Three young children all in a row (almost) ??? any mums done this? =)?

Question

Hi there

We currently have two boys, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 yolds! They are awesome and I dont remember any other way now even though it may be challenging at times I feel I have got into a flow of things... what I want to know is, we are thinking of having another child - is it better to try soon and get the baby stage over with and have 3 grow together... or wait till the kids are in school (4 or 5ish) and then have the other...

Anyone done this or have any advice/stories???

Answer 1

yea i say get it over with... i havve a 4 yr old.. 1 yr old.. and i jus had my 3rd boy on the 19th.. so there all pretty close in age.. i rather have it that way so they can grow up together..

Answer 2

Hmmm 1 yr apart...YIKES!  But not horrible at all. My first two were close together (almost 18 months apart).  It's a challenge for sure.

I used to tell my son...go get mommy a big diaper and a little diaper and lay them on the floor and change them at the same time if I was lucky!

I had my 3rd one almost 4 yrs later.  The older two treated her like a little princess and thought she was their baby...till they got to be about 5 and 6.  Then she suddenly became a pain!! lol

They are now grown and the first two are very close and have shared friends, etc.  My last one was just left out somewhat.  Sure, she had her own friends, but being more exposed to her older siblings, seemed to be less interested in kids her own age and yet pushed away from the older kids friends.

To each their own, but I say keep them close in age and as they grow older, and as you grow older, the time will be so much more memorable and each will be able to share their memories together..

Just a thought.

Answer 3

i think its a gr8 idea. that what we are planning. i have a 5 month old baby and we are already trying for a second.the third one also will be following soon after the second. my cousin did that also. 3 in a row. better get one after another and then enjoy watching them grow and u too get all the time off. no waiting for 2 yrs and then before u start enjoying some life u r preg again and there goes another two years of sleepless nights, no outings... so what u r doing is gr8.

Answer 4

I think you should just do whatever you feel you want to.  If you can handle a new born 3 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old then by all means go for it.  Personally I would wait a year or two untill at least the oldest one was in school.

Answer 5

I have a 4 yr old son and a 2 1/2 yr old daughter and i am pregnant with #3 (32wks 5d) I just thought it was better to get the whole baby/toddler stage over with an not prolong my agony LOL no it's not that bad i love them to death an wouldn't have it any other way i just didn't want to have my kids grow up an start being independant then have another baby an go back to changing nappies an sleepless nights!