Raising Two Toddlers at the Same Time

One of the bright sides of having two children consecutively is that it saves more time and money in raising them both. With the rates of school fee and daily needs tend to inflate from time to time, it is definitely more economical to send them to school and provide for their needs (clothes, food, milk, diapers, etc) at the same time, compared to having another child several years apart from the first one – when everything has inflated in monetary value.

Aside from that, there’s incomparable satisfaction and joy in watching them grow together. Our children, Dharma and Sarah, are only 15½-months apart. By now, they have looked like twins! They befriend each other and do everything together. Since the two are only a little over a year apart, they learn good teamwork – and they amaze us every single day with the progress and creativity they come up with.

What about the down-side?

Oh, of course there’s a downside!

Children between 12 to 36-months old are in their exploration phase. They want to know everything and find out how stuffs work. Every day I find my wardrobe plundered, our bookshelves emptied, magazines torn into pieces, journals, papers, booklets, pens, pencils, soaps and hair-combs get scattered all over the house, plates, bowls, and cutleries end up as toys on bed, and so on.

Yes, raising two toddlers at the same time does save more time and money.

But, it costs us double the amount of energy!

Whew!