Cheers and pompoms here for Lily and O!
I took J to the park this morning, glad I did because it's bucketing down now. Why are toddlers so hard to steer? He was straight into every puddle or patch of mud he could find. Fortunately I managed to grab the dog before she could dive in the river with the ducks.
Oh I take that back it isn't bucketing down, it's snowing! Time to light the fire I think.
Eliza I have a bigger gap between mine (DS1 was 9 and DS2 was 6 when J was born) but the dynamics of the family are certainly very different with three than with two. DS1 and DS2 dote on J but I do feel that DS2 needs extra attention because J demands so much of my time. Fortunately he seems to recognise this himself so he will come and ask for 'special time', or to have an extra chapter of his book, or he'll ask to have a conversation with me. Poor DS2 has always been short changes though as DS1's special needs have meant that he has always needed extra attention. It is tricky to get the balance right but I think it's well worth it for the fun of a bigger family. My biological clock is ticking too but I can't see it happening between age, cost, relationship ishoos and lack of sleep. And then I start to panic that if I did get pregnant again (by no means a certainty) it would be twins! What a silly thing to worry about.