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I always thought that among people who have children, it was most common to have two¹. Perhaps, at one time, that was correct. Nowadays, though, its all about three. Everywhere I look, I see more and more families with three kids.

Which is nice, because it gives us hope for our survival. At the moment, we are completely reactive, and are overworked and under-slept². With Haines only weeks old, and the older two not in a regular routine right now³, there is just sooooo much to do on a daily basis; MR and I are not getting into bed until after midnight every night, and up before six.

I am reserving judgment on whether or not the transition from one to two, or from two to three is more difficult until we weather this storm a bit.

One day at a time…

1. Wasn’t that the joke in the 80’s or something, that the nuclear family had 2.3 children? «
2. And apparently taking liberties with grammar and spelling. «
3. And a couple of other things I’ll reserve for later… «