I told my husband we should have a baby. I find I resort to this chatter when things seem too calm. I’m accustomed to functioning at a certain level of chaos at all times. What is this sleeping through the night business? What is this “buckling yourselves into your own seats” thing? It’s time to mix things up!
My husband, however, is standing firm on his conviction that three kids is plenty for us and he will not be coaxed into a fourth. Typically I’m able to manipulate people into giving me what I want if I want it bad enough, but I’m finding the “Let’s have another baby” waters trickier to navigate than I had anticipated.
These have been my arguments for why we should have a baby so far:
We Owe the World.
Our kids are beautiful…a fourth child would only make the world a prettier place.
Even Numbers.
With three kids one will always be left out and the child who feels left out will ALWAYS tag along with Mom and Dad. Do we WANT Kainoa to live with us until he’s 40?
Hundred of Lives Lie in Our Hands.
That 4th child could mean fostering generations of family members. What if he/she grows up to have 6 kids? And then they all have 6 kids…and so on and so forth. Whether or not an entire extension of our family even comes into existence will be determined by a simple yes or no to that 4th child. How can we deny these people LIFE!?!
Babies Get Easier…Eventually…Kinda….Just Ssshhh.
Sure those first few years are tough but they go by SO fast! I barely even remember losing my mind over crying babies! What dirty diapers? What temper tantrums? What bottles? Just look how adorable they are!
Our Future Rides On This Child
Our 4th child could grow up to be the next Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber. They might make millions of dollars and the first thing kids do when they make millions is set their mothers up in mansions. We wouldn’t have to worry about money ever again.
Pat has a retort for every scenario I throw at him. For that last one he said “Or they could grow up to be a drug addict and drain our life savings”. I had NO comeback for this other than, “…we have a life savings?”
He’s quick. And good. And NOT budging in the baby department.
I need a new approach…suggestions?