Giggles, cuddles and everything in between…

Lots of my friends and colleagues and people around me in general judge or question me for having a 2nd one, on how am I going to raise two kids. It makes sense too, because we live in an era where people love to travel and relax and put themselves before others, than to lose themselves in raising kids. I totally agree that raising kids is not at all easy. Its sooo much work, endless, round the clock work!!! Its hard work and not just physical but emotional too, you need to go through the sleepless nights, now you need to learn to manage the needs of a kid along with the baby, learn to be equally available for both, yet not lose yourself in the process. Be more cognizant about how you manage your finances and be better with your planning. Every other day I question myself whether I made the right choice, yes it happens even after having the baby.  Though we wanted to give this gift of sibling-bond to my elder one but it was never a 100% thing. I believe nothing ever is, its always a leap of faith after you have weighed in the pros and cons. So we took that leap of faith and as we are going along on this journey, we are figuring things out. It does sound scary but it is okay our lives dont need foolproof business plans . With all that hard work and meltdowns and momentary specks of doubt, when I see these two giggling together or when these eyes look at me with that heart-melting smile, there is a sudden surge of courage in me that makes me believe, it will all work out. It makes me feel what I wanted to have when we decided to have the 2nd baby. This is what I wanted for my elder one too, to have someone always by her side. To live her childhood to the fullest. You can only do that with siblings and they are for life.

No matter how old you grow, when you are with your sibling you can always go back to your childhood and thats the best part. 

#momoftwo #siblinglove