Baby number two didn’t present quite the same challenge to Debra and John’s marriage as did baby number one. John had awakened to the reality that raising kids is a lot of work. He already knew that, but now he was prepared to face it head on. You can’t just add a new baby into your life as if there was this gaping hole of time and energy waiting to be filled; something has to give and John was already living and working at near maximum capacity. So what do you do? You realize where you fell short the first time and then prepare in advance for what’s to come. John couldn’t feel bad about being caught off guard by the addition of the first baby, but he could certainly anticipate the same thing (and more) happening for the second baby.
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