Is it okay to feel ready for baby but not older kids....

[Lulu]

Hey they all turn into teenagers and if anyone thought of that straight off we'd NEVER start families!

[satya]

You will have plenty of time to get used to the fact that your baby is growing into a child.

Remember you don't have to deal with a whole stack of kids either, just the one if you so choose.

[Mumeee]

I agree with Mumofsix - It is so different when they are your own.
Other peoples kids often drive me up the wall. I have one friend who has 3 boys, I dont mind her littlest one but her middle one I want to throttle! Last time they were over he swung on my clothesline, continually got toys out of the cupboard when I'd said no more out, is a bit of a thug etc - but with your own you raise them the way you want them to behave - with your values.
It is so different - and you grow with your baby, each new milestone is precious.

Children are made tiny, helpless, precious with big heads and large eyes for a reason - so we do fall in love with them (so by the time they start their 'phases' and do things like talk back, get attitudes etc - we are all ready in love with them) otherwise they wouldnt make it!

[mrsmac]

Hey they all turn into teenagers and if anyone thought of that straight off we'd NEVER start families!

Soooo true!! If I knew my precious baby girl was going to be a teenage drama queen I may never have had her LOL But my love has grown with her and she is still my baby girl deep down.

[Dragonbub]

Mother nature is truly a miraculous and cunning minx to equip us with a robust body clock, tune us in to a cute, round, cuddly cooing sleeping baby, then gradually, slowly, ever so gently turn that bundle of joy into a raving teenage lunatic! If we started with teenagers and they grew into babies, we would be extinct and the ****roaches would rule the world.