[LisaCA]

...I have a few questions. We have dd (she's currently 7.75 months) in a room by herself, in a 3 bdrm house. the 3rd bedroom is my office. We have a huge family room of 500 sq feet, which we plan to use for kid play and tv (and it's the bunny room). My thought is that we'd like to adopt number two, but are not anxious to eliminate my office, at least not yet. we'd like to keep the two kids together in one room, til dd's 5 or 6 (when we plan to move and get a 4bdrm house somewhere other than CA).

so my questions: did you have a separate nursery for your second adoption? was it required by your agency? what was it like to have two kids with different ages in one room? we suspect dd will be 2 or so when the newborn arrives. Did you keep the newborn in your room for a few months before moving baby into toddler's room? Does it matter to your agency if there are different genders in one room at such a young age? And if the room you used isn't too big, how did you manage space? our thinking is that we'd get a trundle bed for dd, and a crib for newborn, but then later switch to bunk beds if we haven't moved yet.

we're just early on in thinking about what we need for kid # 2 while we raise kid #1. I know it sometimes takes a bit of time for # 2 to arrive, but then again it can happen instantly. our timeline is to start the paperwork renew homestudy starting after xmas. Since we have a bit of time, we're trying to budget for various expenditures (such as new furniture, etc) which is why we're thinking ahead.

btw, our thinking is that we'd wait til dd was 2 and possibly on her way to being pottytrained before we dove into diapers fulltime (and also old enought to be in some sort of schooling for a few hours if need be). for those who've done this before, is this sound thinking? Are there some other things we should be thinking about? are we crazy or do we just need to get a few more cats instead ?

thanks for the advice,

LisaCA