Most challenging child/sibling ages?

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My dds are currently 5yo and 2yo. I am 31yo.

I found going from 1-2 children a doddle at first: dd1 was a calm and pleasant 3yo and dd2 was an easy going baby. Life with a 4yo and 1yo was pretty plain sailing, too, but we now have a very sulky 5yo on our hands and a tantruming, hitting-machine of a 2yo. For as wonderfully as they get on sometimes, they also squabble and fight terribly. I sometimes want to lock myself in the cupboard under the stairs

See, I'm asking partly because I would like reassurance that it gets better. Also, I think I am feeling broody for another baby but (amongst other things, like getting pg and giving birth again, and needing to move house) sometimes I think it would be crazy to add another baby-toddler-child into the mix.

(Hope this post makes sense).

bump!

Sounds pretty normal to me. Mine are 5 and 7 and very tight, bestest friends who fight and screech a lot. It's mostly great but very wearing.

and they chatter long into the night instead of going to sleep.
But they really love each other too.

Maybe their relationship will further improve once dd2's language skills (and empathy!) develop.

I worry about what having 3 children would be like as sometimes my hands feel too full with 2. But, if we were to ttc, better do it soonee rather than later as it took 2y to conceive dd2. I don't want to procrastinate, then regret not trying earlier.

Some people have talked about the third child being something of an 'equaliser' in the relationship between their 2 older children. Does anyone feel the same here?