Question for ALL of you.

jenifairies

Was your first child an 'easy' baby? Did that have any bearing on your TTC#2 so soon?

I'm just wondering. If DD wasn't such a handful we would probably already be trying for a second.

princess4u81

My DD is a high maintence. No two babies will be alike :-)

maz107

DS#2 is turning out to be a handful.  DS#1 was a breeze.  We were spoiled.  

GL! 

Nicole731

DS is a really easy baby. That is why we did NOT want a second baby, because the likelihood of getting lucky again is pretty much zero. But I will let you know in December if that theory holds true...lol.

madhatter2003

DD was sort of in the middle, but DS is definitely more 'needy' than DD was.

TMs1stBaby

Both of my babies have been "easy" babies.  And yes, if my first one had been more difficult I probably would have waited a little longer.

HarrietNJMommy

DD#1 was VERY high needs for the first year. Didn't deter us from having a second or a third!

AggieDee

DS was an easy baby.  I am scared that #2 won't be so easy.

Funny story:  MIL had SIL who was a very difficult child.  She was colicy, demanding and very high maintenance.  Therefore, MIL hesitated on whether she even wanted a #2.  Then she realized that God would not punish her twice, lol.  So, she had DH who was a very laid back and relaxed baby.

howleyshell

DS #1 is BEYOND a hand full. ?Has been since birth. ?VERY difficult.

Due to IF we had no choice. ?It was try right away or probably never have another.

FWIW - DS #2 is beyond easy.

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They're night and day different and now I even want a 3rd.

GL with your decisions.?

Mama Jan

DS is super mellow and super easy.  If he wasn't, I can't say that I'd be ready for #2.

I'm also worried that I will expect #2 to be the same.  I keep reminding DH that we need to be open to a tougher baby and learning how DS2 works.  I was that second child that was expected (and still is) to be like the first one and I don't want to do that to any of my kids.

shouldbeworkin

#1 was awful for the first 6 mos and fantastic from mos 6 to about 18.  I got PG when he was 13 mos old.  If I'd waited longer, there would be no #2 b/c he was horrendous from about 2.75 to 3.75 y/o.  He's great now, just in time for #2 to enter her terrible 2s.  Honestly... there's no good way to time it. 

mrsain1105

I wouldn't call DD easy.  She can be clingy and whiny at times.  But I wouldn't call her particularly difficulty either.  She is so loving, affectionate, and fun to be with, and I wouldn't change anything about her (well, maybe the whining -lol).  IDK, I remember telling people when she was just home from the hospital that meeting her really cemented for me that I wanted another one.   

unc00ref

My first, DS, is not easy at all. But we wanted our kids to be close in age, so we went ahead and had them 18.5 months apart. Our second, DD, is much much much easier.

DrDPM

DS was the easiest baby ever born. When I got pregnant with DD he was only 3 months old, but I knew she was going to be a handful. She's definitely high maintenance. I'm hoping this baby will be more like DS

McCutie

The combo of a hard first baby and being a 1st time parent was a wicked combo for us but had no bearing on our decision to go for a second soon after....Age and fertility was our issue and it took longer than we wanted.

My second has been easy and now my 3rd also seems easy compared to my first......

mlf625

This pregnancy wasn't planned, but I do think it happened in part because DS was SUCH an easy baby. ?He STTN early on, rarely cried, etc. ?He's just an easygoing, happy kid. ?I do think it made us less careful about birth control- if he'd been colicky and still waking us up all hours of the night I'd have been much more cautious.?

pawleygirl77

JD was definitely not an easy baby, especially the first 6 months... neither was my pregnancy with him!  He couldn't help it, though. He was having tummy issues and our pedi kept blowing them off, no matter how much I bugged him, and didn't refer us to a gastroenterologist until JD was about 5.5 months old. Once we switched him to Neocate he got much better... but is still high maintenance in the clinginess department.

That had no bearing at all on when we decided to TTC #2. I figure, we made it through a difficult baby once, we can do it again. This time we know what to look for as far as GI issues and can hopefully get diagnosed sooner if this baby has issues. Ever since we lost JD's twin sister we've known that we wanted them close in age and we didn't want JD's difficulties to deter us.

RXjenna

TMs1stBaby:

Both of my babies have been "easy" babies.  And yes, if my first one had been more difficult I probably would have waited a little longer.

Ditto.  

JARbaby

#1 is very high maint and spirited.

#2 is laid back.

MrsKellyOrBust

DS is very high energy and doesn't like to sit still EVER. He also is a crappy sleeper.

We are a little nervous DC #2 will be the same but if not we are prepared. It did not deter us from TTC, even the sh!t sleeping. We are set to come out of all this baby/toddler stuff on the other end quicker!

MegCC

Nope, my first was tough. Good heart but very demanding, very high-strung, terrible temper and also had some major digestive issues we needed to cope with. I think that's part of why we did them close together -- I couldn't imagine getting through that phase and then ever being willing to go back to it at a later date. So far, my second is easier anyway, though.

bim38106

not at all. DD is high maintenance, was colicky, just barely started STTN.. I'm not looking forward to having a NB again (I'm just not a NB person, so that doesn't help) but I'm really looking forward to having 2 kids close in age when they're a little older. And I'm happy to get the baby stage out of the way.

Nanna

Kermie definitely fell into the "easiest baby ever" category. That cemented our desire to TTC #2 sooner rather than later. ?No idea how Fozzie will be, but we have our fingers crossed for another easy disposition, all the while preparing for the possibility that we likely may not be as lucky this time around.

lrrb

Both of mine are right in the middle....not easy, not hard.  I think we might have a third down the road but for now we are enjoying our two..lol