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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have four, two years apart. It's working really well. I suppose I would like more time with each, but the increased number of built-in playmates has helped a lot.

Survey data suggests that parents of four or more are less stressed out than parents of three, but on the other hand the confounder is, of course, that parents who find three a breeze are more likely to continue on to higher numbers.[/quote]

I've read that parents of 3 are trying to pretend they aren't a big family, whereas once you have 4, you accept it and embrace it.  That makes a lot of sense to me.  (I have 3.)[/quote]

NP, and my theory is that the third was unplanned for many, but a fourth, much less so.  We know SO many families with an unplanned third, and many are stressed—probably because they’re trying to stay a small family.  We wanted three, have three, and embrace the chaos (mostly).  Four would be a bridge too far for us, mostly because neither of us could quit our jobs and we have no family support.  If we’d started earlier and I (the mom) could stay home, we might have gone for it.[/quote]

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