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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just talking to a friend who has 2- I have 2. We both wanted 3. In my case DH was adamantly against having a 3rd in her case it never ended up making sense for their family- they were overwhelmed and had other stuff going on. Now that her oldest is in middle school and our others are starting to creep up to the end of elementary, we are glad we stopped at 2. We were saying the challenges change but bigger kid challenges are still challenges. Her and I are both very active parts of our kids lives, volunteering, etc. We both work but feel we are at capacity with being able to give our kids what they need while still maintaining a life outside of them. My worries are different now that I have older kids.. things are just so much simpler when they are the age yours are and you can’t foresee the challenges when the rose colored glasses come off and the big kid-pre-teen problems start to appear.

Might be worth having another discussion with your DH, and if he is a pretty hard no, try to move to acceptance or put your focus on other things that fulfill you.[/quote]

Wow, this is me.  So much.

Wait until middle school OP.  You'll wish you had 1!  Ha.  It's a lot of emotional energy when they are older and very, very draining and they really need you more than ever in a weird way.

I'm glad I stopped at 2.  I don't think I can do the tween/teen years more than twice.[/quote]

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