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Is it better to have a very small(12-21 month) gap between babies,a larger gap(4+ years) or somewhere in between?
Provide reasons to explain your answer.
4 AnswersParenting2 weeks agoYour sister is pregnant with her first baby.She doesn't want to breastfeed,but wants to formula feed from birth.Is this a sensible choice?
What do you think are the pros and cons of her choice?
8 AnswersNewborn & Baby3 weeks agoIs it ridiculous for parents to come up with a song regarding their kids' age difference,especially if the age gap is small?
-Your best friend and her husband have several kids.The first two kids,both boys,were born just 55 weeks apart.
-The super close age gap was deliberately planned and the parents even made up a song about it which they used to sing with the boys when they were young.
2 AnswersParenting4 weeks agoYour best friend has 2 babies just 53 weeks apart in age.Can she bring them both to a baby spa?
So both babies can relax in the water and she can get a break from caring for two babies very close in age.
1 AnswerParenting1 month agoYour friend's first baby is just 12 months old and she is having baby number 2.How would you support her?
She and her partner planned the very small age gap between baby #1 and baby #2,as they wanted the kids to have a close relationship.
3 AnswersNewborn & Baby1 month agoYour SIL's husband transitioned to a woman.How would you support your SIL?
-SIL and her husband had 6 children,4 boys and 2 girls.
-Her husband began cross-dressing before they had kids. This continued after the kids came along, once they were asleep.
-SIL was supportive towards her husband and tried to help him with make-up and dressing.
-Her husband became depressed and went to a counsellor. The counsellor referred him to a gender specialist as she believed he could be transgender. But he cancelled the appointment as he was super nervous about it.
-Eventually, SIL had to divorce her husband as she feared he would embarrass the kids due to his cross-dressing. However, after the divorce, they still remained close.
-The kids would visit her husband from time to time at his rented flat where he would dress in jeans and shave like any other other man.
-Then, one day he was so depressed that he tried to chop off his manhood with a Stanley knife. He bled heavily and called for an ambulance and was rushed to hospital. Thankfully, he survived.
-SIL heard of it and realized that he was serious about wanting to be a woman.
-She supported him and now he has had electrolysis, laser hair removal and gender reassignment surgery.
-Her kids also support him.
5 AnswersFamily1 month agoYour friend planned to breastfeed her baby for at least a year. Her husband insists that she switch to formula full-time.What should she do?
-Her baby is 3 months old and seems to enjoy breastfeeding.
-The woman's husband wants her to switch to formula so that he can help to feed the baby.
-The woman is concerned that switching to formula will mean she has to quit breastfeeding much sooner than she planned to.
8 AnswersNewborn & Baby8 months agoYour sister-in-law never breastfed any of her 5 children because her husband didn't want her to breastfeed.How will this affect her health?
She formula fed each baby from birth so her husband could help with the feedings.She thus regrets not going with her instinct and breastfeeding for several months instead.
5 AnswersParenting8 months agoYour friend is pregnant.Her husband doesn't want her to breastfeed after the baby is born.What can she do?
-A midwife has spoken to both the woman and her husband about the benefits of breastfeeding.
-The woman wishes to breastfeed.But her husband doesn't want her to breastfeed as he thinks bottle feeding will allow him to play an active role in the care of the baby.
-He also thinks she shouldn't breastfeed because breastfeeding can interfere with her post-baby sex life.
15 AnswersNewborn & Baby8 months agoYour niece had a baby young. Now she regrets becoming a mom. How can she reconcile her feelings about this?
-She had a baby young with her then-boyfriend because she wanted to keep him.So,they married while she was pregnant.
-She feels like she missed out on travel,career opportunities,a good social life and freedom all because she chose to have a baby.She also feels her body and breasts were ruined by getting pregnant and breastfeeding.
-She regrets motherhood as she now realizes she was never suited to become a mom. She wishes she could just have been an aunty instead.
4 AnswersNewborn & Baby9 months agoWould you be happy if your husband kept taking you on holidays and parties during the first few years of marriage before you became pregnant?
His rationale for this is because you want at least 3-4 kids,he will not be able to afford holidays and parties once the kids came along.
2 AnswersPregnancy9 months agoYour friend married young,believing she would have kids.But circumstances changed. How would you support her?
-Your friend married her now ex-husband when she was just 20.Both of them initially agreed to have children shortly after they married.
-However,her husband kept making excuses to force her to delay having a baby.At the time,she believed he would change his mind in a matter of time.So she stayed with him for 13 years.
-Finally,when she had enough of waiting to have a baby,she felt betrayed by her husband and wanted nothing to do with him.She couldn't find another partner who would agree to have kids with her.
-She was very maternal and knew that she was passionate about working with very young children.This led her to volunteer in a daycare and to take a diploma in early childhood care.
-In addition to her main job as a school administrator,she had helped with caring for her friends' very young children.
-She loves caring for babies. People have noticed this and asked her why she didn't have kids.She answered that she would have loved to become a mom and would have made an exceptional mom,if her now ex-husband had been open to her having children.
-She feels that although she didn't get to become a mom,she feels happy that she is making a difference to other people's kids.
-The life she has now is different from the life she envisioned for herself back when she was in her childhood,teenage years,20's and early 30's.It took a long time for her to come to terms with not having children.She had previously suffered depression and went for counselling as a result of this issue.
3 AnswersFriends9 months agoWhat do you think of a woman who advises other women to get pregnant young for benefits?
Link:
-https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605677/M...
What are some benefits of young pregnancy (before age 30)?
4 AnswersPregnancy9 months agoWhat would you do if your mother-in-law kept pressuring you to have a baby,but you're a woman who doesn't want to have kids?
Your mother-in-law also humiliates you for not getting pregnant in front of others.Would you:
A) Get a divorce and want nothing to do with that nosy mother-in-law.
B) Calmly explain why you don't want kids to your mother-in-law.
C) Go on living your life the way you want.
D) Force yourself to have a baby. Maybe your mother-in-law is right after all.
12 AnswersFamily10 months agoHow will choosing not to have children affect a woman's career?
In terms of promotions,career opportunities etc.
3 AnswersLaw & Legal10 months agoShould your friend break up with her boyfriend if he wants kids and she doesn't want children?
Or should she marry him,hoping he won't pressure her to have a baby?
7 AnswersSingles & Dating10 months agoYour niece came crying to you that she had wasted 9 precious fertile years on a man who kept lying about having kids.How would you help her?
-She will soon reach an age where her fertility will decline.
-Her husband knew she wanted kids,but kept putting it off.So now she is upset that she has no baby.
12 AnswersFamily10 months agoWhat do you think of men who keep making excuses to delay having a baby with their female spouses?
-They were aware that the women they were with wanted to have children.
-This delaying of having a baby causes the women to go through a lot of trouble conceiving due to advanced age or leaves the women childless.
7 AnswersTrying to Conceive10 months agoHow would you feel after you divorced a partner of many years after you were betrayed by him?
-He kept making excuses to delay having a baby for 20 years,despite knowing that you wanted children.So you wasted your good fertile years on him.
-When he finally agreed to try for a baby,you were 39.You got pregnant but miscarried at just 8 weeks.He blamed you for not being able to have a baby and made your life a living hell after that.
-So you got a divorce.
-You feel upset that your partner denied you the chance to have a baby.
6 AnswersFamily10 months ago