@EiraQueenofSnow (Eira Queen of Snow) posted a new topic, subject "Any one on here have kid or going to have kids soon?". It read:

   As of now I'm five months pregnant and I'm kinda a little scared I wanna know if anyone else here is a mother or a sooon to be mother and felt the same. Also how am I gonna keep up with drawing my comics, I want to keep drawing my comics but as of now I get the feeling that once my baby is born I will have zero time? How do any of you i manage your time?

After which, @kyupol (Kyupol) added

    My wife and I still working on it... But I bet I'll be more busy and won't even have time to do comics when he/she comes out. 
    
    I can just teach em how to draw and they can continue dad's legacy lol

To which @sarrowsmith10 (Lady Arrowsmith) replied

    Hi there, you are definitely not alone. 
    
    Some of the advice in this thread can help:   
    forums.tapastic.com 
    
    ### Anybody here balancing parenting and making comics?
    
    Just curious if anyone here has kids and how they balance parenting and the demand of making comics for your audience. I personally have four kids (yes, four!) and it can get tough. I find spring break really ate into my buffer and now I'm thinking summer break will be the same! Oy vey.
    
    I remember being pregnant. My advice is do as much as you can now... and get as much sleep as humanly possible. I'm not even joking. You won't sleep again for like 6 months after baby is born. X_X But I found that optimal time for drawing was when I was nursing. My little baby would latch on and go to town, completely ignoring everything except for ze boob. So I'd draw.  You will need a super good nursing pillow to support that though. I highly recommend a Boppy. That thing was my single most important item in my life.
    
    You will figure out your grove. Honestly I felt like drawing was easier when he was younger. Now he's a toddler and he's into everything. Including wanting to sit on my lap and draw with me, which = fun time with kiddo, but not much work done. haha.

@saerel (Saerel) replied

    I second the nursing pillow! I also managed to draw while nursing, though not as easily as I hoped. What worked better than I expected however, was to take the baby in a wrap against me. She loved that and she often fell asleep there, granting me some nice drawing /and/ cuddling time.
    
    Now my girl is also a toddler, and it's also more challenging. My husband and I have a system of shifts for our free days: one of us is primarily responsible for the baby for half the day, so that the other can have some free time (to draw, in my case!) But yeah, your baby will become the center of your universe for a while. I wish you all the happiness that comes with it. : )

So @Kamikaze (Team Kamikaze) replied

    Hubby and I are contemplating having a child in the next few years. I cannot tell you how much it means to see all of you talking about this. Seriously, it really puts my mind at ease that other people worry about it, and that there's ways to have a kid and have a comic too. Thank you, thank you, thank you. <3

Then @Vanesalisa (Vanessalisa  ) said

    I only have one year old cousins and not yet pregnant and still single but I know pregnancy because alot I watch and read books about it , I was curious about how they deal pregnancy, you should stop drawing for a while because you need to focus on your baby that's in you , it might stress also don't over think too much relax and if your water broke that's the time call for help and also word of advice don't birth in water because it might endanger the baby and my mom told me this when she was pregnant with the me and my siblings

@sarrowsmith10 (Lady Arrowsmith) replied

    saerel:
    
    > What worked better than I expected however, was to take the baby in a wrap against me.
    
    I had a wrap too. It was wonderful. Finally let me get up and do chores and such. I had a hard time nursing in it, but I know people who do, and they love it. My husband used a wrap too with him, it was nice to be free from my little guy every now and then, and my husband got home daddy time.


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