[Indy]

I wanted to post an opinion on this topic, just my thoughts.

I adopted one to start. Then a year later, I added son #2. Son #2 seemed lonely. He is 6 years younger than #1. So I decided to adopt again. I came upon 2 brothers who needed a home. My thinking was, "if I add two more, I have a total of four sons". My math was not correct. I have a young adult and three young sons (10, 11, 13).

So I have the odd number of "kids". There is always someone being left out. Any two of them get along fine. It is when we throw in the third that I have more bickering and fighting.

My advice adopt in even numbers 2-4-6-8-10 (LOL). As far as being first time parents, I know several couples who had twins/triplets/quads on their "first" time. Yes, it is hard. But if that is all you know, you won't even know the difference.

Good luck in your decision.