You finally have it out of the worst, you can sleep again until 9 a.m. on Saturdays, travel alone or change three sets with friends without being interrupted. Wonderful! Why should you start all over again with a straggler? Read it yourself!
1. Children like to be useful
It is good for children to be used. When such a small person completely shakes up the family order, the big siblings quickly notice how grateful mom and dad can be for the smallest help. For example, when Dad desperately holds the baby's feet in one hand and an empty pack of wet wipes in the other … Yes, great little helpers are a blessing! And grateful parents too.
2. Much more consciously this time
With the certain knowledge that you are really experiencing all of this for the last time, you are more aware of everything. The little kicks in the stomach, the first magical hours together, this little hand that clings so tightly to your finger … With a straggler there is all this again. And in slow motion.
3. Sooo relaxed
While all other parents are desperately reading "Oh dear, I'm growing" and trying to believe in the phase theory, stragglers have long since been completely clarified. They know that everything will go away. And that's not always bad news.
4. Old? Who is old here
With another child, your own environment also rejuvenates. You suddenly call people his friends, whose babysitter you could have been two decades ago. This broadens the horizon, keeps the brain young and crisp and makes it more tolerant. Oh yes, children of the 90s are now real adults too! Crazy!
5. The little big ones learn from the big big ones
It is clear that the little siblings learn a lot of great and nonsense from the big ones. But even the big siblings can experience what being a parent really means. They learn to change, are consolers of the soul and co-educators (whether you want it or not). That makes you confident and, by the way, also very popular with girls. Or is there anything more moving than a big brother with braces and a baby in his arms?
6. Hormones go crazy with you at the same time
Well, that can also be on the contra list, but if you and your straggler encounter menopause at some point, it is almost binding again, isn't it? Maybe then you understand each other better? Mhhh … quickly to point 7, which is more convincing …
7. Certainly completely
Is it just the feeling that not everyone is there yet? With this longing for this one child, which you simply haven't picked up, it feels worse than with little sleep. And if we have learned one thing in life, then it is likely that one regrets not having done something rather than doing something. Especially when this something smells so wonderful, sighs sweetly in your sleep and has such a firm place in your heart. Even before it even exists.