Thankyou so much for starting this thread!!!

I am a mum of one and most probably will never have another 1. ATM DH and I have agreed that forthe next 5 years there will definately be no more babies but we will revisit the idea then, by them though, DS will be 9 years old and so far, the older he gets, the less I want anohter bub.

I always dreamt of having a large family so I have REALLY struggled with the idea of having an only child over the years. Though DS has just started kindy this term and life has never been better! He is so independent and grown up all of a sudden.

DS had his first proper birthday party for his 4th birthday on SUnday, it was the best time. He got all these cool gifts, Lego, marble race tower thingys, remote control cars. We have spent the last couple fo days building Lego and marble towers and have realised that an awesome thing about DS being an only is that we can bring the Lego out into the lounge room and leave it all set up and not have to worry about babies choking on it or sibling breaking it. Fantastic!

Also it took 2 full on days of baking and planning his party and I said to DH I really dont know how mothers of many children could do that several times a year for each childs birthday!

I do worry about DS dying and leaving me childless, or us dying and leaving him orphaned. BUT, if DS did die, nothing could make that feel better, if we had 5 extra kids we would nt feel any better cause they wouldn't be DS. As for when we die and leave him alone, he will never be alone cause I have a very close knit family who spend lots of time together and he has 2 cousins 3 years younger than him who we see all the time. Plus friends can be much better than family!

We had DS and his little friend yesterday and it was great to be able to just have his friend for the day and have enough money to do fun stuff with them botha dn have plenty of room in the car etc. It was like DS can spend time with kids he actually WANTS to spend time with, then when he gets sick of them or starts arguing, they can go home. Very easy

I really look forward to participating in this thread and getting to know you all