juggling my time

So can you ever really give enough individual attention to four young children? When Hannah and Georgia were born, Abbie was three and a half years old and Millie was just two years old. Everyone used to tell me how well I was managing and how great that I got out and about with all four. But do they each get the individual attention they need? Can I really split myself four ways adequately? Or will the consequences come back to bite me when they are older and they rebel at not getting enough individual time with their parents? Is there an optimum number of kids to have? I was one of three, and growing up it always seemed to two of us against the other one. Usually, my elder brother with either my younger sister or with me. Until my sister and I grew up a bit, got wise to it, and stuck together more! I also used to work with an only child once, when she found out I was expecting, she made me promise not to have just one. She has hated being an only child that much. So does that make two the ideal number? You have the companionship of a sibling without the constant battle for attention. On the other hand, I see the four girls playing together and I think that they are lucky to have each other. Their own little ‘gang’ against the world?