Summary: As much as we might want it to exist, there just isn’t a magical list or routine we can implement to make it an easy transition to have a second or third kid. And once they are here, it can quickly become overwhelming and seem impossible. Today I share some tips and advice to help make parenting more than one kid a little easier <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In this episode I discuss: <br> <br> Prepping your first-born for a new introduction in the family<br> Some of my own tips and ideas, as a mother of three<br> Managing sibling dynamics and conflict<br> <br> Lessons from the Playroom: <a href="https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/sibling-rivalry-the-inevitable-childhood-conflict/">Sibling Rivalry</a><br> <br> <br> My commentary on some crowd-sourced advice<br> <br> <br> <br> All the fun links you might enjoy <br> <br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/review-emotionally-intelligent-child/">Emotional Intelligence </a>(and improving relationships with your kids through emotion coaching)<br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/moms-of-toddlers-need-hear/">What moms of toddlers need to hear</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/how-to-deal-with-the-emotional-struggles-of-being-a-mom/">How to deal with the emotional struggles</a> of being a mom of babies and toddlers<br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/two-kids-under-two-years-tips-and-advice/">Real-life advice on having two kids under two years old</a> (blog post)<br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/reactive-proactive-planning-the-day/">Planning the day</a> (reactive vs proactive)<br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/overwhelmed-mom-life-coach-steps/">Four steps to manage overwhelm in motherhood</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/change-motherhood-change-you/">When motherhood can change you but you can’t change motherhood</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/settling-in-motherhood/">Settling in motherhood</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/is-a-third-baby-harder-than-the-second-fellow-moms-tell-their-hardest-and-easiest-baby-transitions/">Is a third baby harder than the second?</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/enneagram-motherhood/">Enneagram + Motherhood Series</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/simplify-mom-life/">11 things that make my mom life simpler</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/category/mom-life/">More posts on motherhood</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://intentional.simpleonpurpose.ca/simplesaturdays">Sign up for Simple Saturdays email</a> (a fun email, twice a month)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> FULL TRANSCRIPT<br> <br> 0:00<br> Hey friends, it's Shawna, your Nerdy Girlfriend and counselor from simpleonpurpose.ca. Welcome to another episode of The Simple on Purpose podcast.<br> <br> 0:18<br> If you are following me on Instagram, you know that this past week I went away for a work retreat. Do you remember back in the day, if you've been around for a while I used to go on work retreats quite often, I used to also go on work retreats with a community that I had started with one of my besties called a little late. And we used to do them with a great group of women, we'd rent an Airbnb, we'd get food brought in. And we would just all hunker down and do work and kind of brainstorm together. Some of my favorite memories are those work retreats. And then in this, since then I've gone on my own, I've gone with a bestie. And I haven't done it for a few years. So I thought, I have this big deadline coming up to move my email service. So I'm just going to send myself away for a couple of nights, you might have read about it in the sublime purpose, or the simple Saturday's email.<br> <br> 1:04<br> So I went away to work on my email, my email service,
