Club 3 or more Kids

[MummyThreeStreams]

phankao:

24hr-mum:

i do know of a friend who has 3 kids and no maid, no grandparents to help. she also does part-time work from home like me. really must salute.

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Nothing unusual. There are families with 6, 7, 8 and no helpers at all (and no grandparents).

that's a lot of kids!
must be super good with time-management and delegation. will make great managers!

[tigger88]

I have 3 kids; 1, 3 & 5 YO. Still considering if I should try for #4 next year.


I have a maid when #2 arrives. Both my DS1 (K1) and DD2 (N1) are in now childcare while DS3 is taken care of by my helper at home. My dad comes to my place daily to supervise my helper.

If we go out without my helper, we will drive one car (normal sedan). DS1 will sit in his booster seat at the front passenger seat. I will be sandwiched between DD2 and DS3 (in their toddler car seats) at the back passenger seat.

[bezzlay]

I hv 3 kids too.


DS1 is 6, DS2 is 4 and DS3 is 2.

I am a SAHM (quit my job > 1 yr) to give 24hours a day to my kids, and I am fortunate that my mother cooked and father delivered the meals to us.

I have a weekly helper and we are contented and comfortable with a sedan, Latio.

Only recycle the books if condition is good. Kids will always fight for things, we just need to exercise fairness.

[24hr-mum]

tigger88, just curious, why are you thinkg of hvg #4? ur #1 still very young and all ur kids 2-year gap, like mine. i think i cant afford #4. so expensive the cost of living here.

[tigger88]

24hr-mum, I love kids and it’s always my dream to have 4 kids. Financially will be tough to raise 4 kids so that’s why we (me and hubby) are still considering.

[24hr-mum]

that’s great. i also thot whr shd have #4, preferably a boy cos i already have 2 girls and my only son lacks a boy play mate. but my boy alrdy 5, age gap will be too big also.


i cant imagine startg all over again, breastfeeding round the clock, cooking bb porridge, and stil hving to have a maid, the cost, the tuition fees (will hv to cut down for #1), bringing all the barang barang ev time we go out its like camping cos ev kids wants to be entertained by his or her unique toys when waiting for others to finish eating when we r out, etc.

[znzyzyzx]

Hi , I have 4 kids from 4 to 14. The first 3 has a wide age gap of 4 , so I find it not as taxing. I was a ftwm until 2 months ago.


My number 1 is at the rebellious age, so I was thinking could it be because I did not spend enough time with her when she was in pri school?

My number 3 is entering p1 next year , so I decided to quit my job to spend more time with her while I can. Once they go into sec school , they don’t want you anymore.

[heyhoe]

I've 3 boys - 3, 5 and 8. We depend on childcare and student care to bring up our kids. It's tough but we have no choice.


With 3 kids, our financial and career growth is going south but we're happy when we see the kids happy. I guess it's a choice we have to make. In fact, I think we have to give up our car very soon.

[24hr-mum]

i always salute parents with three boys. i hv only 1 but he’s giving me much headache n i cant help comparing with my easier-to-manage girls.

[phankao]

tigger88:

24hr-mum, I love kids and it's always my dream to have 4 kids. Financially will be tough to raise 4 kids so that's why we (me and hubby) are still considering.

Actually I find kids to be so troublesome. 3 was still manageable. But truthfully, 4 is just too much, tipping the scale of can tolerate to hate.