I guess it's like anything in parenting though. There are lots of things my parents did that I don't want to and so I'm concious of what I'm doing and I parent differently to them. I can control how I respond to my kids and not live up to the stereotype. Right??
Right. I enjoy and like your post and threads on here the most and I think you and your LO are going to be fine no matter how many you have.

I don't believe that how many kids you have and what order they come in determines how they are going to grow up. If you can respond to them as an equal part of the family but always recognise their own personality then there should not be any issues. But then again what do I really know, I only have an older brother.