exactly the same here too. no matter how much he puts up a fight and wont go to sleep, he does not get out of bed and he defo doesnt get to come back downstairs!Quote:
Originally Posted by redraven
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exactly the same here too. no matter how much he puts up a fight and wont go to sleep, he does not get out of bed and he defo doesnt get to come back downstairs!Quote:
Originally Posted by redraven
*is hugely relieved*
Danni - It's about a year ago we met at my house!
i know!! hard to believe i've been back in england for a year now. its gone so fast!
even weird to think that my little sister became best mates with your friends daughter
Oh wow! I didn't realise that! How funny!
lol well your friend checks all my nans accounts and always brought the kids to the house, so when my sister started going to smallthorne school she already had a friend and they were great together, my sister was so upset when she had to go back to australia :( but yes very weird how things work..
I've wanted kids since I was like 15.. but didn't actually get with the man that I found worth having kids with 'til I was 20, found out I was pregnant with our first 3 months in2 dating him .. got married in June on my 21st bday the following year, had Kenzie in the October... found out I was pregnant with our 2nd in September the following year, she is due on 13th June 2011. :) So... yeah I am pro kids rather than against, but wont be having any more til there at School! (Kenzie is male btw.. short for Mackenzie!)
So...I'm a stepdad now! :D
I was slightly intimidated by the idea at first but now I really enjoy it. Aleksandra is 1.5, learning to talk and all.. :D
on the subect of kids vs no kids, i am completely on the fence about it on the one hand there's part of me that does want kids but then there's another part of me that's like GOD NO whenever the subject of kids comes up... I do know however that if I do have kids I will definitely have moved back home by then as I want any kids that I may have to have the same sort of freedom I had when growing up, which was a lot both me and my brother were allowed to do pretty much what we wanted and would spend hours in summer playing outside and exploring the cliffs/beaches outside my home, we were even allowed to walk down to the village shop on our own from the age of about 8 and 7 provided that we stuck together and kept to the side of the road, really the only rules we had were that we had to be inside in time for tea, we were always expected to eat what we were given or go hungry I was raised to not be picky when it came to food and to this day it still irritates me when I see children who are fussy eaters because they have parents who pander to their every whim oh and the only time we were allowed fizzy drinks was at birthdays and on very special occasions other than that it was water, milk or freshly squeezed juice... but yeah i definitely had an idyllic childhood :) just out of curiosity how do any parents in this thread counteract any tendencies too fussy eating? When I was young my parents were both of the you'll eat what your given or go hungry mindset although both me and my brother were allowed 3 food things that we didn't like, mine were raw tomatoes, yogurt with bits in it and the fatty stuff you get around roast lamb, but other than that we were expected to eat everything that was put in front of us.
ps sorry for the ramblyness lol
I love kids but they're hard work! definitely want children when i'm older, maybe 2 as I don't want a lonely child cause every friend I've had who was a lonely child was spoilt. I'm very maternal though so I might end up having a few :P
Sorry but not all only children are lonely or spoilt, my son certainly isn't. It's parenting that helps to shape a person not how large a family is. I knew plenty of bratty kids that grew into bratty adults who had brothers and sisters.Quote:
Originally Posted by aishazi
I apologise if I'm being harsh but this is something that bugs me, also people telling me that it's 'not fair' on my son as he has 'no one to play with' etc etc. Not having a go at you directly or anything as you're entitled to believe what you want and also plan your life the way you want but I often feel the need to defend myself because I only have 1 child, I know I shouldn't have to but I do.