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    How much are y'all paying for babysitters/daycare per week ?

    @987abc Part time daycare for 2k a month (mornings) and part time nanny evenings for 4k a month. We rarely do date nights/weekends but in emergencies have paid $30-50 an hour. This is for one toddler. We have cameras in her room and the foyer. No cameras in other areas of the house which we...
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    Experience of people who have siblings - how have you felt about the size of your family of origin?

    @sisi Clinical depression and anxiety - so “real” disabilities but not in terms of getting any sort of disability assistance unfortunately. Feels like both sets of parents just enabled the behavior to be honest. Either way - we don’t want our child responsible for their future sibling or vice...
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    Experience of people who have siblings - how have you felt about the size of your family of origin?

    @anna121 I don’t know what we are going to do to be honest. I supported my parents financially since I graduated college including paying for their mortgage. I’m thinking of just giving my brother the house I’ve been paying for that he’s been living in for free and cutting off contact but then...
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    Experience of people who have siblings - how have you felt about the size of your family of origin?

    @sisi My husband and I both have 1-2 siblings of opposite genders between 1-2 years apart. We don’t talk to either siblings anymore and they are not self-sufficient. Our parents are still not retired in their 70s because they have to take care of our siblings who still live with them. We are the...
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    I can’t shake the feeling

    @utookmyname Oh 100% agreed. Which is why we are one and done. We prepared for two (bought the large stroller, nicer baby gear expecting to use it twice, gender neutral clothes, etc) and have stopped at one. I usually stay out of responding to these threads because I have rarely been on the...
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    I can’t shake the feeling

    @cookie34ss6 My friend is actually the one who told me about it! I told her the same thing - she needs to have one more 🤣
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    I can’t shake the feeling

    @cookie34ss6 Just to add “A survey by “Today” found that moms who have three children are more stressed than those who have fewer kids. It also found that moms who have more than four children actually report lower levels of stress. “There's just not enough space in your head for perfectionism...
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