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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just sayin' two kids is actually easier than one in many respects after the youngest is a year old. I'd go for it and I would go for it right now. If you wait, you will not ever want to go back. Just gut out that first year again. And if you didn't like breastfeeding, do it for 6 weeks and then feed formula. My pediatrician said about 50% of the benefits of breastfeeding are incurred in the first 6 weeks![/quote]

Woof I do not agree with the first part of this at all! I love my two and two was right for my family but easier than one? Heck to the no!! Have you met a family with one 7 year old girl??? It’s like the calmest place on the planet typically from my experience. I know not always but seriously. When you have a second it isn’t just another child you’re managing but also the sibling dynamic. Is that piece also a ton of fun and does it sometimes mean a playmate? For sure. But easier seems like quite the stretch. One you can so easily switch off.

I do agree with others though to just go easy on yourself op you’re still early on. That first year is so hard on many of us! For me it has gotten easier and easier as time has gone on generally. The newborn period was SO so hard for me. And it was again for my second I will not lie. But turns out I’m a fantastic fun as heck elementary age mom. It is FUN now. And hard at times too for SURE. But so so different than those early days. That doesn’t mean have a second. But just don’t push yourself to make the call yet. Wait a year or two, see how things feel. [/quote]

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