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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Theee kids that are 9,11 and 13. I agree with the PP who said it was much easier to manage when they were 1,3 and 5. The schedule was more set and they were in daycare and kindergarten. The crazy schedule we have now is because we allow them to participate in activities. It could be just as calm schedule wise if we’d said no to everything and they just came home from school like they did at 1,3,5. Two play travel sports and the other plays a different rec sport each season.

We enjoy the activities and they love them. As a result, our travel is pretty much to family (none local) and for sports. Yes, we have to divide and conquer a lot and it it is chaotic. We have to prioritize what’s most important to us and can’t do it all.

The people I know with 3 kids (of similar ages of mine), appear to have it “together,” and checking off your boxes, have local family that provide a lot of support.  They help with before/after school care, shuttling kids and being able to take 1 for the weekend all 3 have activities at the same time. [/quote]

3 kids and 2 careers. We are in our 30s and had kids close together. We have a nanny 45 hours/week because our kids are not in daycare (pk, preschool a few mornings a week, and the youngest is too young for preschool). I am remote, we have a cleaning person every other week, yard work is outsourced, and we are very type A and kids are smart, healthy, and temperamentally easy to manage. We have a strong relationship and are emotionally balanced so parenting is not chaos for us. We are very devoted to each other and our family. Our kids do sports and playdates and we never miss a birthday party. We also travel regularly and do date nights. No local family and only occasional family help.

We’re planners and very organized. Our house is exceptionally clean, we workout daily, we do lots of kid enrichment, we focus a lot on our careers. You need to be good at letting go of habits and things that don’t serve you and taking care of yourself mentally and physically so you can be present. Also, having money helps a lot. [/quote]

"Our kids do sports"....  Could you please describe the sports schedules of your pre-k, preschooler, and toddler child?  [/quote]

Sure- my four year old does tennis once a week and swimming once a week (swimming since 2 and tennis since 3). She is also in gymnastics once a week and we’re signing up for some weekend field hockey clinics in the spring at her private school (it’s social and sports). My preschooler (28 months) does gymnastics once a week and swimming once a week. I’m not trying to imply my children are training for the Olympics, but they do activities. Next year they’ll each do two during the week (the four year old will drop gymnastics). I played sports in college and have very active kids who are social and sports are an easy outlet for both. [/quote]

We live in a very walkable area and swimming and tennis are both less than a mile away/5 minute drive.[/quote]

I’m another mom of 3 in a walkable area. I can’t emphasize how much this helps. My kids can walk to some of their sports practices (we live close to several parks with sports fields). They can walk to school and friends houses. Even when driving everything is incredibly close by and we are surrounded by families within our neighborhood to carpool with (dense area means there’s not much driving out of the way). Also sports games seem to be scheduled based on locality.

The only time we do any meaningful driving is to birthday parties that are booked at a venue further out in which case I look at the invite list to carpool or plan errands out that way. [/quote]

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