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[quote=Anonymous]For those of you with two (or more) children, or working on a second...did you struggle at all with deciding to have a second, or timing the second? Our DD is 2 and we are considering starting to try for a second. But reading some of the posts on here and other places about how much more work a second is is really overwhelming. Plus, despite going through toddler days, our DD is really at a fun age - it's hard to imagine giving her less attention and being able to give as much to another child. Also, I am sleep deprived now and the thought of going through the newborn days (DD was a colicky preemie who didn't sleep through the night until she was 1) again exhausts me enough to be terrifying. Bottom line - I know some of this is just jitters and we'll just have to jump in...but did any of you find a particular spacing to be really helpful in easing the transition. We had a rough transition from 0 to 1 (though we are all super happy now) and I don't know if that bodes better or worse for our ability to transition to 2. Advice?[/quote]

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