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 Feb 21 2009, 12:15 AM
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 Is it summer yet?  Group: Member Posts: 817 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 477,032  |
So Hubby and I have decided to try for another baby. We had our first son 5 months ago. Obviously I want them close in age. I think it'll be easier to get the baby stuff over around the same time (bottles, diapers). And it'll be nice for them to be close. I think that mostly has to do with the fact that my sister and I are about 17 years apart.
And I'm 24 so I want to have them while I'm still young. And I want at least 2 kids. Maybe even 4. So my question is how many kids do you want and would you rather have them close in age or a few years apart? |
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Feb 21 2009, 12:19 AM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
I've always said that I want three, but if I have twins -- which is highly likely -- I'm gonna stop there. If I end up having three, I want them spaced a little bit apart, like two to three years.
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Feb 21 2009, 12:23 AM
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rawr? Group: Official Member Posts: 2,705 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 285,858 |
hi there :D! i think i would want four, like my mother. 2 girls & 2 boys (:! i would have one girl & and one boy close, and then wait a few years and then boy & girl the same ageee. idunno.. lol
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Feb 21 2009, 12:27 AM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
16 kids. It's not too extreme, is it? My great-grandparents had 22.
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Feb 21 2009, 10:54 AM
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 Mais je ne l'aime pas Group: Member Posts: 971 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,135 |
0-2 children is what I see myself having.
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Feb 21 2009, 02:08 PM
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 Onyi eff. babii Group: Member Posts: 529 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 204,660 |
i want 2 or 3 kids. nd i would want them spaced apart between 2 or 3 yrs
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Feb 21 2009, 02:42 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I don't know. I think it depends on how the pregnancy goes. My cousin always wanted three or four kids, but she had a really difficult time having her son, so she didn't have any more (he's a Freshmen in high school now). Also, if I were to have a kid and s/he was a little hellraiser, I'd probably wait until s/he got older to have another.
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Feb 21 2009, 03:34 PM
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 poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
QUOTE(hi-C @ Feb 21 2009, 12:19 AM)  I've always said that I want three, but if I have twins -- which is highly likely -- I'm gonna stop there. If I end up having three, I want them spaced a little bit apart, like two to three years. The one thing i've heard about having kids three years apart is that they don't always get along. I know two people who have siblings that are three years apart and they don't get a long at all, and one kid put it like this, he said that you don't know whether to consider them close your age or your little sibling. |
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Feb 21 2009, 03:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
QUOTE(9001 @ Feb 20 2009, 09:27 PM) 16 kids. It's not too extreme, is it? My great-grandparents had 22. i would be willing to help. 
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Feb 21 2009, 04:40 PM
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poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
QUOTE(Beenly @ Feb 21 2009, 03:59 PM) i would be willing to help. one of you needs ovaries |
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Feb 21 2009, 04:42 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
^x2 Um. Ew.
QUOTE(Tomates @ Feb 21 2009, 02:34 PM) The one thing i've heard about having kids three years apart is that they don't always get along. I have two brothers, one is three years older than me and the other is four years older than me and we are pretty close. I'm not as close with the eldest, because he doesn't live near me and is going through some personal stuff. But my other brother and I get along really well. He isn't mushy mushy, but he cares about me a lot and I care about him a lot. I think the environment that siblings grow up in effects their relationships a lot. I grew up in a really bad environment, which kind of forced me to get along with my brothers because we needed each others support./endneedlessrant |
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Feb 21 2009, 05:33 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 8,629 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 498,468 |
I'd like to have two kids: one boy & one girl. I think I'd like to have them two years apart or so.
Whenever I watch "Jon & Kate plus 8," it makes me want to have a big family because it looks like fun & I love kids. But then reality sinks in.  QUOTE(Tomates @ Feb 21 2009, 12:34 PM) The one thing i've heard about having kids three years apart is that they don't always get along. I know two people who have siblings that are three years apart and they don't get a long at all, and one kid put it like this, he said that you don't know whether to consider them close your age or your little sibling. Hmm this is kind of true with me. My brother & I are exactly 3.5 years apart & for the most part we get on each other's nerves. But then we go through phases where we get along really well. I dk. I guess it's just a matter of what's going on. *shrug |
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Feb 21 2009, 08:44 PM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
i don't want any kids
maybe 1 if i really feel the need to respawn |
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Feb 22 2009, 01:54 AM
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 f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
i'm just gonna start with one and see how that goes for about 4 years. i love babies but i don't like the idea of having kids close together. my sister and i are 3 years apart and i can't stand it. t's like she's always right behind me or roundin' the corner. i've never liked us being so close in age so i'm not gonna put my kids through that.
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Feb 22 2009, 06:34 PM
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Boyfriend and I discuss this pretty often. We would like atleast 2, maybe 3 of our own. And I'd really LOVE to adopt, but I am not sure how great the chances of that actually happening are. We're almost 20... young, I know. If we had a better income, we would have them sooner, maybe even now... but logically, that probably won't happen. So we're planning on marriage and everything in about 2 years, and then we'll go from there. And like others have said before, probably about 3 years between them.
We are SO excited about having our own family 
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Feb 22 2009, 07:38 PM
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That shit freaks me the f*ck out.
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Feb 22 2009, 07:52 PM
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im not sure how many i want, but i think i will have at least two. hopefully when they grow up i can tell them that You were a child, crawlin' on your knees toward it. Makin' mama so proud, but your voice is too loud. We like to watch you laughing. Pickin' insects off plants. No time to think of consequences. Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wanting, to be haunted.
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Feb 22 2009, 08:40 PM
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 AKA RockIt Studios Group: Official Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 421,809 |
definitely want 4! want my first to be a boy, though. and major years between them all. like, i want an 18 year old with a 6 year old brother/sister. and so on. i don't just want to pop kids out every 1-2 years.
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Feb 23 2009, 01:15 AM
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Is it summer yet? Group: Member Posts: 817 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 477,032 |
Siblings who are born under a year apart are called Irish Twins. IDK why?
On this baby board I belong to, some people who gave birth in the same month as me (September) are already pregnant! And I know someone else who has 2 kids and they're 10.5 months apart. Which pretty much means she got pregnant right when it was okay to have sex again (we're supposed to wait 6 weeks). By then I couldn't even think about having sex so soon. I think ideally you are supposed to wait at least a year before trying again. To let your uterus heal or something. But just because we're trying doesn't mean we're going to get pregnant right away. And I'd love twins but it doesn't run in our family. :( |
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Feb 23 2009, 01:18 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Tomates @ Feb 21 2009, 03:40 PM) one of you needs ovaries I just lol'd for close to 5 minutes. |
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Feb 23 2009, 05:32 AM
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QUOTE(Beenly @ Feb 21 2009, 12:59 PM) i would be willing to help. QUOTE(karmakiller @ Feb 21 2009, 01:42 PM) ^x2 Um. Ew. 
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Feb 23 2009, 06:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
Well, when I'm at the appropriate time and age to decide to have a kid, I think I would want three. The oldest would be the son, the middle child would be the daughter, and the youngest would be the younger son.
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Feb 23 2009, 08:33 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
^ What if they're all girls?
QUOTE(BOSS @ Feb 23 2009, 04:32 AM) |
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Feb 23 2009, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
QUOTE(karmakiller @ Feb 23 2009, 05:33 PM) ^ What if they're all girls? I didn't think he knew who he was coming on to. If they're all girls, I wouldn't really mind. If so, I can always adopt a boy from a foster home. |
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