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[quote=Anonymous]I am one of four. I was so sad when my mom said we were having another kid but he turned out great and it gave good balance to my family. Being a family of 6 was more complicated in some ways--bigger car, multiple hotel rooms when we traveled, another college tuition--but my mom said the hardest jump was from 2 kids to 3; after that, you're just in a parenting zone and it doesn't matter how many more you have. Not sure if that would be true for everyone, and we had 8 years from oldest to youngest which is more than it seems you'd have, but one anecdote.

OP, if you aren't sure, maybe wait until oldest is in kindergarten and another is potty trained and see how you're feeling.

I could also see you being good at foster parenting, if you can balance the appointments with your schedule, are ok with supporting family reunification, and you have the space (different counties have different rules, but regardless of what's allowed I think it's good to have a separate room for a foster child). It's often recommended not to foster or adopt out of birth order, so at first you'd only take babies and you could age up as your youngest got older. Some counties have a huge need for foster parents for any age group and some probably have more people willing to take babies than they need (like in DC they mostly need folks who will take older kids and sibling sets) but putting it out there as something else for you and your spouse to discuss in a year or so. [/quote]

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