From Dawn Till Dusk

I’ve always thought that a 3-4 years gap between the first-born and the second is quite ideal for child spacing. Hubby and I actually decided and planned to have it that way since we reasoned we wanted to enjoy Nico for quite sometime until we feel we are ready for the second.

But you know, it’s kinda weird because just lately, we realized that if we can only turn back time, we would have opted a close in age gap (around 18-24 months?) between Nico and the second baby.

At four years old now, we can feel the cons of raising an only child in Nico. Boredom, the feeling of loneliness with no “real” and “regular” playmates to have fun with plus a number of more reasons—we can’t help but think what joy it was if Nico had a younger sibling. They would have enjoyed each other more and have more in common. They would have been best of friends and as well, as great playmates.

Last weekend was a vivid picturing of this realization. My best friend for life was in town once more for a short business trip and together with her three and a half year old daughter Sam, they stayed in our home until yesterday. Nico had the grandest time playing with Sam for a couple of days and seeing our Little Boy’s eyes all glowing in happiness having a playmate all giggling and excited the moment he wakes up in the morning until he retires at night, surely, it was true happiness no amount of money or materials things or the best toys in this world can buy. Continue Reading »