I blame the hormones. There’s something about that post-birth period where the hormones not only help bond a mother/parent with their kid and forget about all the trauma and pain they went through with the pregnancy and birth, but it also makes a lot of people want another baby.
My parents were from families of 8 and 7, all but one of those 14 couples had at least 1 kid and only 2 had less than three. Do my anecdotes cancel out your anecdote?
Crazy to think someone would actually go “4 isn’t enough, let’s go for 5”.
It’s like playing Russian roulette without spinning the chamber.
I’ve pulled the trigger 4 times already, I must just be lucky so let’s keep pulling that trigger!
That’s absolutely mental. Even three easy babies are a handful. Like, really a handful. Going for a fifth is tempting fate too much.
I blame the hormones. There’s something about that post-birth period where the hormones not only help bond a mother/parent with their kid and forget about all the trauma and pain they went through with the pregnancy and birth, but it also makes a lot of people want another baby.
A colleague had two and they went for a third and got twins. That was a rough time for him.
It’s child abuse. There is literally not enough time in a day to give each kid the attention they need.
You know that the oldest had to parent the younger ones and will never have kids of their own. For reasons.
My parents were from families of 8 and 7, all but one of those 14 couples had at least 1 kid and only 2 had less than three. Do my anecdotes cancel out your anecdote?