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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's mostly hormonal, seriously. We had our third when I was 42 and we are now in the throes of teens and tweens and it is HARD. So much harder than taking care of little kids. Of course we adore our kids but I look at our friends with one or two and think how nice that would be. :) Of course we don't have it as tough as our friends who went for their third and got preemie twins who still have a ton of health problems, so their family of two became a family of four.

TL;DR - my advice is to embrace the family you have and throw your extra love and energy into yourself![/quote]

You are not the first person I've heard express this sentiment and it really helps me. I don't mean to sound like I am benefitting at your expense, but I have a 3 yo and a 10 month old (not the OP) and MAJOR baby fever, especially as that 10 month old creeps toward toddlerhood. Once she starts walking I'm going to fall apart. But knowing that this may pass and that I will almost definitely not enjoy having three older kids helps me with this feeling. It also helps to calm my jealousy over people I know with three. Having babies/toddlers is so all-consuming that it can be hard to ever imagine yourself with three teenagers but I just try to trust that I will evolve to be happy and satisfied with a family of four that never feels like anything is missing. [/quote]

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