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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, thought maybe 3 but now good with 2, and now they are 8 and 5 so not changing unless we have a real oops.  Just can't handle juggling the needs of another one, 2 is plenty of work.  I still get a twinge when I see cute babies but last week a friend with a toddling 1 year visited and after an hour I was exhausted and very willing to give the baby back.  There's so much freedom in having somewhat older kids, I do not want to go back to the baby stage now![/quote]

I must say I kind of romanticize the baby stage because they are so sweet. And non mobile/non verbal! The years between that and the more independent preschool stage can feel long though. And I guess I just don’t want to outsource driving elementary school kids around to someone else. I see a lot of third babies living in the car seat and not sure how I’d feel about that either. My comfort zone as a parent is being able to give a lot of individualized time and attention, and once it goes over two you have to be more at ease with batching them together.[/quote]

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