moms of 3 harder from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3

beachgirl1977

I thought I was done after #2 but after he was born I'm not sure I am done. BUt then I wonder how on earth would I handle 3. Which was harder going from 1 to 2 kids or adding the 3rd?

Lantaria

1-2 was harder for us.  My second son had colic (and he is still a fussy child).  2-3 wasn't bad at all.

AngelaSue

I think it was harder going from 1 to 2 than 2 to 3. Sure there are challenges w/ having a 3rd baby, but our transition seemed smoother. I'm hoping 3 to 4 goes just as well!

KrisBriMcBunny

for me it was harder going from 2 to 3 mainly because they were only 16 months apart....there's 3.5 yrs between 1 & 2.  I also had a d!ckhead of a husband who didnt help out at all which is why hes now my ex.

SpartanGirl

I thought from 1 to 2 was harder.  The transition from 2 to 3 was really smooth for us.  It helps that #3 was a really good baby too.

rebs

I found 2-3 much harder.  1-2 was easy for us.  It is partly b/c summer is so busy with us going to the cottage, and baby #3 is super fussy.

shopgirl78

I found 2-3 much harder.  I thought 1-2 was cake.   The logistics of three are much tougher!  1 mommy, 2 hands (one occupied by an infant carrier), 3 kids....I find that it divides DH and I up more, we split duties.  He takes DS1 often when I need to get out.  

championmama

KrisBriMcBunny:

for me it was harder going from 2 to 3 mainly because they were only 16 months apart....there's 3.5 yrs between 1 & 2.  I also had a d!ckhead of a husband who didnt help out at all which is why hes now my ex.

oh, crap.  This fits us to a tee except for the dickhead husband part.  but, he can demonstrate some laziness at times. 

wildfloweragain

I think it really depends on ages. Seems like people I know who have had 3 had a larger age gap between 2 and 3 so the older kids were more independent.  The ones who kept their sanity, I mean. 

I have 3 and was on a playdate today with a friend who has 3.  But our experiences were so different, you can't compare.  She has a house cleaner and free anytime babysitting, and her girls are 9 (twins) and 2 yrs old.  The older ones help a lot.

 

My older lovelies fight and the middle child poops in his pull up whenever I can't get to them (nursing, getting baby down to sleep...)

 

I do think no matter when you have them, it gets easier after a few years and they can be friends.

DandelionMom

The third kicked my ass.  I was a really good mom with two.  But with my third, I felt like I was barely scraping by for the first 3 years. 

libra31

2-3 w/o a doubt.  1-2 was an easy transition for us.  But DH and I both feel like it's getting a lot easier in the past month.  DS is 5 months now.  That first 3 months was HARD!