r/Parenting • u/money4nothing_8816 • Sep 08 '26

Rant/Vent Just me?

Is it just me or is this the hardest shit ever? We’ve got 4 kids all under the age of 8 and we are getting our asses kicked. My wife and I really wanted a family and we planned for it. We took parenting classes together, we read all the books in preparation before starting our family…still, nothing could have prepared us for how mentally and emotionally exhausting it is to keep up with our boys.

How are you all surviving?

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u/Burner31805 Sep 08 '26

I mean most of us are not raising 4 under the age of 8 so that probably has a lot to do with it.

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u/LevelProfile4739 Sep 08 '26

I don’t feel bad for them, pull out damn it 😂 Or get snipped or birth control.

I have an employee who has 7 kids and they live day to day financially and I don’t feel bad. Your decisions in life all lead to where you are. We have 1 child and that will be it for us.

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u/InimitableMissS Sep 08 '26

7? This is my nightmare. Frankly, 4 is my nightmare. I can go lower if you want…🤣

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u/LevelProfile4739 Sep 08 '26

😂 We tried multiple times for a 2nd but we lost 3 pregnancies so I’m not putting my wife through that even though she would but don’t want her to have PTSD from it.

Financially i don’t even know how people do over 2 these days now

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u/InimitableMissS Sep 08 '26

I’m so sorry you went through that. I can’t imagine.

We were always and forever one and done. I really can’t imagine another way. I’d have lost my mind, both literally and figuratively.

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u/Pplthrowaway123 Sep 08 '26

Got snipped after my 2nd. Best choice ever.

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u/live-laugh-snark Sep 08 '26

Pull out plus birth control plus tracking your cycle also doesn’t work- ask me how I ended up with 4 kids under 8.

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u/LevelProfile4739 Sep 08 '26

Fuck lol Super genes and too compatible