Me and the Mrs were discussing whether or not we wanted to have kids. We have decided that we do not want any.
If anyone wants a 2 year old and a 5 year old drop me a line. Email in profile.
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How good is having babies?
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The 5 year old? Has it got any experience of laying patios?
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and i still this this niggle in the back of my mind regarding the state of the world in 20, 30 years time and whether i'd want to be living in it.
I'm going to do my best to bring up to responsible intelligent kids - that way they might make a positive contribution to the world that could outweigh their negative impact due to the resources they'll consume.
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The only thing the 5 year old has experience of laying is cables I'm afraid.
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I'm going to do my best to bring up to responsible intelligent kids
Me too dude
Think it's going well so far...
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That's a skinny looking nipper, how old is s/he?
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my son his 20, and has a 2 yr old daughter. i was 26 when he was born.
my daughter is 14 going on 21..........a proper nightmare
if my good lady would agree, i would like us to try for another child.
i am 45 and my wife is 47...........she reckons she is too old.
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She's about 2 months there. Long and thin rather than porky like me
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We have a 3 year old girl and a boy due any day now. Possibly going to have a home birth this time.
Never realised what a life changer it would be becoming a parent; in a good way.
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No kids but I do enjoy watching my friends child go from a bump to a little girl who can wriggle, smile, laugh and kind of dance!
A friend sent me this the last pair are like a comedy duo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_YQpbzQ6gzs
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Jansey, fourth time was lucky for us, hope it is for you too. It's an awful thing to have to go through.
Luckily now hoping having a baby is ace as mrs blobby only has four months to go. Having read these posts i can't wait
We're both late 30's and been together for 8 years,
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Rich that is the cutest little thing I've ever seen
Is it bad that I knew she was a girl (following molgrips 's/he' question) cuz I remember your thread when she arrived 
I can't wait to have babies, getting the question a lot having recently got married. Have even had one person blatantly go 'I assume that's why you got married, to have a baby' - wtf? how rude. If I'm caught eating a chocolate bar before 10.00 a.m. (common occurrence anyway) I must be pregnant, if I say 'ooohhhhhh I really fancy X for tea' I must therefore be pregnant. It's only been 10 weeks today since we got hitched and to be honest I'm exhausted by all the questions and am on the verge of being quite truthful and screaming 'TWO EFFING YEARS DOWN THE LINE NOTHING SO ITS HARDLY LIKELY TO HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE WE GOT MARRIED F.OFF'. However, I know that is unreasonable because people are just excited, babies make people happy and I seem to know some stupidly fertile people :/ Anyway, been referred for poking/prodding now though so fingers crossed this time next year.....
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What did you do to startle that poor baby Rich?
If we're posting cute kiddie pics, this is from when mine was a year old...
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I got married at 37. Three weeks before our wedding my wife dropped the bombshell that contrary to all previous conversations she now wanted a baby.
We still got married but the next 12 months was dodgy as I struggled to bring my selfish (& defo feeling a little tricked) male brain round to the idea of a child. Eventually I took myself of to see a counciller before I ruined my marriage.
Fast forward to now and I sit here typing with my 11 month old son having his pre bedtime bottle.
It is without any shadow of a doubt THE MOST WONDERFUL thing I have ever done. And to think the wife didn't want him (or at least that's what I'll tell him
)Glad I waited till I was nearly 40 though. Financially stable and happy with a couple of pints instead of a skinfull! Still riding my bike and building trails & although I don't ride as often, it turns out I don't care.
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Met my now wife at 25, married at 33, first child at 34, second at 37, vasectomy at 38!
The most amazing, tiring, frustrating, rewarding, draining, challenging, scary thing you could ever possibly do. It will test you and your relationship in ways you can never imagine.
I never thought I wanted kids
I would never want to be without my kids
I don't know if I would do it again mind!
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Met mrs_oab @ 19, married @ 21, baby_oab1 arrived 'ooops' @ 27, no's oab2 and oab3 arrived within 3.5 years, snippage asap.
First hold of firstborn = blubbing away! Next two = blubbing away.
mrs_oab is a legend of these things, as long as pain relief is administered before she even gives her name at the hospital and seeing one born by the emergency escape hatch is not to be repeated.
Eldest is 10 in a couple of weeks:
Then (@ 6months)
Now
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First at 29, second at 32. I always wanted to be a father by 30 as mine died at 29. Looked after first for one day per week from birth. For the first 18 months it was sleepless slog with some cute smiles. Then they wake up with a personality. Suddenly they become a teenager... Then they drop you going down the Labyrinth and place pictures of Orange 5's in front of you and mention Christmas is coming
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Love all these cute pics.
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Kids rock
Today was all about -
Tigers go - 'ra ra rahhh'
Bubbles (her latest word, she still doesn't say mum although her first word was dad)
And fireworks go - wooosshh (whispered with hands over ears)My daughter is 20 months and at the moment every day amazes me with her progression and learning
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it ruined my life
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I always took the view that having kids was new mates to act the fool / talk cr@p with.
Pretty much worked out that way with my two daughters (now 12 and 9). Obviously there is the responsibility angle and making sure they grow up with the right (to me and Mrs Gilo) values, and hopefully end up responsible members of society.
But so far it's worked out as I hoped - two smaller sized mates to shoot the breeze with, teach how to play air guitar to AC/DC, explain about the origin of grunge, the merits Of Doc Martin boots versus cheap copies, teach how to ride bikes, go camping with, let them witness me wasted to hopefully put them off booze for a good few years, just..... be mates and enjoy each other's company.
That said, we are on the cusp of the teenage years, I may tell a different tales in a few years time....
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Totally awesome
Signed a sceptic
but it is
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two daughters (now 12 and 9)
I may tell a different tales in a few years time....
You will
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