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TSphythia79
post Jun 14 2011, 04:47 PM, updated 15y ago

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Hi Parents!

I'm a mommy to a 22 month old son..and recently..everyone is asking me to try for another child...their reason is to accompany my son now. For me, I think 1 is enough..reason is cost of living is going up..and since I want to provide the best for my child, I know that having more than 1 will not allow me to provide the best especially in education.

It is true that he would be lonely and that he would need lots of my attention now and later but when I think about the costs of raising a child..it's scary.

What's your views?
TSphythia79
post Jun 15 2011, 09:45 AM

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QUOTE(nicKit @ Jun 14 2011, 05:41 PM)
phythia, i think it's all up to u n ur hb... if both of u r happy wif 1 then tutup kedai lo... i wanted 3 but my hb scared liao... laugh.gif a boy n a girl would b nice... yeah the cost of living is always on the rise but i dun like my boy to b all alone... he will have wife n kids on his own but wat abt the closest kin? but u'll have prob wif babysitter if u go for no 2 tongue.gif laugh.gif
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hehehehe..yes..i'm gonna have problem with babysitter if i get no 2...or..get my hubby to be a house-husband..kekeekekekek.


Added on June 15, 2011, 9:54 amIt's true that my son may be lonely...and getting a sibling would be the best gift ever...but..

I'm more worried of during the school years..especially college/uni. Education is getting more expensive..and just imagine if my son wants to take up medical??



This post has been edited by phythia79: Jun 15 2011, 09:54 AM
TSphythia79
post Jun 15 2011, 11:02 AM

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QUOTE(Gary1981 @ Jun 15 2011, 10:44 AM)
@phythia79

Maybe ur son is intelligent enough to get scolarship, then no need headache loo...

@sunflower808
I know all parents want to give their child the best in whatever. But how do we define Best? Sometimes, i feel that if the child get everything best during their childhood, they will not know how to appreciate it.
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I hope he is intelligent..so i don't have to worry so hard..LOL.

QUOTE(nicKit @ Jun 15 2011, 10:45 AM)
phythia, house husband?? wah laugh.gif actually we plan to tell our kids that we only supports them until sec sch... if they wanna go to uni they have to work for it... mayb u could think this way...
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house husband..yeah..why must always be us to take the backseat? tongue.gif nolar..coz my company has benefits...as my hubby is self employed - so benefits... boh..but he has time flexibility..
TSphythia79
post Jun 15 2011, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(abubin @ Jun 15 2011, 12:20 PM)
You worry too much. It's no point worrying over things that you cannot foresee.

What you can do is buy insurance for your kids with study fund. When the child is 21, there is a sum that can be taken out.

I did by this for my first child. But second child did not have it. Just thought maybe next time they can share the money and others.

I also wanted to have 3 kids. But due to lack of babysitter, had to forget about getting the third. I would say getting good babysitter is much more important than providing "the best".
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lagi jialatt! definitely cannot get 2nd child as not easy to find good babysitter..as my best babysitter refused to jaga if i get another one LOL
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post Jun 16 2011, 09:28 AM

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QUOTE(mIssfROGY @ Jun 15 2011, 07:53 PM)
wow dunno about u guys man...but all the one child people i know are WEIRDOS! @@
SOrry to say i am abit phobia of them.....2 of them nearly drove me nuts! Everyday need to pray that i stay SANE.

1 was my ex-colleague....he was a real pain in the arse and if u dont invite him for lunch, he will scold you saying what if we work in a place like Sepang, imagine how bad it would be that he will need to drive all the way out himself @@ This coming from a 36 years old man! Who still have his parents drag his luggages at the airport for him to our business trip together @@ And i have to clean after him because he have no manners to do his gentlemen duties like cleaning the plates away after makan. ANyway he got fired because apparently he drive the bosses nuts too......more than 10years of working experience, a junior like me have to train him how to do his work ;/ dont ask me how.....until today this remains a mystery.

2nd is a close relative @@
she wrote in a piece of paper to the neighbour "THIS IS MY PARKING SPACE".
Called us to remove our car if we happened to park at "HER SPACE".
For gawd sake...it is a PUBLIC ROAD! ANd it doesnt belongs to her!
And on CNY EVE....she came, sat and avoided eye contact with everybody.....and not even a HI to anyone on the table @@
If her hair long enuf, she would have covered her face then and there (She did this when she had her long hair, while drying the clothes one day, just to avoid her MIL.....as if that will make her invisible?? @@)
n when i got pregnant with my boy....she stopped talking to me n hubby entirely...cut him from fb also just like that. we suspect she jeles coz she wanted a boy instead of her baby gal?? dunno wat she is thinking la.....and then when i gave birth, my mil announced to her & her mom....she didnt say anything, and her mom replied, "GOOD LOR"
??? Is this how u congrats a close relative?  rclxub.gif

ANyway...just few of the shocking stuffs these ONE CHILD people i know la.....no time to write so much rubbish
sorry if  this is normal...but i really cant stand it.....its NOT Normal to me  shocking.gif
& Of coz my other frens also got share similar one child stories of theirs too....which i wont put it down.

So to me.....please have 2 kids.....i think 1 kid might just drives the kid into dreamland/ownworld

PS: And of coz it doesn't applies to all one child... biggrin.gif I m just saying there are possibilities of these kind of weird behaviors
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You have bad experience with them..hhahahhaa..

As far as i recall...i only know 1 person who is a single child..but she's ok...very independent...Only when she was growing up..she was a pain at times..coz she didn't know how to share..but later on in secondary school..she was cool.

I think...it depends on how the parents bring them up. And every child has their personality...so..unfortunately..you experienced the bad apples..kekeke


 

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