Raises hand up high.. I'm the older mom.
and I'm glad I didn't have kids when I was younger.
I feel I'm more mature and more patient...
A big plus is that with children, at least in our household, my husband really helps up alot with the 3 boys.
As I read in your topic post, Big Tex was right there with you doing his part to help with the clean up.
And we have taken turns with the alarm clock to get up and check to see if fevers are soaring again.
In the past, when I have been away at the hospital with the youngest one for 10 to 15 day stints, my husband has held the fort at home with the other boys, cooking, cleaning, getting them off to school and working full time himself. He is a very good "fort support".
At one time in our lives we could have looked to our extended family for back up.. but disfellowshipping sure chucked that out the window. We have learned to rely on each other through upheaval and have now built up, what I call, some "chosen family" to help us in emergencies.
I wonder if I would have had a young husband that he would have had the maturity to see the need of his help?. hard to say, maybe but maybe not.
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((( Nina )).. It never rains but it pours when you are tired (refering to your work who let things go until it became a mad rush.. I hate that.
Special K