So whats it like going from 2 to the magic number 3?

[MiMao]

Just wondered because we have planned to do just this later on this year.

Is it much different from 1 to 2?... I found the first year quite tricky

My friend said she did not notice much of a change from 2-3, the 3rd just seemed to fit in.

What about bath time? I bet that is noisy!

I am dreaming about Christmas mornings and three children running to see their gifts and all chasing each other in parks and all of us sitting around a table trying to get their word in

But whats the reality???

We had loads of people assuming we wanted a boy as we already had 2 daughters but funnily enough since dd3 came along in October nobody has said much except to pity dh when they're older! My older two are just so overwhelmingly proud and in love with they're baby sister that we just seem to receive smiles and positive comments when we're out.

Anyone got a small age gap between their dcs? No. 3 is due in a month and we've got dd aged 3.3 years and ds aged 23 months, so 16 months between them and 2 years between ds and baby 3. No 3 is likely to arrive earlier rather than later if he/she follows the older 2. I found 1-2 really hard, was dreading how the 2nd baby would disrupt my relationship with dd, and poor ds was very high maintenance. Funnily enough though I feel very relaxed about impeding 3rd baby so good to read positive responses too.

i found it harder to go from 2 to 3 than 1 to 2. Everything just seemed to take that much longer - getting ready to go out eg. I had three under 5 to start with - and a dd1 who had a lot of activities - so out for kindy and school run, swimming, therapy, hospital appts etc.

gap: dd1 was 4 y 8 months, dd2 was 2y4m when dd3 was born.

You do get better at it - just get into the groove and it gets easier as time goes on. They all play together and the older dds adore the baby. They are able to be somewhat helpful in fetching or sorting some things out themselves whilst you are sorting the baby.

I love having my 3.