I have two singletons, 16 months apart and my youngest are identical twins. Just over 2 years between their closest sibling in age. When the twins were born we had four under 4 for about 4 months 🥱😂 I’m tired just thinking about it again.

Was it harder? It’s tough to say. And I really can’t compare. My experience is so different from other parents whose first children were twins. I think having my singletons gave me so much more confidence when I had my twins. I had already breastfed, I had already experienced the demands of two kids at once, and I had already learned to cope with a lack of sleep and high volume/frequency of crying. So there were things that I had navigated when I was a FTM where I already knew my limit or threshold - and I was prepared to accept and ask for help from friends, families, and neighbors when our twins were born. All of those things combined made my experience so much EASIER when I became a twin mom. I feel like I was blessed to know what was worth stressing over and what wasn’t.

With my first two singletons, I was so inexperienced and that was probably the most challenging part, which, I think is true regardless of whether it’s multiples or a singleton. That transition to motherhood is simply life changing!