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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When starting a family in your late 30s is the norm it becomes more challenging to have 3+ kids. Not for everyone, obviously, but that is going to play in to the average family size in high COL neighborhoods full of highly educated, high income, dual working parent households.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks all for the responses. I'm 33 with 3 kids already so for DC standards I started early.
We both work full time, although we mainly work at home and do split days as much as possible (DH does an early 8-hr shift starting at 5AM so I do childcare/drop-offs before I start work, then DH is off at 2:30 so he takes on childcare from pick-up until dinner time).
Somehow I still think we could manage this with a 4th, especially if we take as much leave as possible the first year. I'd stack my sick leave, annual leave, and 12 wks of Paid Parental Leave, return to work and then have DH take his leave as long as possible. This is what we did with our 3rd and it worked out great - we didn't need much childcare for the baby until she was 7 or 8 months old. (I never mentioned we have no family here... We manage a lot on our own).[/quote]

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