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[quote=Anonymous]I know two families that had an oops baby in their 40s. In one case their two daughters were 17 and 19. They had one year to go until both were in college and then they started again! I was friends with one of the sisters and the sisters ended up helping out a lot once they were older. The youngest was a boy and he would come and spend summers with my friend and her husband and their kids. The other sister used to also take him a lot. Since they were out of the house before he was out of diapers this was a way for them to get to know him and to be part of his life. I think he related to them more as aunts than sisters. It also gave the parents a break to travel and do retired things that they wanted to.

The other family had 3 kids who were about 10-15 when the baby arrived. I think this family found it even harder because the older kids were in all kinds of activities and needed to be taken everywhere and then you had a baby to lug around and work around at the same time. Also they had to divide their time. You want a family ski vacation - someone has to stay with the baby. Day trip to a beach - have to work a nap in somewhere. They found it hard. The 3 kids were tiring enough and then adding a baby that was unplanned was exhausting. [/quote]

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