I’m sure you’ve read this story. In case you haven’t, check it out here. While the rumors are flying around about the mother being a single one with 6 children already and her parents living with her to help out, I still have to wonder about raising the children. There’s always a lot of media attention around the births and survival of multiple newborns but what about beyond (and her beyond is rumored to already include 6 children)?
A constant concern I have with my own twins is that of equally splitting my attention between the two on whatever activity it might be - reading, writing, crafting, riding a bike or whatever. I worry that I should spend more time with one twin on reading while the other needs more attention with writing. I worry that if I replace an outgrown pair of shoes for one twin, that the other (whose shoes are perfectly fine) may feel slighted. And if I had 8 children (or 14 according to some of the news stories), how would I ever consider that my children would be getting enough time with me?
One of the things my husband and I know that we need to do more often, is spend one-on-one time with each of our twins. Unfortunately, it’s far too easy to do things all together as a family. It’s far easier to plan things together than apart. How would this mother find the time to do that?
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