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[quote=Anonymous]Not a baby person whatsoever - I found it isolating, relentless, tiring, and stressful. I never even held a baby let alone changed a diaper before my first was born. But I liked the idea of having school age children and adult children. With #1, I was living hours away from friends/family (dh was in residency) and we didn't have a lot of money or help. It was tough. I went back to work 3 days a week when baby was 4 months old, and that helped a lot.  Baby 1 was pretty easy (and a very precocious/mature toddler), so we had Baby 2 not too long afterwards. She was a nightmare so we thought we were done. But then we all got through all of that, baby 2 became a "real" person, and I had a 3rd when she was in K. My 3rd was my easiest, sweetest, perfect sleeping baby. I also went back to work right at 12 weeks - FT (albeit an easy job, 35 hrs/ week) - because I didn't have it in me anymore to change diapers and deal with nap schedules and play peekaboo and do tummy time and clean bottles... I needed an office with a door to close so I could read the news or just engage my mind in peace. DH and I sometimes wonder, what were we thinking - we could have gotten baby 2 again. But now the kids are in K - 7th and it basically just keeps getting better each year. It's so fun seeing them develop their own unique selves. [/quote]

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