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[quote=Anonymous]I really love my kid, but damn, there are times when I wonder "what the hell have i done" with my life!  I have a ton of friends who are child-free and they are basically living the life I was living before I had my kid, and sometimes I miss that old life so much.

For me, the baby/toddler/preschool years were pretty easy, but I only have one kid.  She's 10 and a really good kid, and I recognize that I am blessed.  It's more of a "I miss my old career/ I miss having money/ I miss having a clean house/ I miss my independence" sort of thing.

OP, part of the problem here is that you are REALLY in the trenches in terms of the ages of your kids.  Having two kids that young is just a lot of work and little sleep for a sometimes completely ephemeral reward.  Whatever you do, if you feel this way now, make sure you do NOT have another one.  If you can avoid that, I bet you will feel differently when the youngest is 4 or 5 and things are a bit easier.  That's not that far away.[/quote]

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