 year old: some sort of protein (eggs w/cheese, yogurt w/almond butter, or turkey sausage), some kind of carb (oatmeal, french toast, cereal, or kitchiri), and fruit. Weekend mornings are almost always pancakes or waffles cooked with Dada, or a trip to the French bakery for baguette/croissants/quiche.
7 month old: baby oatmeal, yogurt, fruit
Clementine says
Cereal and/or yogurt.
Our other popular breakfast offering is toast with deli Turkey and either mayo or avocado. I don’t like sweet breakfasts and try and have some protein, so I often eat this and my kids love it. In our house it’s known as ‘mommy’s secret recipe’.
Anonymous says
My pre-Ker is currently obsessed with “eggy toast” which is basically a scrambled egg sandwich. We went through a big Kodiak frozen pancakes phase too. Otherwise yogurt, apples and peanut butter, or cheerios are all good.
Anonymous says
Mine eat:
Cereal & milk
toast with butter or nutella + a fruit (banana, apples, berries)
yogurt w berries & granola
z bar & banana
muffins (I like to add some stuff to box muffin mix to make it healthier)
eggos
pancakes
french toast
turkey breakfast sausages (served with things above)
Anon says
What do you add to your muffin mix?
Anonymous says
Nuts, berries, flax seed, that sort of thing
Anonymous says
also: avocado toast, egg & cheese on toast, english muffin or half a bagel
anon says
Do they like muffins? I just made these yesterday – would definitely double, and would add nuts if I weren’t sending them as snack for school days. (I did half cup apple sauce and half cup mashed banana). We do this a lot – freeze the muffins, than either put them in a snack container to defrost by the afternoon, or heat in am for breakfast (1min in the microwave). One-Bowl Healthy Oatmeal Carrot Muffins – The Natural Nurturer
Also, you could give baked oatmeal a try. The texture is much different than regular or instant oatmeal, and it keeps well in the fridge for the week. Love it for winter and for using up random fruit that is getting soft.
Anon says
Frozen waffle/pancakes (ones like Kodiak with extra protein are nice), bagels, yogurt/yogurt smoothie, cereal, milk, banana, apples, cheese sticks, slices of ham, etc. These are all on rotation depending on what we have and what they are hungry for on any given day.
Anonymous says
We alternate between cereal days (choice of 4 different cereals) and frozen waffle days. With 3 kids and 2 different schools anything else is just chaos.
DH or I also put some sliced fruit on a cutting board in the center of the table – usually just apple, banana or oranges. It gets gobbled up way quicker this way vs if we’re like ‘you should have a piece of fruit too’.
Mary Moo Cow says
Eggos and fruit, bacon, dry cereal, toast with jam, oatmeal occasionally, chocolate croissants and fruit, a Cliff Kids bar, very rarely a bottled smoothie; chicken minis or take out biscuits occasionally. Breakfast is not our most hearty meal.
Ifiknew says
we try to eat something different every morning.
weekday rotations
healthier cereals like puffins or unsweetened Cheerios
Bagels
avocado toast
steel cut Oatmeal with nuts and fruits
Frozen waffles with peanut butter and a sprinkling of granola. we serve some fruit with every breakfast
weekends are always French toast one day and pancakes the other
most of my kids snacks are nuts, cheese, and homemade Muffin for my daughter at school a few times a week so I try not to repeat these at breakfast
Anonymous says
Rotate between a Frozen pancake or waffle (we’ll make huge batches and freeze them) and a frozen sausage patty, scrambled eggs (sometimes with toast), sometimes cereal, sometimes a banana nut muffin (again, we make really large batches and freeze them), instant oatmeal or instant grits. He’s not a huge breakfast eater, and I’ve stopped fighting that and instead we just put lots of food in his lunch.
Anonymous says
One used to eat baked oatmeal, which was great because it was healthy and filling. Now is eating homemade whole wheat freezer waffles (the recipe from Smitten kitchn- yes I know I can just buy them but I like making them in batches). Or greek yogurt. The other eats cereal mix, or eggs with tortillas to make tiny burritos, or occasionally a waffle. Sundays we get fancy with pancakes, crepes, muffins, etc.
Fallen says
We make French toast/waffles/pancakes on the weekends and freeze them for the week. Also do egg and cheese sandwiches, cheesy eggs, bread with melted cheese, bagels (we buy them at a local bagel shop and freeze) with butter or cream cheese.
Anon says
Eggos. Yogurt. Cereal. Bagels or toast.
Ideas for a Guest Room? says
I have a decent sized guest room that houses a queen bed, night stand, and lamp. It only gets used a few times a year, but when it does, I need the queen bed. However, I feel like it’s a wasted space most of the time. DH and I both already have dedicated offices and kids have a dedicated playroom, although they like to play with dolls in the spare room. Any ideas for how I can use the guest room?
Anon says
what floor is the guest room on compared to the other rooms? we got a comfortable (read no bar in your back) sleeper sofa, so that we have the rest of the space available. our kids have an upstairs and downstairs playroom (might sound spoiled, but it works really really well for our family).
Cerulean says
Library!
Anonymous says
I switched our guest room queen size bed to a murphy bed. And I leave my yoga mat rolled out with my old ipad ready to go to play a yoga class. I use it so much more than when I have to leave the house to go to yoga or have to move furniture to work out. MIL is the main visitor so I don’t mind heading out to a yoga studio for a little break when she’s here. I keep a few extra mats and sometimes do a kids yoga video with the kids on the weekend.
Could do something similar with a treadmill and walking or running if yoga is not your thing.
Anon says
We have a similar situation and I use our guest room to store bulky toys (like the Nugget) out of the way so they’re not always in our living area or bedrooms. I tuck them out of line of sight when you walk by the room so you really don’t notice unless you’re in there, and then it’s easy for me to move them or shove them in the closet when actual guests come.
Anonymous says
I really like having an extra bed for snoring, insomnia, sickness, etc. I would keep it.
Anonymous says
Three moms have shared with me this week that their elementary school aged kids (first and second graders) go to bed at 7 or 7:30. My first grader goes to bed at 8:30. He’s always up by 7 and out the door by 7:35. This is fine, right? Don’t borrow trouble. Now I’m curious what the average elementary school bedtime is.
Anonymous says
This is fine. There’s a difference between ‘go to bed’ and ‘asleep’. I refer to bedtime as the lights out, go to sleep time. Other parents use it as ‘kid is in their room for the night but may still be reading or playing quietly’
And kids can have vastly different slew needs. One twin is up a half hour before the other no matter what time they go to bed.
Anon says
Yes. My first grader is lights out between 8:30-9 and my third grader between 9-9:30. Kids have different sleep needs (despite all those people banging on about sleep schedules and wake windows) and you have to work with the kid you’ve got. A 7pm bedtime sounds insane to me, because all my kids are low-sleep needs. Even my babies go to bed at 9 (or later).
NYCer says
+1. My younger daughter hasn’t gone to bed in the 7 o’clock hour since she was like 1 year old. She is 4.5 now and goes to sleep at 8:30 pm.
Boston Legal Eagle says
My second grader’s bedtime is around 7:45/8 now. Nearly 5 year old’s bedtime is around 7:30. Both up by 6 most days, and always have been. Older kid needed an early bedtime in K (like 7, could have even done 6:30), last year was around 7:30, and then it gradually increased.
Anon says
That’s fine. Kids have wildly different sleep needs and school start times vary a lot. My kindergartner goes to bed between 8 and 8:30, sometimes 9. She’s high sleeps but doesn’t need to get up until 8 (school starts at 9).
Anonymous says
My nephew (1st grade) goes to bed by 7:30 because unless he’s sick, he hasn’t slept past 6am in his life.
Anonymous says
If it’s working it’s fine. Different kids need different amounts of sleep and you never know what time they’re waking up. My older child in kindergarten started bedtime routine 6:45 and was asleep by 7:15, waking at 6. By first grade it was more like lights out 7:20, asleep 10-30 min after, waking at 7. Then in second grade … lots more trouble falling asleep and eventually we started getting ready for bed by 7:15 with lights out at 8, falling asleep 5-90 min after, waking at 6-6:30. That’s continued in third grade. My current kindergarten kid needs a little less sleep – start getting ready for bed between 7:15-7:30, asleep by 8, waking at 7. If your kids are anything like mine, you will KNOW if they need more sleep.
Anonymous says
Minor edit, first kid in kindergarten was waking at 7, not 6. So he still needed nearly 12h of sleep.
CPA Lady says
My 3rd grader goes to bed at 8 but normally reads for some amount of time, that I am guessing is probably 20-30 minutes. She went to bed at 7:30 K-2nd, but has always been an early to bed early to rise, high sleep needs type.
Also, hi everyone! It’s been a while.
Anon says
Hi! Nice to “see” you again. And I can’t believe your kiddo is in third grade.
NYCer says
Ditto.
anon says
Seconding that bedtime means different things to different families. I typically say my first graders’ bedtime is 7:30, but in our household that means they’re lying down in bed with a reading light and book. When they actually stop reading and go to bed is somewhere between 8:15 and 9:00.
Anonymous says
Kid 1: bed at 7:30, up at 8 for K (bus @ 8:25/starts at 9)
Kid 2: bed at 8, up at 6:30 for K (bus at 7:15/starts at 8)
Kid 3: bed at 7:30, up at 6:30 for K (bus @ 7:25/starts at 8)
Anonymous says
For a minute I thought this meant you had triplet kindergartners all at different schools and my mind was blown!! But I assume this is three kids over a span of years!
Anon says
Me too, I was confused!
GCA says
Kid 1 (3rd grade) is my early rising short-sleeper. When he was a toddler he would wake up at 5:30. Now he’s generally asleep by 8:45 at the latest, up around 6.
Kid 2 (K) is asleep by 8:30, up around 7. I think they’ve always been on the short-sleeper side, but only kid 1 was an extreme short-sleeper so we had it ‘easy’ with kid 2.
Anonymous says
1st grader goes to bed at 7 or 7:30, wakes up around 7. She’s our high sleep needs child. Our 4yo goes to bed around 7:30-8:30 and wakes up at 7 as well.
Anonymous says
35 minutes to get him up and out of the house is extremely impressive and means he must be getting plenty of sleep. Don’t mess with what works!
I don’t think my child has ever gone to bed earlier than 8:30 in her life. The only people I know IRL who put their kids to bed before 8:00 have terrible issues getting them to go to bed or to sleep through the night. I think most kids naturally need to go to bed later than parents would like to admit.
Anon says
I disagree – mine is a night owl like yours, but I think a lot of kids do need early bedtimes. Kids are just very different.
Anonymous says
We put both of ours to bed before 8 and they do not have sleep issues. They legit need a ton of sleep. Otherwise it’s huge under eye circles, constant meltdowns, and behavior issues at school. But one of ours needs more than the other.
Anon says
i need some post dinner/bedtime advice. my 5.5 year old twins are fairly delightful at dinner but then when it is time to start anything related to bedtime they turn into monsters. they start laying on top of each other, trying to bite, hit, run around like crazy, etc. it is clear that they are EXHAUSTED but dont want to go to bed. i try getting them into bed around 7, we can’t really do any earlier, and last night bedtime took from 6:30-8:30. any ideas? advice?
Anonymous says
7 seems super early for bed. At that age, we did dinner at 6 or 6:30. Then 15- 20 minutes of screen time while DH and I have a coffee together (we said one Bluey episode each and alternated who picked). 7-7:30 is a walk/run around the block for all of us. 7:30 is bath/bed.
Then one of us cleans kitchen while other does bath/bed from 7:30-8, We did baths every second night. If it’s a weeknight we often just did 5 min showers. One kid brushes teeth while other kid in shower and switch. Keep them busy and separate. Read to them from 7:45/8 to 8:15 and In bed by 8:15/8:30. Obv YMMV but this is what works for us.
OP says
well they have to be at school at 7:10am so just started waking up rather early and each morning are very very tired, hence trying for an early bedtime
Anon says
Wow that’s early! I think many 5 year olds would need a 7 pm bedtime in that situation. If they just started this new schedule it will likely get better with time.
Anonymous says
That’s a full hour and a half earlier than my kids school started so you’d have to dial the whole schedule I wrote out back by an hour and a half which is likely not possible.
Maybe try audio books? Something for them to focus on to settle down in the evening. And one to one parenting and keeping them separated as you go through the routine. If they are in school together all day as well they may need some individual attention.
AwayEmily says
Two ideas (my kids are 5 and 7 and I totally understand the bedtime crazies). First is separate them for the potty/teeth/pajamas routine if you can (maybe get some kind of toy that they can ONLY play with when the other kid is doing their routine with the parent and have a schedule of who goes first each night). I find that one kid is SO much less insane than two.
Second is to have an “incentive” at the end of the routine. For a long time we had “Fun Time,” which was when they got to do acrobatics/wrestling with their parents in their room once teeth/potty/PJs were done. Then we switched to Dance Party for awhile, then it was a podcast they love, and now they have a book they really like that I’m reading to them. But the idea is that if they are stalling, you say “if you don’t hurry, we won’t have time for [X].” But they have to be at least in a somewhat rational mood for that to work (hence maybe separating them).
OP says
that’s an idea. DH is out of town this week, and one challenge we have is that DH’s schedule isn’t consistent enough for us to alternate who does what first with which parent and everyone always wants to be with mommy, so even the figuring out whose turn it is with mommy turns into a thing. the bigger problem is actually the getting into and staying in bed part. like we will read books or have dance party or whatever and then they wont go into bed. or go into the opposite child’s bed to bother their sister, or roll around on the floor etc.
Anonymous says
Stern voice and firm consequences. Call family meeting. Explain consequences – we told the twins that if they cannot share a room appropriately then they will not get to share a room. Only took one or two times of getting sent to the guest room for them to know we are serious.
AwayEmily says
If you think this is a temporary thing (maybe a reaction to starting K?) then one thing that’s worked for us is having an adult lie in their room (we have a mattress on their bedroom floor that does double duty as a gymnastics area and emergency parent bed) until they fall asleep. The rule is that if they talk or act out, then the adult leaves. For my kids, keeping their grown-up in there is enough of an incentive that they can stay calm enough to fall asleep. I wouldn’t commit to doing this forever but for a week “reset” it can work really well. And honestly it’s a good deal for the adult; they get to read their Kindle or relax while the other parent cleans.
Also — try melatonin for a week to see if it resets them. Half a gummy does it for mine.
Anonymous says
Do you have enough parents available to split up the kids one per parent? My kids are so tired at that time that they really struggle with independently moving through a routine (even at ages 5 and 8) so we honestly just split them up if we can and each walk one kid through what they need to do. That works about 4 days a week. The three days where we have one parent available, doing pajamas as early a possible and having some kind of “reward” for completion (special book, tea, etc) can help them do that. Easier to then just get them to brush teeth after. But some days are just crazy and we end up relying on threats if consequences.
Anonymous says
I have twins and I often wish there were a bedtime fairy to do the work for me. Do you have time to go for a short walk after dinner? Or are you willing to wrestle with them on the floor for about 10 minutes before bedtime routine? This may not work for you but sometimes we do 20 minutes of tv and it helps them calm down enough to get through bedtime routine. I’m also not above telling them we’ll watch 5 minutes of tv and if they comply with bath/teeth brushing/pjs, we can finish the episode.
anonM says
My 5.5 yo just lovesss biking. When he’s having a hard time, family bike ride puts him in such a good mood, and we don’t even go that far/long. (Both kids love the wee-ride tagalong bike, which might be good if they are super tired like it sounds!). Not sure why biking works but family walk leads to tantrums, so just putting this out there as another idea for you to try. Bonus is, I love it and it improves my mood too.
Anon says
Twins are hard, especially when they’re overtired and feeding off each other. Things that have helped in our house:
-Getting ready for bed immediately following dinner. If they’re efficient, they have time to play before bedtime, but if they’re having a crazy day at least it’s not delaying getting them into bed. (We typically finish dinner around 6:15 and bedtime is 7:30, so they have a while to work with here.) This was a major life changing tactic for us, because my kids are way more cooperative and able to cope with tasks at 6:15 than at 7:15.
-Keeping them separate. They share a room, so one will go upstairs to change into her pjs while the other stays downstairs and brushes teeth and then they swap. A parent will keep an eye on the one brushing teeth to make sure they’re actually doing it, but neither gets a parent in the room with them, so there’s no fighting about who gets Mom when only one parent is home.
-Providing incentives for staying in bed. We started this around age 4 (aka before they could read) and they each got to pick 3 picture books to bring into bed to look at. If they stayed quietly in bed during reading time and after lights out, they got to read again the next night. If they were rampaging monsters or bothering their sister, they didn’t earn reading time for the next night. Now that they’re 6 this has transitioned into each taking a chapter book to bed and reading for longer, but it still provides the same calming transition that helps them settle into sleep.
Also, hopefully the complete chaos is temporary. I’m sure they’re extra exhausted from learning how K works in addition to the earlier start, so once they adjust things may calm down a little bit.
Anon says
Oh yeah, and when they absolutely will not chill, we move whoever is being less disruptive to our room to fall asleep in piece, and then move her back later. They don’t like being the twin left behind, so a reminder that that is the next step will sometimes sink it and help them chill.
Anon says
PSA that the Pizza Hut personal pan pizza reading rewards expire on Friday. We’re going tonight :)
CCLA says
Is nanny week a thing? Our nanny agency emailed to announce that the week of Sept 24 is nanny recognition week. More than happy to recognize our lovely nanny, just wondering how people typically recognize this. If you do, what do you do for your nanny? I default to card+cash and maybe small gift for most things and am inclined to do the same here.
Anon says
I’ve never heard of nanny week, and it seems excessive to me to have both a birthday celebration and an ‘appreciation week.’ There’s a teacher appreciation week, but I think most people don’t do anything for teachers’ birthdays other than possibly a card from kiddo.
NYCer says
I have never heard of that, and we have had our nanny for many years.