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  • #52
    farmchoice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭farmchoice


    as others have said there is a sweet spot for going again. if you leave it too long you cant face it.

    we were on number 3 but we both wanted one more, then life got in the way and there was a bereavement in my wife's family, by the time we got over that and were able to move on the youngest was 3 and getting big and independent and we could no longer face the sleepless nights again. nothing else would bother me, in reality once you have already done it once or twice there is not actually very much to looking after a baby but the lack of sleep is a killer there is no getting away from, that and sterilizing bottles, something i always despised.


  • #53
    Nead21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭Nead21


    So many people passed comment that it was time for me to have another baby before my youngest started playschool last September. I wasn't long after having a miscarriage. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant and all I get is are we hoping for a girl as we have two boys already, will I be disappointed if it's a other boy!! Like what the hell! Some people are ridiculous. I think no matter what you choose for your family some people always feel the need to pass comment or give unsolicited advice.


  • #54
    Nead21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭Nead21


    So many people passed comment that it was time for me to have another baby before my youngest started playschool last September. I wasn't long after having a miscarriage. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant and all I get is are we hoping for a girl as we have two boys already, will I be disappointed if it's a other boy!! Like what the hell! Some people are ridiculous. I think no matter what you choose for your family some people always feel the need to pass comment or give unsolicited advice.


  • #55
    Andrewf20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    I know of 2 people that were only children and they turned out to be successful happy individuals. It's a large demographic in families to have 1 child - it's at around 30% in ireland. If anything it's good for the envoironment to have less kids. It's the no. 1 lever for accelerating climate change I.e. World population explosion.


  • #56
    farmchoice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭farmchoice


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    I know of 2 people that were only children and they turned out to be successful happy individuals. It's a large demographic in families to have 1 child - it's at around 30% in ireland. If anything it's good for the envoironment to have less kids. It's the no. 1 lever for accelerating climate change I.e. World population explosion.


    slightly off topic but in reality here in the west (western world not mayo, but mayo as well) our problem is going to be under population, falling birth rates are going to make it very hard to sustain growth and there is the famous pensions time bomb.
    as other regions around the world become wealthier the same thing happens, first there is a massive population explosion and then it slows off and starts to fall.
    i haven't got the stats in front of me but it is predicted that the world population will peak this centenary and then begin to fall, this trend is well established in the west and is now repeating its self in emerging economies.


    long term there will be a world wide problem with population decline. its short term in many countries already, Germany for example and its a medium term problem here.


  • #57
    firebird84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭firebird84


    farmchoice wrote: »
    slightly off topic but in reality here in the west (western world not mayo, but mayo as well) our problem is going to be under population, falling birth rates are going to make it very hard to sustain growth and there is the famous pensions time bomb.
    as other regions around the world become wealthier the same thing happens, first there is a massive population explosion and then it slows off and starts to fall.
    i haven't got the stats in front of me but it is predicted that the world population will peak this centenary and then begin to fall, this trend is well established in the west and is now repeating its self in emerging economies.


    long term there will be a world wide problem with population decline. its short term in many countries already, Germany for example and its a medium term problem here.

    Aside from the obvious problems with an ageing demographic and less younger people to look after them, I fail to understand how a falling population is a bad thing? The planet is dangerously overpopulated, there's barely enough food for us all at this stage. Did you read the UN report that came out last week? They condemn GDP as a measure of growth and that in order to continue to have an actual living planet to live on in 50 years time we need get far away from the idea of growth of population and consumption as a good thing.

    I have two and won't be having any more for many reasons, but not putting more people on a planet that can't handle it was definitely one of them. (not in any way against anyone's choice to have more than 2, it was just one reason for me).


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