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[quote=Anonymous]I had 3 relatively close in age and completely underestimated the difficulty of continuing to work full-time with 3 kids (we both had demanding jobs, plus DH's job required frequent travel). In addition to the wear and tear on your body, I'd think carefully about work, even with the ability to hire lots of help. There are lots of options -- like OP's DH taking a job that doesn't require travel, or someone cutting back to part-time, or two manageable jobs. And some people just power on through. For us, however, the number of sick days/appointments, afterschool activities, a special needs kid, as well as some really unfortunately hospitalizations pushed me out of the labor market. I've enjoyed staying home, but it wasn't what I intended. For some reason working with 2 was easy, working with 3 was not, although some of that may have had to do with increasing responsibilities at work for both of us as we hit our late 30's.[/quote]
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