The Causes of Siblings

Written by Bethany Dempsey for her Facebook blog, BD Blogs!

A lot of you have a lot to apologise for, let me tell you!
Here us ladies are, with our only lonelies. Happy as Larry.

Then along comes…

Instagram posts:

THAT’S RIGHT, those cutesy big-brother-loves-baby-sister photos; always on your clean white bed sheet, no baby sick in sight, matching pale outfits, quaver and snot free faces..!

The mom with 2 at the soft play:

Little ones playing together; big one helping the little one up the steps, holding hands to come down the slide. Absolutely fucking adorable!!

The baby club mom:

(Chloe, hun! This is you!)
She’s just had her second and swears blind it’s the most magical and amazing bond – no extra stress… Just perfect; the best gift you could give your only lonely!

Mother in law:

She had a one and a half year age gap between her kids, they played lovely together, kept each other occupied and are still best friends as adults… why wouldn’t you want that kind of bond between your children??

SO NOW OF COURSE…. WE ARE GOING FOR GOLD. NUMBER TWO. MAGICAL BONDS AND UNICORNS SHITTING RAINBOWS etc. etc.

Here’s what you failed to mention…

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.. HOW DO YOU LOOK AFTER A CHILD WHILST PREGNANT?? Between being sick and crying over the wrong type of biscuits, there’s no time to run round a soft play or even bathe your only lonely.

Getting out the house with two? Is this even possible?? Do you have to bring a suitcase, are there suitcases that attach to a double buggy? Because that is the only way I can lug round the amount of equipment I need to get through a single Aldi shop.

You guys with the insta pics… How many outtakes did that take? Poonami, sick, your older child violenty attempting to kick small baby off the bed? No? Just me?

Bathtime.. Two babies pooping in the bath? … I’m gonna need a bigger net!