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[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]

Agree. I'm also a mom to 4 (9, 7, 5, 10 months). I'm back in the baby stage (a very mobile crawler/standing, everything going in his mouth, baby proofing which I've been complacent about) again while trying to keep up with school and sports with the older kids
 So tough. I feel bad for either compromising baby's nap or missing out with older kids.  
Plus, keeping up the 1 on 1 time with each is tricky too.

Having said that, we love the baby to pieces and the kids are bonkers for him. It's just the cumulative effect on me that i need to be sure to handle gracefully.[/quote]

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