2 to 3 kids?

[meandnyboys1]

Is going from 2-3 kids a big adjustment?

For context it would be 3 under 4

Yes.
1-2 was fine
2-3 nearly killed me.

Yes! I had 3 under 4 and it was very hard. Possibly because DC3 was a non sleeping baby and a tricky toddler.

Now they're all teens which is also a challenge at times!

Actually I found 1to 2 much harder than 2 to 3. Mine were within 4 1/2 years and the younger two closer together. It felt like things were pretty chaotic with two little ones that the third just sort of slotted in and didn’t make it that much harder.
They are teens/twenties now and are really lovely and funny together.

Watching with interest! We are 2-3 soon

Hi, I will be having 3rd too in August. I occasionally have a panic about it too, but other days I feel fine about it.

I think it partly depends on the age gap between them, and we will have about 3 years between them which I think helps in terms of the older 2 understanding more. The downside is my older 2 play fight alllllll the time which I don't know how I would manage with a newborn.

Pro is we have all the baby stuff and I feel relatively chilled about parenting now. The usual baby stuff of sleep deprivation and feeding issues doesn't exactly fill me with joy, but I feel like we could cope (fingers crossed). We already struggle to go on actual holidays as its so much hassle organising with all the hullabaloo around going overseas with kids so i dont think that changes for us much. We rarely use our car so will just rent when we need a bigger one for a bit and see how things are.

For me anxieties seem to revolve around external things: are others people judging me for having 3, saving for their future, me retiring, I cant see how we will survive energy wise if I go back to work after a year, but then what does that say about my career options, the house really needs work to be be suitable for family life and frankly to take stress off me etc etc