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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people just know they want a big family and are willing to go through the baby phase more than once.  I was already 2 months pregnant at my DD1's first birthday.  With a visible belly haha.  DH and I knew we wanted a bunch of kids.  Ended up with 3 in 5 years. [/quote]

I am not a baby person either, OP, but I have 3 kids. For me it was just that our family didn't feel complete. After the 3rd child, it did. Also by the 3rd child I figured I could do the lack of sleep for a year (except DD3 made it 19 months of sleep disruptions - I don't remember much about those months but I survived).

I will say that by kid 3 we were also in the world of kid activities and such and not nearly so bored as that first year with 1 when we really just didn't know what to do with ourselves. I WOH part time so I always got "adult time" (not that I consider that a big important thing, honestly, because I'm an introvert), but the boredom of that first year with 1 kid was pretty terrible.[/quote]

I am not a baby person at all and we have 3. It just felt right for our family.

Also the baby/toddler stage is brief in the grand scheme of life. I really struggled with that phase (especially with my first…less so with the others) but have enjoyed parenting a lot overall (all 3 of mine are teens). Others might say they enjoyed the infant stage best. Maybe it is a personality thing. [/quote]

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