tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post6358544148225701424..comments2024-02-19T00:39:01.035-08:00Comments on Punk Rock Parents: 1 is the loneliest number. Or is 3 the magic number?Elissa L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08086984047145602012noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-88894441192374988672008-07-22T20:40:00.000-07:002008-07-22T20:40:00.000-07:00ANOTHER CHILD.... :} i vote one more at the least....ANOTHER CHILD.... :} i vote one more at the least...!Cassie Pz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17329783005393140142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-23961087797492631302008-07-19T09:51:00.000-07:002008-07-19T09:51:00.000-07:00My best friend is an only child. She wishes with a...My best friend is an only child. She wishes with all her heart that she could have had a sister or a brother. She really clings to her cousins like they are siblings. Now that her mother is aged and sick, its such a huge burden to be the only child to care for her mother, to visit her in the hospital, to make all the arrangements for her care with no one else to counsel with her. I feel sorry for her.<BR/><BR/>I think The Phi would love to have a sibling because she is a fun little girl. You get past your only child thinking pretty fast.<BR/><BR/>I can't say I understand your fertility issues. You know what I mean about that one. Its hard to fathom being on the other end of the spectrum. Do vitamins and supplements and get busy when you are ovulating. Or try the love beads like I did and you will get pregnant just when you are trying not to! :)<BR/><BR/>Tell PRDad he can have babies until he is a really old dude. Yeh, he can be an old dad but he'll be a cool one, throwing his goatee around his neck as a scarf! Heeheepearmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239410928846545721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-53404972383532602692008-07-17T18:33:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:33:00.000-07:00I am an only child and there are many pros and con...I am an only child and there are many pros and cons. The biggest con for me was that all of the pressure was on me. There are some days when I'd love to have a sibling to deal with the parents. :) <BR/><BR/>Whatever choice you make, or whatever happens with trying, it will be the right one. As long as you love her it will be fine and it is obvious that you do.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418041735007521091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-55668207815519694372008-07-16T21:55:00.000-07:002008-07-16T21:55:00.000-07:00You have a healthy child. Why do you need to have...You have a healthy child. Why do you need to have more? I was an only child. I would love to have sibs, but it wasn't in the cards, so I have "adopted" good friends as my "additional" family. Let's get over thinking that we need to have more children to prove we are "good" parents and produce "good children", if by adoption or natural means. All this fertiltiy and adoption is a money making scheme to coerce people into thinking that "more is better".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-61248773623189383642008-07-16T12:49:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:49:00.000-07:00ok tia lisa i was a only child and i still am a ki...ok tia lisa i was a only child and i still am a kid.sophia would have to wait because she will get jelous and be roughthe sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562779620068259095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-10749263532271110722008-07-16T11:59:00.000-07:002008-07-16T11:59:00.000-07:00Chiming in to say that I just turned 50 the other ...Chiming in to say that I just turned 50 the other day, and it really doesn't feel that old. If you want more, go for it. Age also brings patience of a kind.Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-40093735804956410132008-07-15T12:29:00.000-07:002008-07-15T12:29:00.000-07:00Lis' you can not have an uneven number of kids. M...Lis' you can not have an uneven number of kids. My OCD is telling me that it is wrong. :) <BR/><BR/>P.S. My uncle had his youngest at 59- wouldn't recommend it but just saying it's doable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-34781586493341872812008-07-15T06:44:00.000-07:002008-07-15T06:44:00.000-07:00Both my hubby and I were only children. I hated it...Both my hubby and I were only children. I hated it. All my imaginary "friends" were siblings.I was lonely. I was also spoiled rotten,honestly LOL(but not by my mother,by my Grandparents and extended fam).Hubby was doted on and pampered and is completely incapable of doing for himself (seriously).<BR/><BR/>On the upside,I was more mature than my peers. This also was sometimes a downside at the time because it was harder to find people my own age to relate to but later in my teen years,it was very valuable and I was more equipped for the "real world" than others my own age.<BR/><BR/>I think my own experience as an only child would have been more positive if my mother had been more in tune to the special circumstances the only child status presents. I mean, she was not a devoted,warm mother at all and not the least bit nurturing. I probably would have felt less lonely if she filled that space a bit. So, really...the fact that you're even thinking about how it's going to affect her long term,tells me that she'll be hunky-dory either way :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-58577867836221815582008-07-15T05:20:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:20:00.000-07:00Girl... what is AGE? Nothin' but a freakin' number...Girl... what is AGE? Nothin' but a freakin' number! Life's too short, in my opinion! Who cares if you're in your 40's and having another child? You might die tomorrow! (God FORBID!) but you get my point?<BR/><BR/>I'm 31. I had my first child (as you know) through IVF at 30. I'd love to have another baby in a few years to give Sofia another sibling so we ARE going to try. Just like we tried with Sofia. It was all in God's hands. <BR/><BR/>I hated having so many brothers and sisters growing up (I hated to share my toys! HAHA) BUT I am grateful for that now as an adult. The phi will be too. <BR/><BR/>Best of luck! Trying is the fun part. LOLAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613862057695615134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-67061068127335960602008-07-14T20:46:00.000-07:002008-07-14T20:46:00.000-07:00The only issue at this point is that she cannot be...The only issue at this point is that she cannot be around kids. I wish it were different.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895499957886779635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-45886026444769358682008-07-14T14:19:00.000-07:002008-07-14T14:19:00.000-07:00Found your site through all mediocre. The title p...Found your site through all mediocre. The title pulled me in.<BR/><BR/>But to answer your question, we just had our baby at 40 (surprise!) and are planning one more (to make the total 6)so the youngest can have a buddy. <BR/><BR/>We lived in China for 8 years and watched the "one couple, one child" policy and swore we'd never had an only child - (they call them the little emperors because they are so spoiled). Not that kids in America are the same as kids there, its just where we were when we were forming our thoughts about numbers and such.<BR/><BR/>We do face hardships financially with that many, but the blessings of watching the siblings all relate to each other outweighs them all.<BR/><BR/>I think it is a very personal decision, and one that no one can make for you - unless you are planning on having them raise the child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18511121.post-52849779204574963282008-07-14T13:26:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:26:00.000-07:00I cannot speak AS an only child, but Zoe is our on...I cannot speak AS an only child, but Zoe is our one and only. My husband thinks that we are cool with one. I want another. Zoe asks for a brother multiple times a day.<BR/><BR/>I have had serious female issues, so another child BORN to us is probably not in the cards. We have talked about adopting, though.<BR/><BR/>I also know what you mean about being an old parent. Brant is TEN years older than me. He will be 52 when Zoe graduates.<BR/><BR/>It is hard sometimes because we feel pressure to have another child from those around us. They think that we should try whatever means necessary.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895499957886779635noreply@blogger.com