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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone with three kids past preschool ages respond? We are actively debating this now as a lawyer / doctor couple (though with flexible jobs) and both of us want to work. We don’t want to have a nanny. [/quote]

We have three kids and two big jobs, both in person - healthcare adm and trial lawyer. Youngest is now in HS. Two special needs kids, both significant such that neither will have a DCUM typical career path in that neither will go to college and one may not be independent but we’re working at it.

We used daycare and an every other week house cleaner. A few years we also had someone mow our lawns.

Not surprisingly, we’re really organized and plan ahead. We probably ate out too often but I think that was our worst fault. It was just that when we had a free evening, we wanted time to connect so we let someone else cook and clean up. It was one of those things that we just accepted as a line item in our budget because we were so busy.

We traveled a lot from the time they were babies and I was proficient at traveling alone with all three even as very young kids, though I can’t remember spouse ever doing that.

One kid was in travel sports and that required some divide and conquer - but all of life is kind of like that. Before kids we used to run all errands together but after kids we would sometimes have to go our separate ways to get everything done.

Sometimes we had to say know to the kids when it came to activities but really we made almost everything work for us and the kids.

The little kid time was really sweet. We would all get together in my bedroom (we added a couch) and read until everyone was tired and went to bed. In the summer we closed the pool down every single night unless there was rain, showering on the way out and they fell into bed. When the kids started driving (youngest doesn’t yet) we took advantage of having a kid to help with driving and errands - they loved it and we appreciated the time.

Most of the time we all showed up for kids’ events (plays, games, competitions). My kids are close and really supportive of each other. Our house is was/is a hang out house when that age hit so I made more frozen pizzas and brownies than I ever imagined I would.

As parents we definitely had our lanes. I did doctors, dentists, school (which was a lot because of two kids with IEPs, one of which was intense and required me to be at school so often), activities and finances.

We love having three kids. Never regretted and never were overwhelmed by it. [/quote]

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