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[quote=Anonymous]Mine are 15 mos apart and, as I recall, the difficult parts ebbed and flowed over the years.  I was lucky and both kids were good sleepers and #2 took to nursing easily so, other than being tired, I didn't find the early months all that difficult.  #2 spent most of her time on me in a sling and we just kept up #1's usual routine of playgroup, music class, storytime, trips to the park.  One thing that helped a lot was that since they were so close in age #2 still napped twice a day.  I later looked at friends with a busy 3 yr old and a newborn and thought that looked exhausting LOL  Getting them on the same afternoon nap routine was key and I had a couple years where they both were napping for 2-3 hours every afternoon.

The first time I found really difficult was when #2 started crawling because then I had two to keep an eye on and the conflicts w/ #1 started because now she could get into his things.  Then they got used to that and things settled down for a bit until it was time for #1 to be potty trained and for a while leaving the house was a big PITA because helping #1 in a bathroom while also having a toddler in tow was challenging.

Then #2 entered the terrible twos and that decided for us that two was enough!

But, they are teens now and I'm happy with the spacing.  They were never the "best friends" everyone says close-age siblings will be, and what I expected because my 20-mos-older sister was always my best friend.  But, they also never fought much and get along ok when we do family things.  They just have very different personalities and play styles and one is an extrovert and one an introvert.  [/quote]

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