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@angeliabell You can't plan these things. But even if you could, I wouldn't plan this.

@tiltv4 We had a third recently with this scenario (big siblings are 5 and 7). It's been awesome so far. I was worried it would threaten the closeness of the older two, but it just adds a new dimension. In retrospect I think I was wrong to think that their bond needed to be preserved as-is. The...

@scrooge They are 7.5 and 5 now. They would have been 6 and almost 4 if our first attempt at a third had worked out.

@cookie34ss6 I was in a very similar situation - felt like things were stable and good, finally got the kids in bunk beds so had a home office. We experienced a second trimester pregnancy loss of what would have been our third child. After that I wasn't so sure I wanted to keep going, for a...

@sisi Family of 4, me and my brother are 3.5y apart. In childhood it was wonderful to have a playmate but sibling rivalry (felt mainly by me I think) was a constant. As a kid I didn't really wish for more siblings so much as I longed to have a sister. As an adult I really wish I had more...

@chopper1690 I found it helpful to pretend to have made the decision in my mind. Pick a period of time - a week, a month, a day, an hour if that's all you can manage - and hold one choice in your mind, as if you've already made a decision. Just let your mind rest there for a period of time (the...