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Navywife620
June 26th, 2016, 02:20 PM
Ok! So Dh and I have been throwing around the idea of having a 4th. I just don't feel "done" yet. So please tell me the good, bad,and ugly of having 4. I sometimes feel like 4 is a lot and we might be crazy to add another. I'm wondering if i should fight the urge and just be happy with me 3!

Girlieplease
June 26th, 2016, 02:35 PM
Sorry no advice other than we have three and have decided to roll the dice and go for a fourth. We are still not sure if we will cope financially or emotional but I never knew about swaying with my previous three pregnancies and now I do it is one last chance to try to get a sister for my dd! Good luck with your decision and I will read the comments with interest! X

sweetdream
June 26th, 2016, 03:11 PM
We have four! And its a crowd! But I'm in love!
It kinda grew on me. Lol
Well if one isn't home its quiet and peacefull. Of they are all home its loud and noisy! I freak out at times.
But i have had momentele that i thought OMG what have i done!
And thought it would never be ok and i could never handle it (i was still pg then)
Now the youngest turnster almost 1,5 it just rolls.
I feel it's cool. Not easy but not that much harder as three. I feel i've ajusted just as from 2-3.
I still find hardst adding from 1-2

familymatters
June 26th, 2016, 04:31 PM
No advice as we have 3 and would like one more, but almost all mums of 4 say to me that it wasn't much 4 to 3! In fact some say its easier because they pair off and play together.

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familymatters
June 26th, 2016, 04:31 PM
That's supposed to say *it wasn't much different going from 3 to 4*

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Babygirlquest
June 26th, 2016, 06:32 PM
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Good luck in your decision!

Dreamofpink
June 27th, 2016, 03:59 AM
Welcome back Navywife!! We now have four & it's busy but I'm so glad that we have our four as it feels more balanced having two bigger ones and two littlies together. We're only 3 weeks in though & still getting used to life as a family of six.

Three beautiful boys and my longed-for DD due in June 2016!

Navywife620
June 27th, 2016, 01:07 PM
Welcome back Navywife!! We now have four & it's busy but I'm so glad that we have our four as it feels more balanced having two bigger ones and two littlies together. We're only 3 weeks in though & still getting used to life as a family of six.

Three beautiful boys and my longed-for DD due in June 2016!

Yay congratulations!!! Did you sway?? I'm not even sure if I'm going to really sway if we go for it.

atomic sagebrush
June 27th, 2016, 01:10 PM
My situation is weird because while I have 5 kids my first two are adults and no longer live with us. while they do take a surprising amount of time still, it's not the day in and day out that kids at home are.

I really think it depends on the age of the kids. When I had 3 little ones under 5 it was hard, hard, hard. I could not have handled a 4th one (I didn't feel like anyway, I'm sure I would have muddled through somehow but it would not have been easy.) But DS 3 and 4 are very much the age of your DS's and I actually just have lately been thinking that I actually could do another baby (I'm not going to, but I COULD.) I also work full time, homeschool, and my husband is useless with day to day chores (great with other stuff, just not the day to day kid/house stuff) so if you were not in that same boat, it may be a lot easier than it was for me.