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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone once framed it: Can you tolerate 50% more (fill in the blank)?

Some things to fill in the blank with:

Whining
Night wake ups
Activities
Noise
Illnesses

Obviously things like night wakeups don't last forever, but I knew that i didn't want to deal with it, even for a few years.

I'm an introvert and like my free time and felt like I'd be stretched too thin with 3.[/quote]

Wouldn’t it be 30% with a third?[/quote]

No, you are increasing the number of kids you have by 50%. If you go from 3 to 4, that would be increasing the number of kids you have by 33.3%[/quote]

Np. Every child is different and the family dynamic changes with time.

Number 3 could be chill and number one could get easier as they age.

On the opposite end, number 3 could be way more challenging, have special needs or cause the other two children to fight or whine more. Attention divided three ways means each kid gets less undivided attention, which might be fine. Or it may give children more time to sneak off and do dumb things.

It’s less of a straight calculation and more like rolling a dice imo. [/quote]

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