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momofgkl
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Another baby? Input please.
momofgkl
Newbie
Hello everyone,
I will try to keep this at a bearable length, I can ramble sometimes. I've recently joined the page because I don't really have friends I can speak to about this. My best friend, my mom, passed away and I just don't have anyone I can talk about this kind of stuff.
We have a blended family, 15 year old and 13 year old kids and my husband of 4 years and I have our 2.5 year old. The discussion of having a 4th has been on our minds for quite awhile. I have just had some worries that I would love to get some insight on.
Our toddler, he is such a momma'a boy. I'm still weaning him (whole other adventure). I was working a mostly remote position prior to pregnancy, throught out and until he was 6 months old. At 6 months, I lost my job, more on that later. My concern as the sahm is I worry about him understanding the addition of another baby. The older kids are all about adding another but I just worry I will lose the close bond I have with him. He is just so used to having all of me. Anyone else experience these worries? I just worry about his heart being broken.
Work concern. As mentioned before, I lost my job of 15 years when our branch was closed when my son was about 6 months old. I have struggled to find anything for 2 years (let's not even get into how much of a failure this makes me feel like). I have been enjoying the sahm time with him. It's hard when my job used to be so much of my identity, 50 to 70 hour weeks at times, weeks on-call 24/7, it was rough but it was such a big part of me. I am very much loving my time with my kids, I also would just continue to take the time to be a sahm with the next baby. My worry here is, I'm 36, I'm already 2 years out of work and struggling to find something, would adding another 5 or 6 years to that gap be detrimental? Anyone with experience in this?
36, about to be 37 and depending on what way you word your Google search, you can find things to worry about for over 35 and pregnant. Worry or not worry? Partially side-tracked but did anyone have a harder time losing baby weight due to an older age?
I am so ready to jump on the next baby boat but these things have me so worried. Any words of wisdom are so appreciated. I'm sorry for so many questions and being a bit all over the place. I'm just really excited to hopefully find somewhere I can get advice.
I will try to keep this at a bearable length, I can ramble sometimes. I've recently joined the page because I don't really have friends I can speak to about this. My best friend, my mom, passed away and I just don't have anyone I can talk about this kind of stuff.
We have a blended family, 15 year old and 13 year old kids and my husband of 4 years and I have our 2.5 year old. The discussion of having a 4th has been on our minds for quite awhile. I have just had some worries that I would love to get some insight on.
Our toddler, he is such a momma'a boy. I'm still weaning him (whole other adventure). I was working a mostly remote position prior to pregnancy, throught out and until he was 6 months old. At 6 months, I lost my job, more on that later. My concern as the sahm is I worry about him understanding the addition of another baby. The older kids are all about adding another but I just worry I will lose the close bond I have with him. He is just so used to having all of me. Anyone else experience these worries? I just worry about his heart being broken.
Work concern. As mentioned before, I lost my job of 15 years when our branch was closed when my son was about 6 months old. I have struggled to find anything for 2 years (let's not even get into how much of a failure this makes me feel like). I have been enjoying the sahm time with him. It's hard when my job used to be so much of my identity, 50 to 70 hour weeks at times, weeks on-call 24/7, it was rough but it was such a big part of me. I am very much loving my time with my kids, I also would just continue to take the time to be a sahm with the next baby. My worry here is, I'm 36, I'm already 2 years out of work and struggling to find something, would adding another 5 or 6 years to that gap be detrimental? Anyone with experience in this?
36, about to be 37 and depending on what way you word your Google search, you can find things to worry about for over 35 and pregnant. Worry or not worry? Partially side-tracked but did anyone have a harder time losing baby weight due to an older age?
I am so ready to jump on the next baby boat but these things have me so worried. Any words of wisdom are so appreciated. I'm sorry for so many questions and being a bit all over the place. I'm just really excited to hopefully find somewhere I can get advice.