My son has started complaining about being an only child again. I generally respond in a positive but truthful manner, saying we really like being just a family of three. And sometimes I talk about the down sides of having a sibling, like all the fighting my sister and I did. My husband tends to skirt the issue by talking about how old we are and ( Read more... )

K, this might not be suitable as an "only child topic" but I need help from some moms who have already been there. I'm in the process of potty training my 4.5 yr old girl. She has the cute undies, she likes her potty seat, and she has been sitting on it for months  now but will only pee a few drops.  When she has to pee, she'll take a pull up, put ( Read more... )

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I've been feeling guilty lately. Even though having only one child is what I REALLY want for a variety of reasons, I feel badly for my girl who is having trouble socializing at preschool. I feel like if I'd given her a sibling, maybe she'd be different. I worry that she will someday hate us for choosing this route (actually my husband wanted more ( Read more... )

Here's a preschool conversation I had yesterday. One of the moms, 27, is pregnant with her fourth kid. She turns to me (in a group setting) and says "I can't believe you're not having more. Sammy must be so lonely at home." I said "Quite the contrary. She is happy, well adjusted, and gets along fine with other kids. She has plenty of socializing ( Read more... )

Anyone have any advice about writing ABC's? Sammy will be 4 in November. She goes to a preschool that is play based, they don't practice writing there. I have been trying to get her to practice writing letters but I don't know where to begin. I tried to get her to write out her name but she is not interested. She's not going to kindergarten til she ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm Suzanne. I'm 31 and have a 3yo daughter, Penny. My husband Byron is 40 and we decided when Penny was not yet a year that she'd be our only. Byron got a vasectomy pretty soon after that and hooray! We're done! ;0 ( Read more... )

Okay today was kind of weird for me.  I got up and was getting ready for work. First big change my daughter is now in kindergarten so daddy will be taking her to school. So I got ready in a quite house while they both slept in. 2nd I sat down to write a check for pre school and it hit me,  I don't have to do that anymore.  Oh yeah after years of ( Read more... )

Me 32 married for 7 years and I have a 5 year little girl.

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