Pros to having two or more children.

[*Fantasia*]

(Inspired by the thread "Pros of having only 1 child.")
What are the pros to having two or more children? For me..

The more the merrier!

I enjoy watching them play or when they are having a conversation with each other. They are so funny sometimes!

Getting a discount when you have more than one child in Catholic School.

What are the pros to having two or more children?

 

[Chilehead Too]

For me it's knowing they will have each other when we are long gone .

 

[*Fantasia*]

For me it's knowing they will have each other when we are long gone .

AWwwww... I love your answer!! And this is sooo true.

 

[Ranatra]

Just more to love, enjoy and cherish. (AND more grandbabies!!!)
(Mother of 3)

 

[allie&mattsmom]

Mine are playing the game "Clue" together as we speak!

When they fight I always remind them that one day they are going to be the aunt and uncle to eachothers kids. That usually puts a smile on their face!

 

[EthansMom]

They have someone other than just Mom and Dad to entertain (err... fight with) them. It's really great to see my kids play with each other.

 

[Tinijocaro]

If two out of my four kids move away for jobs or marriage, at least I'll still have two here!

I am hoping for lots of grandchildren.

I have four siblings and am so grateful- they are the most important people in my life.

They always have others to play board games with.

Watching them interact with each other. Seeing one take care of another, it just about melts my heart.

More kids to help with the housework- they make most of the messes so it's only fair!

There's so much more, but I'm so very thankful I was able to have the four children I always wanted.

 

[Jeafl]

For me it's knowing they will have each other when we are long gone .

I think this was my main reason as well. My husband has a cousin who was an only child. By some cruel twist of fate, she lost both her parents to cancer before she was 20 years old. She was left to make funeral arrangements and handle everything by herself. It was absolutely heartbreaking, and I decided right there that I would have more than one child for that reason.

 

[momof2inPA]

Built-in playmates
hand me downs
They just have more people to love them

 

[juligrl]

Knowing my kids will have somebody to have shared memories with.

When my mom's only sister died that was one of the hardest things my mom had to deal with - she lost that special perspective that only a sibling can give to your childhood memories.

 

[Ginamarie]

I come from a family of 5 kids, ranging in age from 28 (me) to THREE. I wouldn't trade my sibling for anything in the world. My mom had lots of help raising the three youngest siblings because I was old enough to help her. Even now, I watch the kids a lot in the afternoon/evening so she can work and sge watches my DD in the morning. My DBro(26) and I still argue sometimes (he'll always be my "baby brother"), but is one of my best friends and he and his fiance are buying a house just a few blocks away from me.

Having a large family was great for me because I had a LOT of experience with raising kids before my own DD was born. Since I'm a little older than my oher siblings, I've been able to give them good advice about high school and college programs. Plus I spoil the little ones rotten.

Although my parents both have siblings, we never had cousins to play with, so it was good that we had each other! Of course, now my children will have lots of aunts and uncles and cousins in her life.

Right now DH and I have only one child, but we're hoping to have 3-4 kids before we're done.

 

[momof2inPA]

I come from a family of 5 kids

Me, too. Maybe the people who are from big families are more likely to see the advantages of them.

 

[Disney Crazy Family]

2-3-4-5-6-7- turns into 13 15 16 etc when they grow up
and then13 14 15 turns into 20 etc. you become rich in your heart
when you see the family tree but poor in the pocket book especially
when Xmas comes around ho ho

 

[Sonya]

Well, we wanted 2 beacuse both of us grew up as only children. It wasn't a bad way to grow up, we both liked it. But then DH's mom had his little sis when he was 16 and when I see the 2 of them together I really want that for my DS. There is a bond between siblings that I feel we need to all enjoy, and that is lost in me.

Sorry to be so deep!

Anyway, like I said, we wanted 2 but are getting 3!

 

[emer95]

I love that my girls are best friends to each other. It made me feel so much better when I sent my baby to Kindergarten knowing that my older daughter was there to look out for her, and that they always have each other. When I'm busy and doing things, they will play for hours. They have each other's backs.

I would still love one more baby. I come from a family of 4 kids, and as an adult I realize even more how much my siblings mean to me.

 

[*JoGo*]

We had planned to only have one, we were content with one and I had an awful pregnancy. Then 9/11... hearing about orphaned children tore my heart to pieces. I never wanted my son to be left alone if something happened to both dh and I. So we had another baby. Sometimes, when the day has been rough (the younger one is more than a handful), or when I feel I'm not giving the older one enough one on one time, I think we were crazy or feel guilty. lol Honestly, I don't regret having the little guy. And I'll always find something to feel guilty about regarding my kids - currently it's the fact that they'll never have cousins close in age. They're 4 & 6 already. My brother and I were talking about this once, and his solution: "You'll just have to have a baby every three years until I have a couple of my own!" Right. I told him I'd have 9 kids by then! Two is definately my limit.

I've always loved large families. Before I had kids, I wanted 3 or 5. Unfortunately, I just couldn't handle that many.

 

[WDWAurora]

Me, too. Maybe the people who are from big families are more likely to see the advantages of them.

Nah, some only kids (like me) get it. Primarily for the reasons mentioned above about having each other. I'm the only child, of an only child on one side, and my father only had one sibling. Currently, my father is a Type 2 diabetic. My mother has fronto-temporal dementia and, while she knows who I am and everything, she has no meaningful memory. My grandfather died over the summer after a short battle with a big brain tumor. My grandmother has had hip replacement surgery (right before he died) and is still recovering.

It's just rough because it's impossible to do your own grieving when you have to take care of everyone else. Without my father and my amazing husband, I don't know what we would all do. Having siblings would be a tremendous blessing at a time like this, to share memories with, things only mothers and siblings remember, and to take some of the slack. Making decisions because you're the next of kin that can think is not cool.

Ok, sorry, that's more than you guys needed to know. But yes, I will definitely have at least 2 children because I think they need each other.

 

[PaulaSue]

Always someone to play with.

It is never boring here, or quite.

I hated being an only. Dh is an only too, so I am glad we were blessed and they have each other.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

For me it's knowing they will have each other when we are long gone .

Thank you for posting this. I'm an only child. I think one of the things that scares me the most is thinking about what's going to happen when my mother gets old and eventually dies. I have no one for emotional support. Hopefully by then, I'll have a boyfriend (MAYBE husband) and children of my own that I can turn to, but no siblings.

A few years back, my mother had a blood clot on her leg and on her lung. It was the worst week of my life. We didn't know it, but that one on her lung...she could have dropped dead. Just thinking about it now terrifies me.

 

[Disneyland1084]

I just had my first baby this past April and she's an angel. I'm already thinking about what my next baby will be and how many I will really have. I will definitely stop after 3 though. I'm not pregnant again yet, probably not for another year. I want my daughter to have a sibling to play with so she won't ever be lonely.