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Re: NBR: Kids Poll
How many do you want to have? 4. But I won't.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? Yes. I never realized how expensive they would be (money sucking things they are- j/k- maybe). So we realized 2 was fun and affordable for us. We are very happy. I have no regrets.
Kid random... anything you'd like to share? I think I already share so much about them. You probably know it all. They are my perfect angels (HAHAHAHAHAHA). Ya right.
Follow my SK blog as I reread the entire SK library (again!):
http://www.skallthetime.blogspot.com/
How many do you want to have? 3
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? Nope
How many do you want to have? Three or more, I think.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? It changes frequently throughout the day... lol But I usually settle on three.
Kid random... anything you'd like to share? Nothing really to share. I'm just enjoying watching her grow up and I can't wait to have another.
How many do you want to have? We are finished after Baby A. I'll have a tubal during the C-section. There are many reasons and considerations, but overwhelmingly, it's because C-sections have hard recoveries and always contain a level of risk.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? Not since having kids, but we wanted 4 when we were dating. The first c-section changed that.
Kid random... anything you'd like to share? I am REALLY enjoying this stage with my bigger kids. At 5 and 3.5, they play together so well. It's very enjoyable to watch/hear their pretend play. They come up with the silliest games and songs to entertain each other. It's just very very fun!
~ E ~ 7/2010
~ A ~ 3/2014
How many do you want to have? I want 3 but DH wants 2. We'll revisit periodically.
my read shelf:
How many do you want? I say 3; DH is adamant about 2
Thoughts Changed? Actually yes for me...I worked as a nanny for 3.5 years (The kids were 1 and 3 when I started and are now 5 and 7) and the two of them were so amazing that I could easily have seen how the family could add a third (they talked about it at one point). After that I changed my number from 2 to 3.
Kid Random: I miss the two kids I nannied soooo much. Not a day goes by when I don't think of them and there is a small part of me that feels like "my" children are being raised without me. We still stay in close touch and talk/visit as often as we can but it's never enough. Part of the reason I can't wait to have my own is so I can have all the amazing times with my own kids but never have to worry about saying goodbye after a few years.
2: Archer is 4 and Fisher is a year and a half
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids?
Kid random... anything you'd like to share?
How many do you want to have? 2 but 3 hasn't been ruled out.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? Not really. Before kids we said at least 2 and up to 4. Four is out and as time passes and baby fever doesn't kick in I'm willing to be done at 2. Plus a 3rd would be mean upgrading our car, going through the newborn phase again and trying for an undetermined time (took a year to conceive each boy). I enjoy being pregnant though so we haven't made any permanent decisions.
Kid random... anything you'd like to share?
Ry wasn't named for almost an hour after delivery. We were team green and went in pretty set on our girl name, so of course we had a boy. We had to choose from our top picks, the other two names were Noah and Lucas.
Looking back I'm a little sad we didn't use Daniel for his MN. Now if we're done neither kid is named after me while K has H's FN for his MN. But Ry does have my grandpa's name for his MN and I know he felt really honored, so that's my consolation.
My Profile
How many do you want to have? None.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? n/a
Just don't want them.
@booknerd226 -- People sometimes think we say "Edith" when we mention her name. Then we correct them by saying. "No, it's EDEN. Like the garden." It works!
1 furry one and 1 human one. M is almost 10 months old.
How many do you want to have?
I think I'd like 2, this has been a current debate with DH lately
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids?
I used to want 2-3 for sure, but now that I know how much energy it takes and how split I already am between anything I've been rethinking the idea of 3.
Kid random... anything you'd like to share?
IVF w/ICSI - transferred 2; froze 3
Beta #1 150 Beta #2 320 - 7/16 124 bpm (6w5d) EDD 3/6/13
Our team green baby was a girl! Emma Lynn born 2/23/13
my read shelf:
2) we're 99% sure the two girls are it.
3) I used to want three kids but this last pregnancy got old really fast and as much as we love our kids and the stages they go through, we are NOT baby people. Second baby has been really hard on us and our marriage. Maybe it's other circumstances added, but as I write this, my toddler is sobbing/sulking in her bedroom. It's nearly 11pm. I think we're done here!
Random) Baby Z is pretty much sitting up on her own and it's the cutest. She refuses to roll over in my presence. If you have a face, she loves you. I have never seen such a happy baby but I've also never heard such a loud angry baby either! Baby A has begun to play with imaginary friends. It weirds us out.
Izzy and Baby A ~ Adorable Punks
How many do you want to have? 1, maybe 2
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? I always thought I wanted two. But, this pregnancy has been really difficult and I'm not sure H and I could take doing this all again.
I have 1.5
How many do you want to have?
2. Over and out.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids?
We've always talked about 3, but I'm not doing this again. If we want another kid in a few years, we'll adopt.
My Badges:
I was bald until I was a year, now I have thick, curly hair.My grandfather use to call me Crystal Gale as a joke (singer who had hair down to her butt). Hair just taking its time coming in for Emma but my goodness she is adorable! Love the pic in your sig.
How many do you want to have? None.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? I was always curious if my thoughts would change when my friends had kids, and they so haven't. I love their kids, and they call me their Auntie and I love buying them presents, but I'm glad that my friends (people who really want kids) have them, and then just let me play with them when I want to!
Random: My niece and nephew (and brother-in-law and his wife) were at our cabin this weekend. Niece is almost 8 and nephew is 5. Most of the time they are so well-behaved, but wow...when it gets too late at night watch out for the crabby-butts to make their appearance (which happens to me too, so I understand)! DH and I both had fun hanging out with them, but then we did the 3-hour ride home from the cabin in complete silence just because we had missed it (the silence) so much. I could never do what parents do.
E is 6, A is 4 and E is 2
How many do you want to have? we are done with 3. I could have had another.
Has your thoughts on how many you want to have changed since having kids? Nope. I dreamed of 4 but DH wanted 2. We compromised with 3 and it's been wonderful
Kid random... anything you'd like to share? I have the sweetest kids. My son is the most sweet and sensitive boy. He tells me how much he loves me every day and I hope that never changes...even though I know it will but I don't want to think about it right now.
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Tizzle 10/07 ~ Boppy 7/09 ~ Chicken 1/12
2014 Reading Goal: 85