There's an inherent paradox in the world of mommies who blog, all the more with mommies with many children who share their lives over the internet. OK - raising kids is hard work, your life is crazy busy, being a mom is the world's most important job, you're a mommy 24/7 - so.. um... why are you on the internet right now? It's a valid question, right?
I've seen blogs written by mothers of large families where the blog's owner puts in the effort to reply to every comment posted on her blog. This kind of thing makes me suspicious. It's great that she's interacting with her readers, but shouldn't she be doing mom stuff instead? Are her kids in the other room setting fires and playing with knives???
Thankfully, I do have some small moments in my day where I can sit in front of the computer and share my thoughts. Besides, my little ones aren't tall enough to reach the knives and haven't yet figured out how matches work! As I write this, my oldest is 2years9months, my middle child is 1year5months and my baby is 2months old. Those are my 3 little puffballs.
The purpose of this blog is to (hopefully) make people laugh and (hopefully) provide some advice and insights into raising a family with 3 small children born very close together. Recently, I have found that my life doesn't fit into those neat little Facebook status update boxes anymore. And I hope that I have something valuable I can communicate to the world at large.
What should I tell you? Taking care of small children is hard work. But babies are cute... very very cute... and that cuteness outweighs the late nights, the spit-up covered couches and the mountains od laundry. I've had "3 kids under3" for two months now and I haven't gone to the crazy-house just yet. And yes, I have an agenda. My agenda is to turn you into me - just kidding! If I can leave you with some thoughts, here they are...
Being a mom won't swallow your soul.
Having children is good.
Big families are healthy.
If I haven't yet convinced you, keep on reading.
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