It is not the same
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What kind of help are we talking? If you are referring to help with taking care of baby and kids I have gotten to really enjoy doing it alone and prefer it this way. I would hate having someone tell me how to do something, commenting on what im doing, or doing for my baby themselves. Now when it comes to help with cleaning and keeping up with the house i think having the help would be a totaly different experience. I didnt have any help with cleaning with my daughter and i was always more frustrated but now that i have that help my expereince has been different.

I have help from both sides of the family and I completely agree. Very sorry for those that do not and I give you tons of credit!

Fully agree.
As someone with no help and parents/ many family members and a best friend who has passed , it’s so annoying getting people to understand this.

Very true. My mom used to take me to my grandparents house, hand me over and take a nap there and then eat their food on days she needed it. I spent entire summers with my grandparents. They never had to put me in camp or daycare. My aunt was my free baby sitter my whole life too. I have no one.