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August 2013 Moms
kanned0121
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Night crew Check-in
kanned0121
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So.. My little bundle of love slept through the night the past two nights.. It was awesome! But now that I have work extra early tomorrow he's up a few times. (I'm happy to take care of my baby and feed him, even in the MOTN.. Just sayin it would've been nice for him to have sttn tonight of all nights).
So QOTN- how many siblings do you have? If you're from a big family, does it make you want a big family or a smaller family than what you grew up with? .. I hope that makes sense.
I have 4 siblings. Now that I'm older and have a better relationship I appreciate having a larger family than average. However DH and I want to be able to give our kids more opportunities .. So we'll probably only have 3 total.
So QOTN- how many siblings do you have? If you're from a big family, does it make you want a big family or a smaller family than what you grew up with? .. I hope that makes sense.
I have 4 siblings. Now that I'm older and have a better relationship I appreciate having a larger family than average. However DH and I want to be able to give our kids more opportunities .. So we'll probably only have 3 total.
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Re: Night crew Check-in
QOTN: I am an only, so I always wanted two or more. I have wished for siblings my whole life. Even more so now that I am an adult. I hate that my children won't have aunts or uncles or cousins from my side. And since my dad passed away it seems lonley with just me and my mom.
QOTN: I have 2 younger siblings (1 sister and 1 brother), and DH has 1 younger sister. At this point, I want a max of 2 kids. I want LO to have a sibling, but we need to decide what's right for our family. If we decide to have another one, it will be in the next 5 years tops.
I have a brother and sister. We're all adopted though, from diff places.
I have 6 brothers. I'm the only girl. Growing up with all of them was kind of difficult. I kind of felt like part of a collection than part of a family, so we're thinking only 2 kids for us.
I come from a family of three girls. I have three boys (can't seem to change tickers). I would like one more kid, because with three girls we were always fighting. I just feel like its better to have an even number.
I have one brother. We are 13 months apart. We are very close.
DH is #3 out of 6. He feels much like the pp that said they felt "more like part of a collection". He loves his family and has a lot of great memories growing up, but is pretty adamant about having only two children. He has no interest in having a large family of his own after growing up in one.
I wouldn't mind one more (3 total) but it would take a lot of convincing. DH is quite content right now.
QOTN: I just had one sibling growing up but my parents had 2 and 4 siblings and I grew up very close to my cousins and enjoyed the relationship between my parents and their siblings. This made me want to have more than just 2 kids, probably 4, we haven't decided yet.
I have 1 sister but we have different dads and we both grew up with our dads so I grew up an only child basically. I definitely do not want only one child cause I think it kinda sucked being alone, although it also had its perks.
QOTN: I came from what I call a patchwork family. We started with 5 kids in the house but then my 2 step sisters left, and then I discovered my little sister was only our half sister and my brother and I are the only 2 full blood siblings. I was effectively raised as the middle child and I hated it. It made me adament not to have a middle child and since we already have my step son, we may be one and done. Still deciding though as the age gap will make LO pretty much an only child by the time she's 9-10 and I don't know how I feel about that either. Ugh!!! Decisions!!
QOTN: I'm the oldest of 5 kids from the same parents. I say that because the first 4 were born within 6 years of each other and the last one was born 11 years later. He has grown up mostly as an only child because the closest sibling in age to him went off to college when he was 7. I like being part of a big family now even though growing up I always wanted to be an only. I can't imagine not having kids with my sisters and not spending holidays as a family. I don't want 5 kids but we will probably have 3.