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Thread: Thanks TGR, we had a baby!!
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10-01-2014, 11:20 AM #76
It's been almost 9 years since the dinner at the Elk. You know what that means.
Parenthood has been challenging and fantastic. We are debating on kid #2. I seriously need help with this decision - Legoskier is also on the fence - so any advice is appreciated.
I think 2 is exponentially more difficult, but likely better for the kids. It depends on your life objectives and how important simplicity is.
Good news is our daughter loves to dive into the water at swim class and from pillows onto the bed. Seriously. She also likes to do somersaults and balance on the balance beam so the whole diver thing = apple doesn't fall from the tree. I see a future jumper-off-of-something. Or diver, of course. Skis = next season? She'll be 2 next week.
Anyway thanks again all, 2 years late.
All the best, DG and Lego!Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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10-01-2014, 11:40 AM #77
Once again a thread has devolved into people trying to justify their lifestyles… probably posting on their bosses time...
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10-01-2014, 11:56 AM #78
No, I'm not right. It's just one man's opinion. Everyone's different.
I get that it can seem overwhelming. But your fears are unfounded. You would be fine. Trust me. I felt the same way.
And I didn't set out to make anyone feel bad for their choice. But to say you're not 'depriving' them of having a sibling... you're definitely doing that. Whether that's good or bad is debatable. In my experience, the onlys I know wish they had them. That's all I was saying.
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10-01-2014, 11:57 AM #79Registered User
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That is absolutely true. When our oldest boy (now 6) had just crossed the 12-month plateau, we learned my wife was pregnant, which we later found out would be twins (boy and girl). My wife cried that our lives would turn to shit and the first two months pretty much were (literally, with three in diapers, that's how it goes). You carve out time for each parent, and for both parents, and while the days are long, the years are short and before you know it, they're all on skis. And you realize what Cruiser said is spot on.
And that is also very true. I know parents of onlies whose lives surround their kids and I know a single parent of 4 kids who gets out for herself far more than the average parent. How much you let your kid's life or kids' lives swallow your own is mostly unrelated to the number of kids you have.
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10-01-2014, 12:06 PM #80
So updated pics?
watch out for snakes
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10-01-2014, 12:15 PM #81
I have two kids, and found it to be a great number. Nothing wrong with one, or only wanting one, but two just brings a better balance to the family and keeps you from over indulging the singleton, which happens all too often. Two is really not that much more work then one, and in the long run, much less work because they have each other at times.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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10-01-2014, 12:45 PM #82
Timberidge, yer killin' me.
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10-01-2014, 01:19 PM #83
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10-03-2014, 01:43 PM #84
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10-03-2014, 04:23 PM #85dickhead
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So classic isn't it? Kids? It's 2014 correct? Hard for me to look around and go "wow i really think having a child is a good idea, I mean things look so great" More power to those who do it but I ( we ) would never consider it. Selfish? I guess, but when I hear what parents go through and I see how kids are raised I feel so much better about our decision. Also I'm not a bible thumper so that "reason we are here" does not apply.
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10-03-2014, 04:24 PM #86
I'm all about Rodneyvee not breeding. Thanks, man!
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10-03-2014, 04:46 PM #87Registered User
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rodneyeeeyeye you and your boyfriend should consider adopting.
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10-03-2014, 04:54 PM #88
That poor kid
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10-03-2014, 05:34 PM #89
I agree, some people should not be parents, thankfully rodneyvee is one of them.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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10-06-2014, 11:43 AM #90
DG - I know you messaged the Mrs., but here's my take: if you're on the fence, do it. All of the arguments here are about how a second would wreck their finances, or keep them from skiing/traveling/partying as much as they would like. The arguments of 'I can't pay enough attention to 2' will stop you from being a helicopter parent. Hell, you're too close already. And your kids only want you around for a fleeting while, 12 years if you're lucky.
They are not telling you about what they are missing in their lives, since they do not know what they are missing. Weekend mornings when my daughter comes running into our room, and then the toddler joins for snuggles and playtime as we wake up is nearly as good as a powder day. Completely different, but still a great feeling of fun, enjoyment and love, and we get that all the time. You guys can find a way to make the $ work.
And yeah, we never got any pics with the supermom feeders. What's up with that?I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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10-06-2014, 11:47 AM #91dickhead
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10-06-2014, 12:23 PM #92
I think I musta missed this thread first time around, but srsly happy for you divegirl and Lego and toddler maggette. Might try to make it out to the Mammoth mini again next spring, hope to see you guys again sometime.
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10-07-2014, 07:58 AM #93
we have 5, fucking nightmare.
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02-10-2016, 10:41 PM #94happy
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In true and proper form, I have emerged from hibernation to read the replies I received to this thread since the last time I emerged from hibernation. And I have to say, THANK YOU EVERYONE for your responses, again, to my question of having another kid. I quote Danno because this pretty much sums up our thinking on having 2 - there is no right answer, and it's SO personal. I was stressing about having a 2nd, and Legoskier asked me to ponder having just one, and I thought to myself, wait that's an option? And a huge brick lifted from my shoulders. So, yeah. We're having 1. I sold all the baby stuff when we moved to Seattle last summer and am trying to sell her crib as I type, and I had no hesitation doing any of it. And I know that's the right answer for us.
I'm really enjoying reading these responses.....thank you all, and sorry for bumping a really old thread!!!bc-lovah
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02-10-2016, 10:45 PM #95Funky But Chic
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Is that kid in high school now or what?
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02-10-2016, 10:56 PM #96happy
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02-10-2016, 10:57 PM #97happy
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02-22-2016, 08:39 AM #99
Divegirl, you need to post a picture of the mini maggot on skis
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02-22-2016, 11:41 AM #100
As a father of 1 and only 1, Thank you for this post.
I started very late. Sometimes I feel guilty for not giving my kid a sibling. But also know that I wouldn't be able to give her some of the things she has now, if we had another. Is one more important than the other? I don't know.
My daughter is incredible, and challenging but I have no regrets. You do get funny looks from other parents when you say you're just having one...of course it's the same for single people and couples before they have children...
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