I have felt what you are feeling. When my 2 older kids were 4 months and 2 yrs old I opened my dc. After almost 2 years I had my 3rd baby. We were also on Dave Ramsey and needed my income to make all the bills. After 2 years with 3 of my own and 4 dck I couldn't do it anymore for the reasons you stated. It was too much. I felt like I was about to have a complete meltdown.

When my dh finally realized how bad it was he ended up taking on a 2nd job in the mornings before his regular job. So, he worked from 4a-7a and then went to work at his day job. I already had a very part time job in the evenings and I kept that one. We also started donating plasma. Eventually we got to a place where my dh could quit the early morning job.

Now that my kids are older I opened up my dc again and it has been great. I home school my kids so they are also here but are very helpful with the my dc kids. I'll never take on more than 2 kids at a time unless my 3 are out of the house.

Good luck! K

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