Richard Ganton says: Great article. I don't have to imagine except I partly experienced it from the child's end. My parents had twins 4 years after I was born. I wasn't breastfed and was allergic to the formula so the first 9 months of my life were difficult. To this day eating makes me very happy. But after the twins were born I don't remember getting much attention. I have been trying to work this out for the last few years because I struggle with attachment issues. My mother was very conscientious but not warm. So I may have struggled with attachment issues anyways. But with three triplets, the hardest thing is definitely going to be finding time with the first two children. I don't remember feeling jealous. Maybe I already was a loner. I don't know but I also did well at school and so I didn't need much attention except to deal with my glutin allergies. My mother put a lot of effort into that. I just found the strange foods annoying. The banana diet was not fun. But mostly I wasn't a problem and loved to read and play sports and run around outside so.... But the twins get lots of attention. But in all that rush I know it is easy to focus on the one(s) needing attention and thinking that the others are just fine. They may be but it is always good to check in. And I am sure you do that.
Richard Ganton says: Great article. I don't have to imagine except I partly experienced it from the child's end. My parents had twins 4 years after I was born. I wasn't breastfed and was allergic to the formula so the first 9 months of my life were difficult. To this day eating makes me very happy. But after the twins were born I don't remember getting much attention. I have been trying to work this out for the last few years because I struggle with attachment issues. My mother was very conscientious but not warm. So I may have struggled with attachment issues anyways. But with three triplets, the hardest thing is definitely going to be finding time with the first two children. I don't remember feeling jealous. Maybe I already was a loner. I don't know but I also did well at school and so I didn't need much attention except to deal with my glutin allergies. My mother put a lot of effort into that. I just found the strange foods annoying. The banana diet was not fun. But mostly I wasn't a problem and loved to read and play sports and run around outside so.... But the twins get lots of attention. But in all that rush I know it is easy to focus on the one(s) needing attention and thinking that the others are just fine. They may be but it is always good to check in. And I am sure you do that.