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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m with you!

We are selfish and we know it, but we wanted to share our life with someone. We very much planned for DD, and we very much enjoy sharing our life with her. She’s our buddy and we love the freedom we have with one.

We are never outnumbered, one parent can always have a break (super nice on vacation and on weekends), speaking of travel: three to a row! It works for us and we are very pleased.[/quote]

How are you selfish for having one kid? [/quote]

I don’t know but as a parent of one it’s a message I get and I’m always just like, huh?? This idea def needs to be explained to me [/quote]

I mean, I'm a one kid parent too and I get it also. I also agree it's ridiculous. Is it selfish to want to balance being a parent with doing other things?

Example: Tonight our 2 year old was a living demon. I swear to god she was possessed. However, [b]we got her to bed at 7:30 and now DH and I are eating popcorn and watching Masterchef. We get to have a break after a long week of work and a child in demon phase. I guess some people think it's selfish to want this?[/b]

Also, PP is right that the best thing you can do for the Earth is to not contribute to overpopulation by having 1 kid rather than 2 or more. [/quote]

I’m very confused. You think if you had a second child, you wouldn’t put them to bed?

Your first kid would go sleep at 8 and the second child would get to stay up all night? I don’t understand the logic here. [/quote]

Given that we have a 2.5 year old, any second child would be an infant right now, so yes — he/she would be up all night at this point.[/quote]

And the infant stage would last forever. Obviously.

I’m not saying two kids aren’t more work, but getting a break after bedtime is pretty universal for all parents with young kids.

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