So I've been obsessing over this since having number 3 a year ago. Going back and forth (and on bad days thinking I must have been insane to even contemplate another!).
Logically, 3 is perfect. Some of the madness and fun of a big family but still manageable, not much worse that 2 at all. We have a bedroom for everyone (when they're bigger, DS & DD1 share now) and we won't be moving so wouldn't if we had another. We can just about afford holidays and hopefully schools for secondary (in Ireland so about 6k a year per child). We have a boy and two girls which I love the balance of. We have finished sleepless nights pretty much apart from the odd illness. I can manage bringing the 3 of them to the shops or the park or wherever by myself. Think this would be impossible with 4. My mum can mind them occasionally, again not really if we had 4. I can manage one extra if DS wants someone over for a play date. After school and weekend activities are getting busier as they get older.
Everything and I mean everything points to stopping at 3. Except me! Why can't I stop it?!!!!!
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babyblabber · 17/01/2016 15:36
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