How did life change going from 2 to 3 kids?

[Zarah786]

We're you able to holiday as often? Did your daily routine change or did you try and fit the addition into the existing routine?

Are school runs, activities, parent evening, clubs all harder to manage? What tips and tricks have you learned to make thing easier?

Did you and your partner work full time or have to reduce hours to make the above manageable?

The third had to just tag along with what we were doing, we didn’t change routine. The only thing we did was buy a bigger car.

Hi,

We have more holidays now because our income has risen in that time but we do have to do more research to find rooms big enough otherwise we have to pay for 2 hotel rooms.

i find clubs/activities hard to manage since having three. Just the logistics of it. i think my older 2 would do more if we hadn’t had our dc3. It was easier with a new baby and is getting easier now she’s 3, but it was hard with a toddler who didn’t want to get in and out a car seat. Homework etc was tricky, we leave the youngest in nursery later a few nights a week and do homework with the older two after school.

We reduced hours when the third was very small, she’s now three and they are back up to what they were before, but we work flexibly anyway.

How old are your DCs if you don't mind me asking?

Hi they are now 10, 7 and 3

I went through a period of feeling guilty for the older two as I just couldn’t give them the attention, but watching them now I feel it’s the opposite.

If the 10 year old has a bad day at school she comes home and there’s a 3 year old who idolises her to play with and that takes her out of it. All of them always have someone to play with and are so close already. But it took me a while to see this as I first noticed the things that were harder.

@hban thank you.

Could I message you directly? I'm worried about the same guilt and how it will impact my older two.

Yes of course x

Thank you, I have PMd you!