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OMG someone talk me down!
I am starting to get really nervous about this two kids thing....I am worried and feel incredibly overwhelmed now as it is with Monk, and each day I get more and more nervous that I wont be able to handle a newborn and a toddler with special needs. Everyone keeps trying to reassure me that I will have plenty of help...but its just not making me feel any more secure.
Its totally not rational either, but they just put out some statistics on ASDs and siblings, and that makes me even more nervous....I need to just put it out of my mind and deal with that later if it comes, but its always kind of in the back of my mind.
All of this along with not feeling as prepared for a new baby as I was with monk has got me all kinds of whacked out. I just needed a place to vent a little bit...Im not really looking for advice or anything, just for a listening ear or two.
Re: OMG someone talk me down!
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Agree,things just will work out. I don't have special needs but w/ my 1st two my oldest had surgery that pretty much required her to be a cast that covered her whole upper body at 19 months, my youngest was 6 weeks old at the time. Was it stressful, yes, but you get over it. I spent years at doctors, therapists etc. After a couple weeks or so you will get in a grove and honestly you wont even remember the days of having just one child.
You will do great!! At least you know what to expect out of a newborn being that this isn't your first rodeo and as far as Monk - you are not the only person to have a kid with ASD and add another one to the family. It will all work out, don't stress about it.
Hope Monk is doing well!!!!
{{{HUGS}}}
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Mine are 2.5 years apart and it was an adjustment, but I think it clicks a lot faster than it does when you have your first baby.