Reply to Would you recommend having a 4th child at 41?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Would you recommend having a 4th child at 41?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3 is a lot easier than 4.  When the kids get older and more involved with activities it gets very stressful having to drive them all and having to attend 3 games on the same day, etc.  It's hard to find hotel rooms that accommodate 6 people.  Traveling is more difficult. 3 is the perfect number of kids, in my opinion.  The more you have the harder it gets.  I speak from experience.   [/quote]

Mother of 4 here and I completely agree with this. Not sure what it was about 4 kids, but life got a lot more complicated once the 4th child came along. I love my kids dearly, but I only plan on having 1-2 in my next life. Kids are all older now thankfully (20, 18, 16 and 14), but that stretch while they were all school aged was really trying for me.[/quote]

I'm a mom of three, occasionally considering a fourth, and these perspectives are so helpful.  Our third is still an infant, but I'll be 40 soon, too.  DH and I were just talking about it last night: in theory I'd love four, but in practice I think it would be too much for our family, unless I went to PT or changed career paths (or left altogether).

OP, I worry about having a child with SN or multiples, too.  My first three are healthy but the odds do increase with age, and it's not easy, either way.  I know that something could happen to any of our kids--or us--but it's still another variable to consider.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics