Lil confession

iheartstuart

I kind of want to have our 2nd baby now... How weird am I? ?DD is only 7 months!! Ok, end of confession. ?I need help, huh?

FutureMrsLynch

Do it!!  Mia is so cute she totally needs a little brother or sister    Just think, she may be 7 months now but babies take 9 months to bake so she will probably be almost 2 at least by the time this second one is born.

JRS72206

I REALLY want to have another one now. Its bad. I saw two new babies today and now its worse than ever. oy vey!

KNemo

You aren't the only one I know who feels this way! And there are a lot of women w/ 2 under 2. Do it if you feel like you're ready!

pearly1

My brother and I are 16 months apart - not unheard of at all!!

RobynK

I'll join your club.  DH would KILL me if I told him I'm ready for another.  3 under 2 doesn't sound fun but I'd do it in a heartbeat if he was ready.

Seattle_JiLLn

OMG I think I would have absolutely died if I had another baby when Ben was just 2 or under.  

LuvBug12683

....whats really bad is that Im totally ready for #3..which would pretty much make us 3 under 3! ...now that's crazy!

(Disclaimer: we wont really do it...I've decided to go back to school and I should wait until I graduate/start working for awhile)

...so no, you're not crazy!

iheartstuart

Ahh, so glad I'm not alone! ?I swore during the first few months that I didn't want #2 for at least a few years and well, that changed. ?I mentioned it to DH thinking he would bite my head off and shockingly he didn't object. ?Maybe baby?

JRS72206

I*Heart*Stuart:

Ahh, so glad I'm not alone!  I swore during the first few months that I didn't want #2 for at least a few years and well, that changed.  I mentioned it to DH thinking he would bite my head off and shockingly he didn't object.  Maybe baby?

DO IT!!!! (Literally! )

preston18

I'm with Jill, but that's jsut us.  Go on with your bad baby-making self!

DestinationWeddingKeyWest

Me too!  Just have to wait for AF...

FutureMrsLynch

I*Heart*Stuart:

Ahh, so glad I'm not alone!  I swore during the first few months that I didn't want #2 for at least a few years and well, that changed.  I mentioned it to DH thinking he would bite my head off and shockingly he didn't object.  Maybe baby?

Is it bad that I got a little pang of jealousy when I read this??  =P   I also vote Do It!!!

AnnetteWalker

Hey if you can afford it I say go for it.  For us it will be a few years or maybe not even at all.

IdahoGirl

I*Heart*Stuart:

Ahh, so glad I'm not alone!  I swore during the first few months that I didn't want #2 for at least a few years and well, that changed.  I mentioned it to DH thinking he would bite my head off and shockingly he didn't object.  Maybe baby?

I'm glad to hear it changed, because right now I'm in the boat of wondering if I will have another baby!!!!!

Seattle_JiLLn

IdahoGirl:

I*Heart*Stuart:

Ahh, so glad I'm not alone!  I swore during the first few months that I didn't want #2 for at least a few years and well, that changed.  I mentioned it to DH thinking he would bite my head off and shockingly he didn't object.  Maybe baby?

I'm glad to hear it changed, because right now I'm in the boat of wondering if I will have another baby!!!!!

I was pretty sure we'd only have one until Ben was 2.  Then around 2, I changed my mind.  

Between 12 and 18 months was the worst sleep of our lives and I thought I might go positively insane.  Between 18 and 24 months, he wasn't talking much, but was doing all kinds of things, so he was frustrated and it was a lot of work.   Now that he's turned the corner on 2, he has grown up SO MUCH in the last 6 months.  I think he'll weather it better now, and I think he'll be ready for a big boy bed, and to help out some, etc.  Plus, next fall when the baby is 9 mnths, Ben can go to pre-school.  So that will be nice for him to have his own things.  And right after the baby's born, he'll be 3, which means he can do swim lessons without me in the pool, or little gym withot me participating.  So we can keep up his activities even though I'll have a baby, without having to get a sitter.  Which I think will be nice for everyone.  Hopefully.    So for us anyway, that timing feels right to cause the least upset around here.   I just feel like you need to wait to see a little bit of your 1st child's personality before you can decide to make the plunge.  And you can't see that real early... but again, that's just me.  Clearly people do it faster and live through it and enjoy it.   I just think it would have literally killed me.  I'm still scared, and I'm SOOOOO dreading going back to sleepless nights.  

IdahoGirl

Seattle_JiLLn:

 I'm SOOOOO dreading going back to sleepless nights.  

That's what scares me.  But with DH turning 40 this year, if we do it, we're not going to wait.  DH doesn't want to be in his mid 60s with a young teen.  I can't say I blame him.

So....I worry about how tough the first couple of years would be.  I haven't taken to mothering Maddy as easily as I thought I would...so I worry I'd be a basket case with two and DH gone at night.

But then again, we all know I'm an extreme worry wart - I'd probably do just fine.

nykola

RobynK:

I'll join your club.  DH would KILL me if I told him I'm ready for another.  3 under 2 doesn't sound fun but I'd do it in a heartbeat if he was ready.

The fact that you have twins and are saying this makes me smile

Seattle_JiLLn

IdahoGirl:

Seattle_JiLLn:

 I'm SOOOOO dreading going back to sleepless nights.  

That's what scares me.  But with DH turning 40 this year, if we do it, we're not going to wait.  DH doesn't want to be in his mid 60s with a young teen.  I can't say I blame him.

So....I worry about how tough the first couple of years would be.  I haven't taken to mothering Maddy as easily as I thought I would...so I worry I'd be a basket case with two and DH gone at night.

But then again, we all know I'm an extreme worry wart - I'd probably do just fine.

Yeah, but you'd have to wait 10 years for him to bein his mid 60's with a teenager!   So don't worry.  Wait a year and see how you're feeling.  Your baby is only 4 months old right?  You've got time. 

Seattle_JiLLn

I will also say that I stressed from about th eminute Ben was born about when we shoudl have another one, if we should have another one, etc.  It seriously ate me up.  I was getting old, so I felt like I had to decide ASAP.   I finally jsut let it go for a while and that reallyhelped.