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[quote=Anonymous]Have 3 with the same spacing. What worked for us was to do bedtime for the youngest first, then the older two after. The older two were in the same room, so it made sense. Part of that was that I've almost always done bedtime solo except when we had a very new newborn - DH's contribution around the house has been tons of housework. One parent can pretty easily do 2 bedtimes, but 3 was beyond my breaking point.

We definitely bathed 2 kids together until they were old enough that it would've been a bit weird.

I've read in most of the books about reading aloud to your family to aim read-alouds at your oldest kids. There are a few lists out there about read-alouds good for the whole family. You'd be surprised how early your youngest will adapt to "listening" to chapters of chapter books, if it's just what you do every day.

I do think you are right to worry about the "baby is mobile" stage as the hardest. I remember vividly a point when I had a 5, almost 3, and almost 1 year old in a pool changing room. Another mom I knew with 3 older kids saw me struggling to keep them from touching everything while getting people changed and said, "don't worry, this is the hardest point." And it is! For out and about, definitely strap people into strollers, make sure your older kids have touch points on the car or a place to hold on the stroller if they need to wait for you for a minute to unstrap somebody, etc. Baby proof everything you can at home.[/quote]

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