anybody here has 1 child and is contented? Do they really need siblings?i feel so tired managing work child and housework, cant imagine if i have 2 i wld really hv zero me time.it's not gd for our marriage either. Is there really a need to "suffer so much just to give yr child a sibling"? also i dont have parents staying with me so it is already tough w one

Hi, I have one child. She is 6 now and at times I do feel that she should have a sibling not only thinking about the fact that she would have someone to play with now but I think about 20 years later. I have two siblings and I know how comforting it is to have siblings when I am feeling low or feeling happy. I feel that when she will grow up and when she would need a support structure, she would not have one. She would not have brothers and sisters to fall back upon in the hour of need. But I plan to adopt a child. I do not know when that will happen but since my husband too is mentally prepared for one, we shall have a baby soon. But it is a personal choice. If you feel you are not ready, you of course do not have to put yourself into another pregnancy. See, if we are not 100 percent into something, we do not do that well. So, if you are not ready for the second child, do not go for it for the sake of providing sibling to your child.