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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I was in your shoes a few years ago when mine were 1 and 4 and I’m really happy we stopped at two. I really wanted a third but felt overwhelmed when my kids were those ages. We decided to revisit when the oldest was around kindergarten age. Then, the pandemic happened, we had no childcare, my oldest was going to virtual kindergarten, and we were even more completely overwhelmed than before. We had to say no more kids at that point. We never did have the third but I still felt that pang or sense of failure you’re talking about when I saw families with three or more kids for while. Now, my youngest is 5.5 and I’m so happy we stopped at two kids. We are in a great place most of the time right now, and I feel certain I don’t have the emotional bandwidth or executive functioning skills I would have needed to give an additional kid what he/she needed - I’m at my max right now. PPs are right that older kids are exhausting in different ways than younger. [/quote]
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