https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:01:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005904 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:58:52 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2005904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: haha love this!</p> <p>And YES!! It seems so easy to take just one of the girls somewhere. Don't know what I was stressed about before with just one :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005857 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:45:30 +0000 Andrea 2005857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a lot harder to run errands with 2 kids as long as it's a place where I can stick them both in a shopping cart. Then one or two, it doesn't matter too much to me.</p> <p>It's more work to take two kids to other places like the playground or children's museum because they want to do different things and there's only one of me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005778 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:08:29 +0000 skipra 2005778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, if I have the baby it's barely any different than having both. He is a pain but my 2 yo is soooo easy and fun to take anywhere. Total vacation just to have him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005776 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:07:58 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2005776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha yes but I still can't decide which one I would rather bring sometimes. One talks a ton and is distracting. The other could have melt down any time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005741 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:46:49 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2005741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Yes!! It's so funny when I look back at how much I struggled with just one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005731 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:42:43 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2005731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes yes yes! I wish I would have known how easy having one kid was so I would have enjoyed it more. </p> <p>Going places with both girls isn't difficult, but it takes more effort and planning. It feels so easy and effortless to take one kid, and I'm like "why didn't it feel this easy when it was just Chloe?!"</p> <p>I think I'm more laid back now, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005696 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:28:45 +0000 BandDmommy 2005696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When it's the ️newborn yes. Toddler no! Shopping with 2.5 year old is painful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005688 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:25:20 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2005688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FOR SURE. I never knew what it was like with just one, so it's an amazing experience when DH and I split up and each take one. Regardless of which one of us stayed home and the other went out to do errands, we come back and marvel at how easy it was! What it would have been like without twins! But, if that were the case, we would have never experienced two at once, so I'm sure one would still be hard. Just like I have NO CLUE how moms of triplets do it. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005675 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:19:29 +0000 Maysprout 2005675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. My 3 year old is easy but my 14 month old just wants to move and pull things down and not be held so shopping with her isn't fun. It does make it easier when there's only one to manage but it's still not fun with the 14 month old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005651 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:55:19 +0000 Caly 2005651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy crap yes. Having 2 one year olds is tough...one feels like a vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005639 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:51:13 +0000 mrskc 2005639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh, yes! Like others said, I really don't know why I thought one was SO hard. I used to complain about just taking DS out or that I didn't have time to do anything. Now taking just one is a piece of cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005633 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:48:24 +0000 Ree723 2005633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Yes. Yes. And YES. How I ever thought it was hard to do things when I only had one child is beyond me! Getting to do anything now with only one kid in tow is an absolute cakewalk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005585 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:12:56 +0000 matador84 2005585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: I agree though! I ALWAYS think to myself why the hell I thought I was "so busy" and it was "so hard" having only one kid!</p> <p>My two are easy kids, but it's just a lot of extra work and planning that you don't have with one child! So yes, taking one child as opposed to both is really just 1/2 the wOrk, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005584 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:12:23 +0000 Dandelion 2005584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it's nice, but it's absolute paradise to go to the grocery store alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005581 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:09:33 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2005581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope this isn't offensive to people who only have one, but when people (namely my SIL) with only one kid complain about how hard it is to go places or how they have no time to do anything around the house, I want to chuckle (aka laugh at them). Whenever I only have one child with me, I feel like I can RUN ALL THE ERRANDZ. COOK ALL THE DINNERZ. CLEAN ALL THE HOUSEZ. it's insanely freeing and easy to just have just one.</p> <p>But maybe my mom, a mother of five, is laughing at me when I say that two is hard. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005579 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:07:49 +0000 erinpye 2005579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! I don't care if it's the baby or the toddler-- definitely a vacation if it's just 1 of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2005576 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:06:33 +0000 autumnlove 2005576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moms-of-2-does-it-feel-like-a-vacation-when-you-only-have-to-take-one-kid-with-you-on-errands-1#post-2004027 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:00:00 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2004027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not going to lie -I remember thinking how hard it was to go to the store w/ a kid when we only had one, longing for the times to be able to go by myself. Now I will gladly take one kid over both if I can. HAHA </p>