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Parents of a single child and parents of two children. What are your opinions on only having one/ having a second child? Currently have one 6 month old and we’ve conversed about having a second when the time is right but we also questioned whether just one child might be the answer. People always joke that “the first is great then the second is feral” and to be fair that statement is so common I’m almost put off the idea of having another but yet I don’t want a lonely child?
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I only have 1 atm but i have an older brother of 4 years and in my mothers words he was the feral one i was the saint😂
I’m choosing to be one and done. As above, no guarantees that siblings will get on. I was a lonely child because my parents had to work all the time so I spent a lot of time alone (have a great imagination from that!). However it won’t be like that for my LG because we waited and planned her for when we had financial security, and I am able to stay at home with her, I take her to plenty of groups for socialisation, and we see family/friends often. All a child needs is two parents who love them and make the time for them as needed, whether you have 1, 2 or a whole brood.
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Just had our second and if possible, he's even more chilled than our first was. But he is only 3 weeks, so who knows what's down the line. My husband is an only child himself, though grew up with tons of cousins nearby. We decided we wanted at least 2 fairly close in age (2 years), so they could play and grow up together as they get older. While they do have cousins nearby, they're a few years older and other cousins live further away, so they wouldn't have the same experience my husband had of growing up with cousins close in age