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[quote=Anonymous]I was on the fence about having kids for a long time, and when I did decide to go for it, I was still scared about the sacrifices it would involved and whether it would really be worth it.  I'm not a particularly selfless person, and before I had kids I wasn't particularly a "kid" person.  The things that scared me most were: 1) sleep deprivation, and 2) would I resent giving up my free time.  I would get very annoyed with people who went on and on about how having kids is the greatest thing ever and everyone should do it.

I have two kids now, almost 4 and almost 2, and they have brought me more joy than anything I have ever done.  I don't have nearly as much free time as a used to, but in retrospect, I don't think I was doing anything all that amazing with the free time I had.  I also find parenting much less tedious than I feared.  It's not just that I find my kids more interesting than other kids because they're mine, they're also at a point where their needs are pretty simple, and being able to meet their needs is satisfying.

That being said:
1) my kids have so far been healthy,
2) one kid is and always has been an excellent sleeper, and the other is a decent, but not perfect, sleeper.  They go to bed reliably at 8:30, so I still have a couple of hours to myself in the evening.
3) my husband pulls his weight in the parenting department.

I would have to imagine if any of those things weren't true, it would add a lot of stress.  [/quote]

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