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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you making assumptions about what all kids "should" be able to do based on what your child is doing, or drawing causal relationships between your parenting and your child's temperament? Those are things that hopefully even parents of onlies stop doing as their children get older, but having a second child will shut down that line of thinking quickly.[/quote]

+1 most of the moms of onlies I know are quite smug about their parenting. I don’t say anything, but that is common when you have one young child. When more children get thrown in the mix and as your children age, you see more and more complexity and have more varied parenting experiences. Usually when you have an only who is a toddler or preschooler it’s simpler because the child lives in an adult world for the most part. I would not mistake the ease of having one young child with anything more than that — the situation itself.

Anyway, you ARE a FTM of a young child, and everyone remembers how that feels — it’s a particular part of the parenting journey, and for moms of older kids and multiple children, there’s a lot more beyond that. I understand it’s rude for people to say that to you, but 1) think about what you might be saying to elicit that and 2) maybe open your mind and learn a bit from others. They might just be trying to share some perspective. [/quote]

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