My husband and I are really struggling with the decision whether to have another child or not. We know if we do we would like them to be close in age so we would start trying again shortly or if we should be one and done. On one hand we are worried that we would be depriving our son of a sibling but on the other we are worried can we handle two. How do you feel about having two under two is it crippling hard? I'm a stay at home wife and we are financially stable because I know that plays into the decision. I think we can handle it but I want to make sure we're not fooling ourselves
Re: Some advice to help me decide
My second isn't here yet, but I can tell you what helped me make my decision to have two so close. I was an only child for almost three years. Right before birthday, my parents adopted my sister who was also two. (We are almost 10 months apart in age.)
Our decision to have 2u2 was due in part to our ages. I was 40 when DS2 was born so waiting it out for a year or two really wasn't a choice I had.
Kids are 18 months apart. I'm not going to lie, the first 2.5-3 years of DS2's life was
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011