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Having an unplanned baby at a young age leaves room for you to try being a parent again once you are ready. This leads to forming a family with 2 kids having a significant age gap. Even if unplanned pregnancy was not the case, many parents decide to take a few years before they plan their second. Is it good to have such a big time lapse between the kids or not is a never ending discussion. Families have their own reasons about planning babies so far apart. Whatever be the reason behind it, there are some truths attached to parenting kids with a good 10 year age gap. Read on and decide for yourself whether you would want this gap in your kids or not!
It’s Not Like Parenting 2 Kids
If your kids have a big age gap, your older kid will be quite big when you have your second. Since the elder one is independent enough to let you spend time with the little one, you feel like a first time mom. While the older one plays with the baby, you can spare yourself for a nice bubble bath (a short one)! The transition to being a mom to a small kid is different for you than the one’s who have kids of similar age groups!
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You Are Still Raising 2 Kids
Though your older kid is independent, he still needs you as a mother. You will learn to sing your little baby to sleep while you help the older one with his homework. Managing diaper changes, the older one’s extra curricular activities and still looking like a woman is a task you will have to achieve.
Family Outings Are Tough
Till now the family outings revolved around your child and the activities were planned around him. Your kid likes trampoline, board games, going to the park for swings and movies. Could you relate any of these to your younger one? Right, planning family outings will be a tough task now!
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Vacations On Hold
No matter how much you love to travel, when you have 2 kids with you, flights are a torture! When you have to deal with a cranky child, your baby starts howling all of a sudden putting you in a tight spot in public. When the older one wants to get himself clicked by the beach to show off at the school, your little one decides to poop on your swimwear. So vacations are better kept on hold for a while!
Exhausted Forever
You can imagine your life spent with tiredness in your eyes. Dealing with tween tantrums, eye rolls and a crying baby with diaper rash is too much to handle! You will be constantly exhausted to the point that you might question yourself, “Was it a bad decision to wait this long for the second baby?”.
Different Bond
Your kids will have a bond different than what other siblings of similar age group have. They might not fight over a small toy because the older one can let it go. He will be protective of the little one and you can see the small kid looking up to the older one for guidance. They will have a bond like no one else!
There are struggles and positives of having a significant gap between kids. No matter what you decide about the difference in planning kids, you are giving your kid a gift for life, a sibling!
