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re: Going from 2 kids to 3 kids…Who here has made the jump?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:52 am to SaintEB
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:52 am to SaintEB
Minivans are awesome. We reluctantly bought a Honda Odyssey when we had our third. Now we love it. The kids can get in on their own, easier to put a kid in a seat than an SUV, and plenty of space.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:56 am to Tiger Ryno
It depends. Are your current children talking to dead people?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:57 am to Tiger Ryno
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I want advice from anyone who has successfully made the jump from 2 kids to 3 kids. by successful I mean I don't want to hear from divorced people please. thanks.
At the ages of your kids, I wouldn't recommend this unless you've got an extra set of hands available at times.
We had one at home full-time and one at home part-time from the wife's previous marriage and then had one of our own. The kids were 8 and 3 at the time.
The first year was pure hell because the baby required constant attention and there was a lot of attention-seeking by the other two kids.
It gets easier if/when the older kids are a little more independent and don't require constant hand-holding while you are trying to keep the baby from crying. We're just now getting back to normal and the baby is now about a year and three months.
As far as the car goes, we were able to go for a year with my wife's Envoy before we were able to scrimp up enough to get a Pilot with third-row seats.
You can get away with a two-row car if one or two of the kids are in those little booster seats which can be moved easily and don't take up a lot of space.
Multiple kids in those huge baby seats which have to be hooked to a support bar? Third-row seating is a must for that situation.
Just be aware that you will probably be depleted of energy for most of the first year or so due to the constant feedings of the baby and the demands put on you by the other kids because they're feeling neglected.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:07 am to teke184
Hell...the wife and I are trying to decide if we want to go from 1 to 2 
We have a 1yr old daughter, and if we are gonna have another we got to get going...both of us are older.
We have a 1yr old daughter, and if we are gonna have another we got to get going...both of us are older.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:24 am to Sunday_Tiger
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I have no kids right now and am loving my college life. I have no idea what your going through, I just wanted to let you know how my life was going
I hate you and your free spirit.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:28 am to Tiger Ryno
Can't help you buddy, I have one and my wife wants a second. I love my daughter as much as any parent and would love to have another, but the overall expenses of having a kid is absurd these days. Primarily the daycare costs.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:30 am to Tiger Ryno
You become a member of a minority.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:36 am to Lithium
What I noticed was going from 4 to 5 (as a unit). Vehicles, hotel rooms, getting a 5 top at a restaurant is harder than getting a 4 top. The actual adding of another child wasnt that big a deal, if you are busting your arse on two three isnt a big stretch.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:40 am to Tiger Ryno
I did, and I have enjoyed it
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:46 am to Polycarp
Oldest of 3 checking in here. All girls, ages 25, 20 and 16. The large age difference really helped my parents manage IMO. When I was 13, I was deemed old enough to baby sit the other two and I remember trekking to the kindergarten to pick up the youngest to bring her home, make her a snack and prop her in the playroom while I did homework. My father made sure to have a job where he traveled enough to maintain his sanity My parents are happily married and we all love having a big family.
My dad comes from a family of 6 siblings, and my mom of 4.
That's really all I got
My parents are happily married and we all love having a big family. My dad comes from a family of 6 siblings, and my mom of 4.
That's really all I got
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 10:47 am
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:53 am to Tiger Ryno
adopt a kid from Africa or asia. Im being serious . you will save a life.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:54 am to Tiger Ryno
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concerns are basically about getting outnumbered, having to buy at least one large vehicle with a third row seat, most likely a mini-van, having kids in college for 8 or 9 straight years, already paying out the arse for day care…other than that we love little kids and our first two are pretty cool. The main thing is I"m almost 40 and I'll have kids in my house until I"m damn near 60
It sounds like you are summarizing my life. Made the jump to three when my first two were 4 and 2. That was almost 4 years ago. I don't remember a whole lot from the past few years. Don't expect to have much free time.
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 10:59 am
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:56 am to Tiger Ryno
I have three boys, twenty and twenty one months apart. They are now 7,8,10. It was tough early on, but it's much easier now....and really fun watching the three of them interact and grow. I wouldn't have it any other way. Mine were just about the same age as yours when our third was born. I was 35 when my last one was born.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:07 am to Tiger Ryno
If you adopt you wont have to take care of a baby . My neighbors back home adopted a Mexican child.
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 11:09 am
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:09 am to Tiger Ryno
Check. 3 to 4. Check. 
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:10 am to Tiger Ryno
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by successful I mean I don't want to hear from divorced people please.
Well screw you too bub! Some of us didn't choose to be dealt that hand.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:14 am to Tiger Ryno
Nobody want to alone w 3 kids under 6. So those two hour home depot trips to get away are over. You gotta take one with ya. But 3 is great. The third one is almost always a lot of fun. Our third is awesome!
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:14 am to LSUPhreaK
i've got two and i always wanted 3 and so did my wife but we are second guessing it now.
One is 2 1/2 and the other is 6 months.
It just sucks the first 4 or so months of a new kid.
I mean it in the nicest way. they are just so dependent on you. if we could pop one out and they were 6 months old, i'd be all over it.
Selfish of me to think that way, which is why i'm sure we'll have a third. I just want my second to be at or near out of diapers when the new one arrives.
i thought the jump from 1 to 2 was much bigger than from none to 1. Now that you have the hang of it, i don't really see going from 2 to 3 being any harder, except on the wallet. $20,000+ year in day care is going to suck. That sounds so stupid to even say that i will pay that.
3 in daycare $23,000/year
3 in catholic elementary school $13,000/year
3 in high school will suck again.
One is 2 1/2 and the other is 6 months.
It just sucks the first 4 or so months of a new kid.
I mean it in the nicest way. they are just so dependent on you. if we could pop one out and they were 6 months old, i'd be all over it.
Selfish of me to think that way, which is why i'm sure we'll have a third. I just want my second to be at or near out of diapers when the new one arrives.
i thought the jump from 1 to 2 was much bigger than from none to 1. Now that you have the hang of it, i don't really see going from 2 to 3 being any harder, except on the wallet. $20,000+ year in day care is going to suck. That sounds so stupid to even say that i will pay that.
3 in daycare $23,000/year
3 in catholic elementary school $13,000/year
3 in high school will suck again.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:19 am to TeddyPadillac
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they are just so dependent on you
i hate to bust your bubble but this does not end when they are 6 months old
i fully expect it to that way(espically girls) until they put me 6 feet under the ground
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:20 am to TeddyPadillac
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But I am interested in adopting a boy instead of procreating another girl
This is what I want to do. I have two girls now and would like a third kid, but fa sho do not want another girl.
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