[danhanan]

I can't say much about having children close in age. Only by circumstances, our first two (biological) we five years apart. We thought we were done raising children but when our son was 19 our daughter came to us. However, two of my brothers have children close in age and they seem to be very close and happy.
As for the question of love, let me tell you my experience. When I was pregnant the 2nd time I was afraid that I wouldn't love the 2nd as much as the 1st. I was fairly certain until Hannah entered our lives that you couldn't possibly love or bond dwith a child by adoption as strongly as bio kids. Well, I was SO WRONG !!!! Our bond with her is at least as strong as with our others.. So, those fears are completely normal but mostly unfounded from my experience.
Our bmom did try to make an attempt to take her back and wasn't allowed to even try. She talked to a couple of lawyers, but she had relinquished and that was the end of it.
Good luck !!!

Nancy