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I feel very incomplete right now. We want 3-4 kids and just have DS now who is almost 18 months and I just had a miscarriage. Can't wait to have some more.
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After a play date, yes. DS is way happier when there are other kids around although he tends to prefer older kids because he is so physical that most kids his same age are kind of boring. Maybe we should adopt an older child! But then I think of all the work and having #2 seems so scary..
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I dont know, I'm very happy with just 2 but I really dont' feel that final I'm 100% done.
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My son will be 1 year old next Weds and I feel quite the opposite. Maybe it's because he's still young but I feel like having another would change our family dynamic in a way that I'm just not ready for and not sure I'll ever be. I'm very content with just him right now and in the foreseeable future.
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For us, it feels complete or more "just right." We both wanted two with a smaller age gap and went for it. I was terrified to what we were doing adding one in with a toddler, but J makes sense in our family. Both DH and I got to pick kids' names we liked and name our kids. We're plenty exhausted with two and are done. I happily gave away my maternity clothes (non summer variety). We're selling our condo and moving hopefully to a home where our kids can grow up. I see our lives at the just right spot in life, a bit harder with an infant and a toddler, but very fulfilling.
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@SweetiePie: At a year old, I wasn't ready to add another. It took a whole year and lots of toddler tantrums to want another. Now with two, one on one time feels more enjoyable and engaging. Though my three year old is a three year old, he's fun to be around in a different sense than when it was just him.
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I didn't really get a chance to reflect on whether or not our family was "incomplete" with just our DD because I found out I was pregnant when she was just 8 months old. However, we always planned to have at least two children and ideally more like 3 or 4. I always think 10 years in the future... I imagine having a lot of people around the dinner table and that's what I want.
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@Mae: Yeah, this for me too.
I feel like it changes on a daily basis for me. Overall, I don't really feel incomplete, but I agree that when I think about looking back in 10 years that it would. I think we'll have 1 more, but it won't be for a while and we'll have a LARGE gap (like.... 6-8 years). It's unavoidable.
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@lawbee11: Same here.
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Not even vaguely. Definitely did before L though.
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I felt definite about wanting to give my lo1 a sibling, so at the time I just had one child I was sure our family was not complete. Lo2 has been the perfect addition but the last month or two I have been thinking about what life would be like with more children. I am even discerning (attempting) to quit my job and be a SAHM which has NEVER crossed my mind ever! Our family of 4 right now is perfect but is the possibility of more totally out? Nope!
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@SweetiePie: I/we feel like this too. I've never felt like our family is incomplete with 1; but I do often feel like everything would change with more children (and not really for the better). Happy with 1; happy with our lives
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We knew from the early days with my son that we'd want another kid, but we also knew we needed a pretty big gap between them. He'll be 3.5y this month when the baby arrives, and we are 99.9% sure we're done having kids. We want to move out of the baby/toddler phase and into the kid phase!! We have so many plans/dreams for our family, we really want to get started on them, and that means no more babies. We're very excited about where we're headed!
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