we are currently TTC number 4 so I have no experience with it, but our gap is large so our oldest being nearly 11, our youngest it just about to turn 3. I just felt like I wasnt finished but in my circle of friends and family 4 is a HUGE family lol.
I have 7 ranging from 16 to 6. The most challenging adjustment was with number 3. I suffered severe PND after my youngest child was born, which made it quite hard to cope (perhaps an understatement), but I still remember that jump from 2 to 3 being the most difficult to deal with.
Routine, routine, routine! I can't push that point enough!!!
Mine are all 2.5 to 3 years apart. I chose that age gap for a reason (though DD3 was a suprise). I chose to have the one above day TT & sleeping through before I had the next one. Makes life easier. And the older one/s can help out here & there.
Its noisy & busy in this house all the time. But my kids have noisy, on the go personalities. Not all kids are the same. Usually not all of them will be as loud as each other
#4 hasn't been too bad. I breast fed her for 2 years & used cloth nappies til recently, so thats 2 years I haven't had to pay much out for. She hasn't added much to the cost of living at all yet. Except that we had to upgrade the car for the extra seat. But now its just me & the kids, we could go back to a 5 seater. We're surviving in a reasonably small 3 brm house. School/kindy is actually a relief! The morning rush is so worth it to have them at school for 6 hours
I think the hardest part is when they all get sick one after the other. Or when I get sick & they're all still happy & healthy & running riot But I'm doing this on my own. I think with support it would be ALOT easier.
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But I'm doing this on my own. I think with support it would be ALOT easier.
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