Is anyone waiting to have another for financial reasons?

Melnat2007

This recession has hit us pretty hard and we are still trying to recover. We had planned on having another one when DD was around 3, but I just dont think we are there yet..financially.

I am sure we could make it work, but I dont want to be that tight. It's not fare to us or the kids. I want it to be the right time, so we can enjoy it and not stress about finances. So it looks like we will be waiting until DD is probably 4 to have another.

Is anyone else in the same boat?

dan&jon11/11/06

we are waiting for DH to finish school....it stinks

rinny627

We are right there with you. We are currently living paycheck to paycheck, and until I get a new job that pays a TON more than when I make now, we definitely can't afford to have another one any time soon.

aniemerg

yes. unfortunately.

sunnyday016

Yes, we are. We're currently renting our apartment and paying off debt like crazy, so it's best for me to keep working (if we had #2 it wouldn't be worth it financially for me to work). We know we'll be in a much better place financially in a year or two, but it's hard waiting. A big part of me just wants to get pg now, but I know that'd be pretty stressful for our family at this time.

purple_posies

We're waiting due to money issues, too. =(  I wouldn't want to TTC right now, I'd like to wait until DS is at least 2, but we've got a lot of things to fix and I have unfortunately been out of work since February.  So we have a lot of catching up to do and everything to fix our credit and whatnot.  Plus we'd need a bigger place.

It's sad. =(

egsquared

purple_posies:

We're waiting due to money issues, too. =(  I wouldn't want to TTC right now, I'd like to wait until DS is at least 2, but we've got a lot of things to fix and I have unfortunately been out of work since February.  So we have a lot of catching up to do and everything to fix our credit and whatnot.  Plus we'd need a bigger place.

It's sad. =(

pretty much this. I lost my job in February too,so we are waiting until I find a job and we're able to move to a bigger place.

Tomkat8403

We were going to wait. But we don't see our situation improving significantly anytime soon. So we're going to go ahead. It will be tight but we'll make it work. DH just graduated from law school. We can only go up from here we figure. (knock on wood - haha)

He's working temp jobs and can always go back to the police department if he doesn't have something permanent soon.

kiarox2002

We're waiting.  We saved up money for me to stay home for a while, but I absolutely have to go back to work next year when Kate turns 2.  I'm a teacher so we have to make a decision for the whole year and we have to decide by March or April if I'm going back to work the following August.  Sadly, I don't see our finances changing drastically by March.  

We just can't afford 2 in day care, at least not the places that I would want to send them.  Plus, we had to do IF treatments to get pregnant the first time and we can't afford to do treatments this time until I go back to work.  It looks like we'll be waiting until Kate is in kindergarden or first grade.  (We're planning on sending her to a montessori preschool and I'm trying to convince DH to leave her there through K.)  

It sucks.  I want another one NOW!  Plus, my mom is getting on my case about how I don't want them that far apart.  Well, no I don't but unless you are going to start subsidizing our lifestyle stop nagging me.

ivs112

Yes, We had originally planned to start TTC this December but SO's work really needs to pick up. We're putting it off til June/July 2011. Technically we could do it now but I'd rather be more comfotable.

FerreraRochermmm

We are waiting because of financial reasons as well. I want to have enough to splurge on weekends every now and again.

twirlerbride

We aren't planning on trying again until June 2011, but I am kind of freaking out about that.  We have a lot of debt to pay off.  This year has not been the best year for us financially and we have been hit pretty hard.  I will def need a bigger car when we have a second child because one car seat just barely fits in there.  There is no way we coud fit two in there.  It would be nice to also get a bigger house. I know I have a couple months here to improve things, but it is hard to think we are really going to be ready to do all that in just a couple months unless DH gets a real big client really soon!

cmbrown

We are.  There is no way we could afford daycare for 2.  So we are waiting until we can.  Who knows when that will be.  I wanted my kids to be 3 years apart... but it may be more like 4 or 5 years apart.  It breaks my heart.  But daycare is so dang expensive.