Wow, blue! I never knew you had a kid! I have a 10-year-old. Cool. I'm thinking about having another one myself, even though I'm old as dirt and all. My daughter is thrilled.

The only experience I have with this is second-hand, of course. My brother had a stepdaughter who was about 10 when they had my niece and my ex-husband had a little sister who was about eight years younger than the next oldest. The little ones tend to get spoiled rotten because their siblings are teenagers with disposable income by the time they're old enough to want stuff. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, but it seems to happen across the board.

The thought of starting over is a little daunting, but everyone who has done this tells me it's a lot easier the second time around.