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[quote=Anonymous]I have three, 11, 9, and 6, girl, boy, boy, respectively.  I love having three.  Of course there are downsides, including:

-More expensive
-More between-kid relationships to manage, often in flux
-Hard for a solo parent to manage, e.g., if one parent travels for work or goes away for a weekend
-Often, at least one of them isn’t happy about something
-Often, at least one of them wants my attention
-Harder to find babysitters for three
-Travel is harder (we just got back from a short trip away; five people in one hotel room really blows)
-Bigger cars aren’t necessary, but really come in handy
-Depending on the spacing of the kids, there’s either a lot of divide and conquer or the youngest gets schlepped around
-If both parents work, and even if they don’t, there’s much less bandwidth

I mean, I still love having three and would do it again in a heartbeat.  But DH and I were never on the fence about three, nor did we ever feel overwhelmed when we had just two (or one).[/quote]

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