1 and DONE!

I absolutely love my daughter, don't get me wrong, but I honestly have no desire to have another kid.  One is more than enough for me.  After having a baby, people apparently find it necessary to ask me when we are planning on having another one (like it is any of their business in the first place), and I can say with certainty that I have no intention of having baby #2.  I said the same thing before I had my daughter, and people kept telling me that I would change my mind after I had the first one.  Unfortunately, it just reinforced the fact that I am not having another baby.

As I have said in my previous post, my daughter is pretty much perfect.  She slept through the night at 5 weeks.  She is always happy and so easy to entertain.  So why do I only want one little bundle of joy? 

Well, there are many reasons actually.  First and foremost, I absolutely loathe being pregnant.  It was the most uncomfortable, miserable, worst 9 months of my life.  There was nothing at all that I liked about being pregnant.  Nothing.  I could tell you all the things I hated, but that's a whole other blog post.  I just can't ever imagine myself willingly going though that again...yuck.  I also know that if there was a next time, we would probably not get lucky again with a baby that was an amazing sleeper.  As I have said before, I absolutely love my sleep.  I cannot function without at least 8 hours, especially when I work a full time job.  I don't gamble, and I am not willing to gamble on my precious sleep.  Also, I am not such a huge fan of the infant stage (as I have found out), and, lastly, I am just getting ready to start my career after a long, long time in school.  I love the fact that I work, and I am excited to get my career up and running.  I just don't think I have the time and energy for another baby. 

I'd rather spend all my extra time spoiling the wonderful one that I have already.  :)