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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My only child is in early elementary and has moderate-to-severe ADHD. He can be a handful in ways that I understand most kids aren’t. He is both hyperactive and inattentive, with a dash of defiance and a particularly low frustration tolerance, but the last two items seem to only show themselves at home.

DH and I both commute to work five days a week with no close by family. In addition, we have therapy appointments, are currently having recurring meetings with school to figure out special accommodations, and I am trying to be better about participating in activities to get his energy. We are stretched.

We likely would have tried for a second when he was younger, if it wasn’t for COVID. When COVID first started when he was aged 3, he was not displaying all of the behaviors we see now. As he got older, they started becoming more apparent, and it became clearer that this is something that we need to deal with as parents.

I think if COVID had not hit when he did, he would have a sibling and we would be juggling the needs of our son and the sibling who may or may not face the same challenges.

I am likely coming to the end of my ability to have another kid (late 30s), but it pulls at me that we don’t have a second, even though we are just holding it together now. Having kids so far apart in age also seems to introduce more logistical challenges because they will never go to the same school or participate in the same activities.

Who has been in a similar situation? What choice did you make?[/quote]

Are you prepared for a second child who has the same high needs?  [/quote]

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