Meaning you were TTC or at least not preventing when you got pg with #2, share your reasons for deciding it was time to get pg again? We're trying to decide, and everyone I know has their kids spaced much further apart so they think we're a bit crazy. I'm curious what you guys thought....
And FYI, my DD is just over a year old, so the closest in age our kiddos could be is 22 months (not pg yet, at least I don't think!).
Re: If you're an intentional member of the 2 under 2 club...
Mine will be 16 months apart and it was intentional. Well, I guess we weren't trying, but weren't preventing. We knew we wanted our children no more than 18 months-2 years apart, so we just got pg a little earlier than expected.
We want to have 3-4 children and we want them all to be close in age so they grow up together. DH and I are both only children so we feel like we missed out on that. Some people think we are a bit crazy too. We just ignore them. Everyone has to decide whats right for THEIR family.
I'm 33 & DH is 38. I have high risk issues & always will and don't want the additonal risk factors associated with age.
We wanted 2 kids close together from the beginning anyway. Having the 2 of them close together will work with me being a SAHM. Once I go back to school/work I won't have to worry about maternity leave etc. Plus we wont have to pay an infant rate at daycares.
I actually was hoping they would be spaced a little further and was charting to avoid. But my cycles were all over the place, so we knew it was very possible we could get pg and were okay with it
I will be 37 next month and DH just turned 40. That is the only reason, and we aren't necessarily done yet. We might want one or two more in a year or so.
I am the youngest of 7 and my mom had me when she was 40. We are super close, so I am not worried about being "an older mom"
DS 3.12.08
DD 7.11.09
DD 8.01.13
Our boys are currently 11 months old and 29 months old. We wanted our kids close together for a couple of reasons.
First: my age. I'm now 40 so I am glad to have both my kids (no longer 2u2 but they were) healthy and with us; time was a factor. We started trying at about the 4 month mark - it took 5 or so cycles to get pregnant with #2 (I was breastfeeding for a portion of that time).
Second: diapers etc. I decided I'd rather just deal with all the diapers, sleeping issues, teething issues, highchairs and so on in one fell swoop. Kind of like ripping off a bandaid. Get it over with!
Third: buddies. We are hoping that the kids will be close enough in age that they will be true friends. My husband had two much older sisters (7 and 8 years older) and my sister was 3 years older - we weren't really friends growing up. Our boys are 18 months apart. Hopefully they will have lots in common for a long time
It is both not as hard and harder than I imagined. But I am delighted to have my two boys close together.
Our first two are 16 months apart and we purposely wanted kids close together. In fact, we are already planning on conceiving number 3 at the beginning of the Summer.
Everyone told us we were crazy for having kids so close together (especially since our first was a preemie), but one person in particular who told me this has kids that are 24, 10, 8, 4 and 1. I think THAT is insane so people should keep their opinions to themselves.
I am one of four and we are 28, 27, 25 and 25 (last two were twins) and we LOVED being so close in age and my parents loved us being close.
Jacob 3.23.08 * Grace 7.22.09 * Eli 7.26.11 * Annabelle 1.18.14