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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 3. I love love love having 3. They are now 8, 6 and 3. I don't regret the choice in the slightest.  Things I knew before having 3 but didn't really understand until actually having 3: 3 is a LOT more work as they get older. You now have 3 opinions to handle, 3 differnet personalities, 3 differnet types of needs, and 3 people to pay for. It is tricky to juggle it all, and I know it will only become a lot harder as they age. I feel hard-pressed sometimes to treat everyone as an individual instead of a collective whole. [b]I know I am only at the starting line for this and as they age, it will be much harder.[/b] Just think hard about creating another human versus just having another baby. There's a difference in those ideas, and I didn't really think about that difference or feel it, until the 3rd got here. [/quote]

This hasn’t been the case for us. Mine are 17, 15 and 11. It’s gotten easier as they get older, however there are many more combinations of who fights with who. They’re always someone available to pick a fight with and it changes daily.

The only cons I can think of are cost (3 Different sports teams, 3 tuitions, 3 weddings, Etc) and added complexity to vacations. We generally avoid hotel rooms since there is no way we would comfortably fit in one. Also, airfare for 5 adds up.

The third kid does get carted around to siblings activities a lot when they’re young but I found that makes them a more laid back adaptable kid. My third kid was a super chill go with the flow baby. [/quote]

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