I have only recently added #3 - he is 11 wks old today - he is soooooo placid - and like Trillian posted, I think it also has to do with his environment. I don't have time to stress if he has a bad feed or won't go to sleep during the day - I have to do school run, and still do the shopping etc - he just kinda fits in.
However having said that I do find it hard sometimes cos no matter how "good" they are, still time consuming with feeding settling, changing and all that - that is the biggest thing I noticed (again )
DH and I just said the other day what an absolute joy he is.
You'll probably find they will be right by your side for the 1st few weeks. Otherwise quiet time with a DVD, FOOD, or colouring in next to you works wonders.
I so just posted in here and hit post and boom its gone Grrrrrrr.....
Anyway like I was saying you will find that your 3rd just slips into your familys life, as they come out knowing they are number 3, I think it has alot to do with all the noise they hear while you are UTD as 1 nad 2 and fighting you yell at 1 and 2 to stop fighting and so on, I know DD2 would kick me good and hard if I yelled a bit too much at the other two ....
The DVD player was my best friend so teach you oldest one now on how to change it over and press play...
We all go though this we all think that we wont cope but the truth is the second that baby is in this world you wont remember what you used to do before they were here....
yep, i pooped my pants the whole 9 months of pg wondering how i was going to cope with 3 when 2 were so much work.
The first couple of months were hard for me but that was more to do with the boys behaviour deteriorating than anything bub did and i agree with the posts before that #3 does seem to come out knowing there are other kids etc and she is definately the 'easiest' bub ive had to look after even though she's only just started putting herself to sleep and then only has about 30 mins at a time. She is definately yht most mellow.
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