What's the best things about having an only child?

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I have an only child. Dd is 3. She's amazing. I keep worrying about her being an only child though. Please stop me worrying and tell me why one is great!

Hello, I can't talk from experience because I am pregnant with no2, but I see nothing wrong with 1 child families! Several in my family and have friends who are only children.

They get all your attention
No sibling rivalry
Tight family unit
Makes them more likely to make friends
Secure in their relationship with you

Sorry I do have more to say but I need to sort my dd out!!

I have an only child - he's only a baby but the guilt I felt about not wanting another led me to this...

More spare cash
Parents who aren't permanently exhausted
More time for conversation and play (all my friends have more than one child their conversation goes like this ... "Jane, put your shoes .. no John don't do .. Jane shoes please .. no I .. John could you .. wait a min...")
Only child gets to choose who to play with (you have to be able to have play dates for this)
Child isn't stuck with a sibling they hate (admittedly this doesn't always happen but it can)

I am an only child and my childhood was very happy. I'm sure I would have been happy with siblings too but as an only child ALL the attention was on me and I've developed really close relationships with my mum and dad, but with my mum in particular - we're now more like best friends than mother and daughter. I also got financial help with a lot of things like first car, first house deposit - which I may not have got (or in less amounts) if I had a sibling also taking their share of the resources!

thankyou :) I just have a few doubts occasionally and then give myself a kick and tell myself to be happy with what I have and make the most of dd. We could have more children if we both wanted to but I don't think our relationship would survive if we did it again and my mental health would suffer.

Thankyou for your replies.