My girls are 9, 7 and 4. I always tell people there is one and more than one. I saw no difference. However, parents whose kids were closer in age may have a different take with 3 in diapers. dd#1 was 5 when I had last dd and she was a big help. I should mention my third was much more high maintenence than the first 2 but it wasn't hard per say.

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allgirls, mom to 3 girls

My kids are 7, 6, 3 & 18 months. The last 2 were the easiest out of the bunch. Baby #3 was really easygoing and content to just hang out, part of it was his personality and the other part was that I more relaxed and not worried about everything.

Personally I wanted to have all my kids close together because I didn't want to get out of the diaper phase and then go back to it. It's worked out well for our family, all of our kids are close and they play well together.

I have 4 boys:
15
11
10
7 weeks (yeah, a surprise baby)

I can say that the transition from one to two children was ENORMOUS and I can remember asking myself many, many times, what was I thinking ? But, after that, it really didn't make much of a difference whether there were three or thirty, juggling is juggling, and it all depends on how good a juggler you are LOL!

HTH,
Jenn

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I may be the odd one out but I think that going from 2 to 3 is really challenging. This past week my oldest-8 is at my parents house. It is so much easier to go to the store, do things around the house and much easier on my ears! I would not give them up for the world but I really think that having 3 or more adds a lot more to the plate. Maybe it is because the last two are 11 months apart and very very different. They clash and it is constant scream fest around here. I am sure when they are a little older and in school it will change .... in a different way. By the way I have 3 girls and they are 8, 4 and 3.

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I grew up in a family and was one of four children. We were all very far apart in age.

My husband had four children from his previous marriage. My step kids are all very close in age. I always say that with four kids in five years, I would have divorced him, too!

In my opinion, an only child basks in the glow of all that attention from both parents. Two children have to either get along with each other or play - miserably - alone. And if one parent is lauding attention on one child, the other parent is always available.

The third child is all too frequently odd-man out. Two children play together fine but even adults have difficulty socializing in a threesome. It isn't always the third child (the youngest) who is left out, but one out of the three will usually be. And, of course, there are only two parents so if a parent is busy with one child and the other parent is busy with the other child, the leftover child is - left over.

From my experience, a threesome is difficult so if you want more children, go for four - or more.

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Going from 2 to 3 kids was horrible for us. When my youngest was born, her older sisters were 18 months, and three years. Now my husband and I sit here and say to eachother, "oh my goodness, imagine if we just had two!!"

i guess the key for us was having them at about 2 -3 years apart so my oldest is 7 middle is 4 and youngest is almost 2 the older ones could do more and be rationlized with more.. i think if they were all really close together it would be a very big challange while they were younger. so for us going to the 3rd was really not all that hard i had one in school all day so that made things easier for me for the first 7 months. we can't imagine not having had the 3 now.

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We are about to have our 3rd within the next 9 weeks
I do belive I could not have an only child as they have more burdens when they get older if parents die etc (they have someone going thru the same things as they are and do not have to do it all alone)

I have 1 brother and since he lives far enough away I will be doing most of the work (he will do what he can) anyhow I know families with more than 2 kids and they seem to d great with making time for each kid I hope i can do that well too

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Kelly mom to 3 great girls

I TOTALLY agree. My three are 5 1/2, 3 1/2 and 2. I know it's unusual but they never, ever fight. They have a ball playing together and currently, we don't have any issues with one being left out. I came from a family of three kids too and we got along well too, and still do. Maybe one might start to get left out when they get older but the three of them really stick together now. We have basically ruled out any more.

I say go for it! You won't regret it.

As a Mother of three 10,7,and 5. I say it normally isn't that big of a deal. The only thing I can see as a down side is it is more expensive. It is also challenging when they are all in sports, different schools, and all of the other things that happen.

I wouldn't change a minute of it for anything though.

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