Nurse him anywhere and everywhere.
Walk around/stir macaroni, wipe bottoms, give baths, etc all while nursing. I didn't have to multi-task with Charlotte and with the twins I couldn't multitask more than I already was by nursing two at a time. Not my favorite thing to do but it's sometimes necessary.
Wake him up from naps to take older siblings to various activities. Nap time with Charlotte and the twins was sacred. Not so much with kid #4.
Started solids later
Worse about making him take a bottle
Take him almost everywhere with me... he's been to 3 movies (more than the twins at this point!)
Leave him with more people at a younger age so I can attend activities (cough cough Let's play music) for the older kids.
Take him on dates
Never quiet for naps
Feels like a piece of cake to take just him somewhere. He's usually awesome but one fussy baby is no big deal compared to my whole brood.
Taking all 4 kids to the store or a BIG outing almost never happens- I'd rather eat nails. They're are usually pretty good but with 4 small kids the odds or one or more of them having a melt-down, accident, not listening etc is pretty much 100% likely to happen.
Put him in the bouncer in the bathroom during showers for his own protection
Thoroughly entertained/tormented by older siblings. I remember feeling like Charlotte's entertainment committee and like I was talking to myself so she would get enough verbal stimulation- now I feel bad for being so loud calling out to the other kids while I'm nursing.
My floor is constantly covered in stuff.
The laundry seems to be breeding in the hamper. I keep threatening to throw away half their clothes so they stop changing outfits so often.
Nap time to bedtime requires my A-game parenting and I often am found wanting.
Dinner preparation is torture. Meal planning is still not back up to snuff.
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