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| Tue, 05-29-2007 - 9:46pm |
Hey everyone~ I am a SAHM to two little girls (and a third due in July). I was wondering for those of you with four or more children, how different is it going from three to four. With this third baby coming we have really been talking about wether we are done or want to have one more (we get pregnant very easily), and so I was looking for a little advice from you ladies. What are the biggest differences between having three and four children? Is it that much harder? (I mean you're already outnumbered, right?) What are the best parts and hardest parts? Any special considerations when there are more than three kids that we might not have thought of? thanks so much!!!
Laura

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hi Laura.. my name is Renee and my husband and i have a blended family of 4... he has 2 boys from a previous marriage and then i have one son from a previous sperm donor(ex) and then we have a daughter together.. my situation is a little different but going from 3 to 4 was good.. i actually want another one but dh got fixed after our daughter was born.. i think having our daughter was a good thing and brought all the kids closer together.. the oldest one is 16 and he worships the ground she walks on and she's 2...the only difficulty issues we have is that they are all in sports and its hard to get to all games that each on has cause they tend to overlap but we manage.. now that Makayla is getting old enough i want to put her into gymnastic so thats will be one more practice and activity to go to but to me its all worth it.. i wouldn't change my family size not one bit.. execpt to expand..but i don't see that happening in the near future..lol...
i hope this helps...
I am Debra and also have 4 kids aged 2,5,7,&9. Going form 2-3 was the most difficult. I have heard this from many moms. Be warned but have confidence in yourself that you will work it out. Also throw away the rule book...if you haven't already. If it works for you...... do it. If people question you just say yeah when you have your 3rd you will understand.
Having #4 was piece of cake. Maybe because I had my tubes tied immediatly afterwards so I knew I had to enjoy
Hi Laura,
I only have one child, but I wanted to welcome you to the board and congratulate you on your up going baby.
Thanks for the replies! I have also heard going from two to three is the hardest, and I guess I'll soon find out..LOL!!! I am very excited about number 3's arrival. I also have a 3 year old and a 22 month old. I enjoy my children so much, and I have noticed that I too change with each child. I am WAY more relaxed and laid back about things than when I just had one baby. I hope that will continue with #3. We already have a mini-van and enough space in our home for one more, so that wouldn't be a problem. I guess we just worry about giving them each enough time and the dynamics when they start getting involved in sports and other extracurricular activities. My husband travels frequently so I wonder if I would physically be able to get each child where they needed to be without any of them suffering. KWIM? I so appreciated all of your helpful insight....keep it coming! (:
Thanks!
Laura
Hi, I'm Tarra. Welcome to the board. I only have two (the youngest was born 4/24) but as the number of children DH and I will have comes up off and on I'm curious to see what the responses to your post are. If DH had his way we'd have ten kids! LOL I go back and forth between wanting to be done now and thinking it would be fun to have four or five kids.
I have a question, though. Why is it the hardest going from two to three kids? I've never heard that so I'm curious.
Tarra
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I have four kids and am prego with number 5. Honestly, going from 1 to 2 was hardest for me, then number 4 was a little hard too. After much thought, I think it just boils down to what is going on in your life, and the temperment of your children. For instance, I think number 2 was so hard because our housing situation made it difficult, the newborn was horribly colicky, and our firstborn was extremely jealous and physical with the baby. Oh, and I had undiagnosed thyroid problems, which made me depressed. So the combination made it hard, not the number.
Number three was easy, because the older two played together and didn't need me much, and I had more space.
Number four was a little harder, because I felt I couldn't keep up anymore with all the demands of the kids and their messes. I decided that I just needed to learn some new skills, and over time four kids have become easier.... though I still have my days.
Who knows what five will be like? I have no expectations, except that I'll end up learning new skills to cope.
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