Thinking of having a 3rd child.....any advice?

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by JerseyBean

Any advice? We have two girls ages 5 and 3 and we are thinking of adding one more....

Why are you asking my advice? This is your decision. This is not a decision that strangers should have any influence on.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by Momoftwo2012

My husband and I are in a place right now where it's now or never to try for our third. I'm so confused everything is perfect right now our oldest is a son (6) youngest is our daughter (3). I'm 38 stay at home mom and i just can't make up my mind if we should have a third. Doesnt every mom feel the need/emptiness for another baby? Why can't I just be grateful and fullfilled with the two children I have. Why can't I just enjoy them and enjoy each stage of their lives? I'm home and if we don't have a third I will go back to work in another year and it will really help us live a little more. Help can't make this decision!

Nope.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Nope.

I agree. Not all do! Some people like to keep parenting short and sweet.
Others pass on it altogether.

For me a larger family - not Dugger Large was how I grew up. My family had 4 and I has seven sets of cousins - the smallest had two, the largest had five. And no, we are not Catholics. Just a typical 50s 60s 70s family.

I especially enjoy my first cousins! Cousins are a wonderful relation - close enough to understand your family completely, but with enough distance to avoid drams. Just more people to share memories with - and more to love.

I have a friend who remarked that her husband was an only child and she had one brother who was nine years older than her. He never had children and her children do not have any first cousins. She made up for if by having three kids and adopting two. Her biological daughter is 21 and unsure if she wants children at all. Her daughter through adoption, five years younger already has decided on three,

But, No, NOT everyone feels this way.