Some of my friends are debating on whether to have three children or stick to two. As a mom of three, I have a lot of good stories to share and some pros and cons to having more than one or two. I’m a big advocate on more than one but if “one and done” is your cup of tea, that’s awesome.
While three kids may seem a lot for some, it’s the perfect family size for us. We’ve had a lot of fun over the years and we stay busy. Now that the kids are ten, eleven, and fifteen, we’re kind of cruising along. I find myself waking them up on the weekends rather than the other way around. I have help with the dishes, laundry, the dog. They keep each other busy and they are friends. I really couldn’t ask for more.
But when they were little, however, it was a lot of work. Some nights were just exhausting. The routine with three kids can and will drag you down if you let it. It worked for us because we worked hard to stay positive and encouraged that this season would soon pass. Knowing that in just a few short years, your children will soon be driving you around town or that you’ll one day be standing in the doorway a sop of tears when they are packing up to go to college is enough to want to keep them young and the house full.
So what’s life like with three kids? Let me share a snapshot from a story below, shared back in 2011 on my old blog.
Hubby and I were doing the bedtime rounds one school night. This meant giving everyone a bath and then putting the two little ones to sleep first. We normally put all three in the bathtub together and went down the assembly line with scrubbing down, cleaning ears, etc. and then taking them out one-by-one.
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