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[quote=Anonymous]Before we even had our first, we knew we wanted at least two kids. We wanted to space them close together and for some reason decided on about two years apart in age. Thus, right around the time when DD turned one we started trying for our second. We were fortunate in that it worked fast and so DS was born two years after DD. For me, I knew that as DD became more independent and fun (also a tough a baby like many of the PPs had) it would be increasingly difficult for me to want to go back to the baby phase so having them close in age worked for us.

It has been tough, but there are a lot of things I really like about having them close together. In general though, I've found the second time around much easier even though DS was a terrible sleeper for a long time and not a great eater either. However, like others have said, I'm so much more relaxed as a parent; it helps really knowing that any tough phase will end and probably quicker than you know it. I would say that an easier transition from 1-2 would be to space them further apart so that your older one is more independent.     [/quote]

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