Wanted to gain some perspectives from people who went for a second kid while their first kid was already 5 years old, to understand few pros and cons of the elder child behavior in those cases and how did you all manage going through the whole sleepless cycle and baby duties all over again. Many thanks in advance for all your inputs🙏

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My two boys are almost exactly 5 years apart. On the pro side, the 5 year old was pretty self sufficient when we needed him to be. On the cons, the older one had five years of being the only child so I think adding a baby was a real shock for him and took a long time for him to adjust to. On the whole I am glad we had number two.

Thank you. We have a 2.5 yo. With the younger one’s arrival, we are going through the shock/jealousy phase now. He doesn’t usually cry or sad before the younger one but I can see that he felt somewhat abandoned because mom can’t be very attentive 24/7 anymore with him. He picks up crying at random moments when mom is nursing the baby and wakes up looking for his mom.
Hopefully it will be over soon but I guess only when he can start playing with younger one, it’s going to be a journey.

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