Tell me the best bits of having 2 kids!

Oh my god, watching them play and interact with each other, support and care for each other - I just find it so magical, it melts my heart. I have a 6yo and 3yo and a newborn. We won't be having any more for lots of practical reasons but I love watching them love each other, it's one of my favourite parts of being a parent. I'm one of three myself and have a difficult relationship with one sibling but on the whole still a positive one, and am incredibly close to my other sibling. Even the difficult one still adds to my life in adulthood and I have a fantastic niece/cousin for my kids through them too. It's not just about childhood for me, me and my siblings support each other as adults and share the load of supporting our DPs etc and that is so valuable too in adulthood.

It’s fine to have another because you want another - I did!

Them entertaining each other is a big positive. They are never lonely when they are together and have someone to play with.

It's lovely watching their relationship develop. Yeah sometimes they bicker or get a bit rowdy but they will also do sweet things for each other and stick up for one another.

It's also very comforting knowing they will have each other when we are gone.

Watching the way my two DSs, who are nearly 4 years apart, love each other and enjoy each other's company, is the best bit. Yes they bicker at times but overall they get on well and we have far more fun because of being a family of four than I think we would with only one kid.

Also, when you have two kids, you see how different they are even though you raise them more or less the same, and it helps you appreciate that they are people in their own right with their own intrinsic personalities and abilities, not just a product of your parenting successes and failures.

Because there is nothing like sibling love. When they play music together it makes me cry. And when they’re little they entertain each other.

Ours are 38 months apart and are very close (DD1 is barely talking to us but remains in contact with her sister).
My favourite memory is of DD2's first holiday at 8 months old. We were driving in the Alps and she and her sister were in the back of my car, one in a toddler car seat and the other in a baby carrier seat, giggling away and I negotiated Alpine roads.

It's lovely! Of course there are hard bits, but overall it's been good for all of us. DS1 and DS2 play lots together, also squabble a fair bit, but they look out for each other and one will often help the other up if he falls or bumps something then give him a cuddle. It's really sweet. It's also been way easier than I expected, as DS2 just sort of slotted in and we carried on as we were.

Having two is wonderful, I loved having one and did worry about the change I dynamic but seeing them play together and build their own relationship is the best. And actually now (mine are 6 and 4.5), I think it's a lot easier than having one because they just entertain eachother. I would actually love a third but don't want to upset the balance now, it's so easy having two and for us at least, just works really well with enough balance between being able to do things all together and give each of them enough time individually. Go for it OP!

Mine get on well enough but I will be honest and admit I find the swiping one another’s toys / food / drinks so exhausting.

The good thing for me is I had my first baby in Covid and so it’s been really nice to have an opportunity to do it again ‘properly’ with dc2.

They adore each other and have done so since tiny
They are now adults and still close, they have each others backs
As children they always had someone to play with so kept out of my hair
They helped each other out with education stuff as have very different skill sets
They still help each other eg tonight I was supposed to drop DS off somewhere to pick up his new car and got held up at work, so DD did instead (none of his friends were either available or close enough)

I'm pretty confident nobody loves me as much as dd2 loves dd1 (including my own younger sister!) And no-one can make dd1 laugh as much as dd2.

They can play stupid games together that no-one else would understand and adults wouldn't do it right.

On the flip side dd1 can be really horrible to dd2, really dismissive and vile and dd2 can troll dd1 like nothing I've ever seen. Swings and roundabouts 😁

Yep! Unless they get on great, it’s pretty much just a battle of decisions then. All questions usually lead to 2 separate different answers and they’re usually just a stubborn as each other. You make a new dish for dinner, and one loves it, but the other one doesn’t. And so on and so on….

The relationship between them is absolutely adorable. It's a gift for your first child to have someone to share their childhood with (and to take turns visiting you in a nursing home with).

Nothing special imo. More headache if anything

I'm an only child. I wasn't sure about a second but my DH really really wanted one. His brother, who he was close to, had also died young. I kind of felt like I owed it to him to at least try (we also weren't young by this stage).
Having two has been the most unexpected joy. It's really hard work but the relationship between them is beautiful and so much fun.