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A short post today. I am writing this on Sunday night, finishing up the week which has been our spring break – I know a lot of people go to start theirs this week! For ours, we went to the beach for a few days with another family which was really nice. It’s great to have the kids old enough where they can play for hours as long as there are other kids and the parents can just sit back.
I’ve been thinking about having a third child lately. Which is somewhat insane just because I don’t think I would actually be able to do it. For a long time I didn’t think I even wanted one child, and then after that I didn’t think I wanted two, so to think that I actually might want three is kind of mind boggling. But this time, I feel much more that a third kid isn’t actually going happen for a multitude of reasons. There’s multiple emotions tied into it, the knowledge that I’m getting older and it would be way harder to recover; the fact that I will never have that baby phase again and I wish I had appreciated it more at the time. There’s also the fact that I’m quite certain I’ve forgotten a lot of how difficult it was – for example, last week beach it was actually a pretty relaxed vacation…the kids can all play on their own, feed themselves, etc. I could just sit and chat with my friend. To have a baby would be to start over on that front. And the time, and my existing workload, and etc etc etc.
I know a lot of people have kids at my age and add a third, fourth, fifth! I just don’t think it’d be the best decision for me (and somewhere my husband is breathing an enormous sigh or relief). But it’s still sad.
Anyway, a little bit more of a personal post today – but I’ve shared my life over the years and wanted to write about this, in case anyone else is having these thoughts, or has gone through a similar journey. If so I’d love to hear from you!
