The two gems of my life

Parenting, believe me, is truly the most gratifying and at the same time trickiest job in the world. It is rewarding in so many spectrum right from those priceless smile on your baby’s face when he/she sees you, to those adorable eyes looking at you where ever you go, all the way to their cute little milestones, to those innumerable kisses and hugs. There are no words to describe how pure and serene it is to be a parent.

I’m a mother of two; a girl aged 4 and a boy aged 2. I have been asked many times by single child parents’ on how I am able handle two kids. Raising one child in itself is beyond the words of challenging. Does having another child makes matter worst? I wish the answer to it was as simple as “yes” or “no”. But there is so more depth to it. I don’t want to embellish hopeful second time parents by saying it’s absolutely blissful nor startle them by all the intricacy of raising two children. So I thought of writing a small blog on how it is to have two kids. Let me start with pros and cons of having two kids rather than one.

Pros

• The elder child will always have a company to him/her for life and vice versa. Isn’t it wonderful to give your child a sibling who will be there for each other beside you? I feel it’s a perfect gift one can give to their own child.

• Siblings play together that usually means some spare time to parents. My kids play by themselves in their toy room there by giving me some time to write blog for example.

• The younger child seems to learn much faster from his/her sibling. So as a parent I ended spending less time coaching the second child.

Cons:

• Where there are two, there tends to be fight. Siblings fight over toys, food, cloths, books and parents. O yes!!! I said parents.

• Messy home. May it is possible to keep home sparkly clean but definitely not in my case. I feel there are two tornadoes in my home. It’s hard to keep up to their speed.

• Say adios to your hour glass figure unless you workout and be on a proper diet. It is very hard to get rid of baby fat gained from pregnancy but it’s feasible.

Whatever the reasons may be, (economic, marriage instability, space, busy lifestyle, finance, health, career to name some) weather to go for a second child is purely personal and it should be left to the parents to decide what is best for them. As for me, I always wanted two children of my own and it’s been wonderful so far.