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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are planning for #3 and aren't feeling overwhelmed. If it were up to me, I'd have been pregnant before our DC's 2nd and 4th birthdays which just occurred.

Having our first was waaaay more overwhelming due to life circumstances (lost my mum) and the fact that I was suddenly responsible for a little human. It's easy to get wrapped up in a child's minutiae with one, and having more children lets you take a step back and not micromanage your children. JMO, based on my experience and the parents of singletons I know.[/quote]

[b]Isnt this likely the cause of birth order differences and why a second child is so often a screw up?[/b]  Having someone all wrapped up in the child's minutiae and them more relaxed once #2 comes around seems to regularly produce hig achieving first born children and screw up second borns.....[/quote]

Um, I think studies have found that second kids have slightly lower performance in school or something like that, but what makes you use the word "screw-up?" That's a pretty harsh word to describe tons and tons of people worldwide who are not eldest or only children. What exactly do you mean by "screw-up?" The fact that my younger sister went to Smith College instead of Harvard (like me) and went on to get a Fulbright instead of...becoming a SAHM like me? [/quote]

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