On Having Three Children, redux
...or "Allow myself to TrackBack...myself."
Almost a year and a half ago I wrote this post. I'm writing now to tell you that my aphoristic statement still holds: Raising three children is much like raising two, except there is one more of them. To me, having the one more makes it infinitely more rewarding; but it really isn't any harder, at least not so far. Sometimes it can be a slightly harder, especially because they are so close in age. (Consider the logistics of taking all three to a highway rest area bathroom so one of them can use the facilities.) But that same issue makes it easier sometimes, since they are better playmates for it.
So if you have two children, don't be afraid of another, it really is quite wonderful.
(This is the part where someone asks me when we're having our next child. We're done, thanks, we've hit the target. :)
Nods to David Seruyange for reminding me of this post.