Those of you with older or grown up children, do you regret not having more?

[DottieDoLittle]

Time is not especially on my side for having more dc but this is something I struggle with!

I love the newborn phase but REALLY struggle with toddlers.

Currently my dc are just turned 2 and 4 and are at the 'drive their mother crazy' stage!

Anyway, almost everyone I talk to in rl says they 'regret not having more children'.

I Just wondered if this was a wider more general thing or more specific to the people I know!

My mum in particular is very adamant she wished she had more children when she could.

I'm 37, I don't know if any other child would push me over the edge or complete my family and stop me wondering.

Thanks in advance for any answers!

I know what you're saying about another sibling. I do feel guilty about about that and it is a chat we've had. I'm the eldest in my family. I was 9, 11 and 15 when my siblings were born. So essentially felt like an only child. They've had a different type of choldhood to me. My eldest two have 16 months between them. I love that as they have a close age gap. I never wanted one child with a large gap as I didn't like it myself. We have discussed a 4th for this reason. But I just couldn't. We don't have the room or the money for another. And I just don't have it in me for another. I feel awful saying that. But that's how I feel. I do adore our youngest though. As hard as it is some days having a little one again she's amazing and I wouldn't change it for the world.