@morgannicole555 3 is hard. Really hard. It’s loud and chaotic, and it’s really hard managing 3 when I’m one person. The world isn’t made for family’s of 5+ and things are inconvenient. Sometimes I daydream and imagine how simple it would be if I am hadn’t gone for #3…
But. I wouldn’t change a thing. Sure it’s hard to break up the older two rough housing too hard or climbing the pantry while I’m nursing the baby. Sure I literally don’t sleep anymore because one is sick, one is teething, and one is 5 months old EBF. I’m overwhelmed and stressed to the max but I LOVE how much they all love each other. The older two are boys 21 months apart (2 and 4 now) and they’re basically twins (and get mistaken for it in public). Baby is a girl and 5 months so I know I’m in the thick of the worst parts. She’s almost sitting up and I feel like once she gains some independence maybe things will get easier!
(Also all of mine were IVF babies. FWIW, the transfer process is a factor in us stopping at 3, despite having more embryos. It gets harder to do when you have kids at home and going for #3 was SO HARD, but I had to travel for appointments. LocL would’ve been easy)