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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats!

My DD was also SUPER excited about another DD. Although, the second we got home she realized newborn was always with sleeping or nursing. This was VERY hard on her, for months, despite trying to take time to spend quality time with my first. She didn't understand newborns don't "play" and aren't interactive. Finally once my second started smiling and interacting, my first was "into" her more. 
But seriously, the jealousy was real.

Now that my second is one, they play together and my first is much, much happier. Just want to point out it might not be all rainbows and such.

On the other hand, 5 year old is a little more independent and can help, play by herself, etc. There are definitely pros to having the wide age gap. [/quote]

This was my experience as well - they are now 5 and 10 and sometimes the best of friends and sometimes annoy each other - just like all siblings;)[/quote]

+2, identical experience here, so far.  DDs are now 5.5 and just turned 1.  I am really surprised at how well they play together, although we have to be very diligent about keeping older DD’s smaller toys (Lego, smaller Barbie clothing items, small craft pieces, etc) out of the shared play area, since 1yo DD puts everything straight in her mouth.  Older DD begged for a sibling for a long time, and she is still super excited to have a little sister.  I’m sure there will be bumps in the road ahead (what family doesn’t have those?) but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well it has gone so far.  I had wanted a much smaller age gap, but we also dealt with infertility.  I’m glad they aren’t closer together, actually.  Older DD’s independence and general understanding of the baby’s needs has been very helpful.[/quote]

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