I don't want Eli to be lonely or spoilt rotten and thought 2 might be nice - then they'll always have each other!
Hmm my two brothers are 2 years apart. They didn't get along as children or teenagers, and they certainly don't get along as adults! They're not in contact with each other at all.
So if my parents had decided to have a second child for that reason alone... oh dear!
I think it's possible for only children not to be lonely ... and many families have more than one spoiled child