Hey ladies. I found this article and wanted to see what you guys thought. I never really considered this, which is sad. It's such a cultural thing, you're gonna either not have kids or at least have two. Not knocking big families by the way, I can from one. But I know there are a lot of first time moms here like myself and I think this is a great resource and something to consider. Only because I know I never got to hear any one praising this before. But now? Me and my spouse are starting a good dialogue about it. It's not a bad idea at all. We could give our child a unique childhood. We could travel as a family. The thought of taking 3 kids out of the country for a vacation seems almost impossible, but one? Not so much. And personally I've known only children to usually act like the adults they are around. There wouldn't be any starting over every time we had another child, but growing with the one we have and honestly, though I'd never considered it before, that sounds amazing. As the oldest of five, I never got to do vacations or anything until my late teens when all my siblings were old enough because there was always a baby. As a child my mom homeschooled me, I was way advanced, then there were more kids and less time and I got to go be average in public school with kids who were years behind me. Some people say at least two, so the child won't be lonely. But my husband was the oldest of two, he was so sweet and absolutely tortured and bullied by his younger brother, who's honestly one of the worst humans I've had the displeasure of meeting. And I've been reading a lot of one sibling adults stories saying they went through the same. Family is amazing. But I'm realizing size will on no way guarantee happiness.