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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't have a fixed idea of how big our family should be, and I had a rough pregnancy and rougher delivery and DS1 was a high-need baby and toddler, so for a long time I didn't even think about having another. But when DS1 was around 4, I finally felt like I was coming up for air. I was 36 and knew it was time to act if we were going to. DH was fine either way, but I felt like our life was a little lonely. I grew up with just one sibling but lots of extended family around. But DH and I lived far from our families and I hated Idea that DS1 didn't really have family around him--no sibling, no cousins, aunts and uncles that he knew well. I just wanted more people around I guess.  So we had DS2 when DS1 was 5.5.

Honestly, I've never had one regret. In fact, I was so happy after DS2 was born that I toyed with the idea of having a 3rd. But that would have been a real financial stretch for us, and DH not particularly excited anout the idea, so we stuck with 2.

My kids have always gotten along great in spite of their age gap, and I actually really like this gap. It's worked well for us.[/quote]

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