wanting another baby!!

Shannen - posted on 03/06/2010

Stephanie, yeah my daughter was 5 months old when she started sleeping through the night and my son was 3 months old. There is a 21month age gap between my daughter and son and there will be just under a 2 yr age ( due 2 wks befor emy son turns 2 ) gap between my son and this baby.

Becki - posted on 03/06/2010

i have 2 kids almost exactly 1 year apart my daughter was born 4-25-07 and my son was born 4-21-08 i dont think it is too early but im lettin u know it may get hard at times if u do decide to have another one

Stephanie - posted on 03/06/2010

thanks everyone for your advise and own stories. Shannen how many months was your daughter when she started sleeping through the night? my daughter started at 2 months old.

Jessica - posted on 03/06/2010

I have a 7 month old daughter and i have asking myself the same question. I would really like another baby, but i think most of it is because i feel like Autumn has already grown up so much and i want my BABY baby back lol. I decided that i am going to wait for Autumn to be 15 months, so that the babys will be atleast 2 years apart. 1. it will give me more time to plan and have all the things we need. 2. Autumn will be able to walk and talk and be a little more self sufficient, and she will probably feel the need to be more helpful for her little brother/sister. 3. i can get more school done before i have that added stress. I think it really depends on your personal situation. if you are financially able, and you feel secure doing it, i would say go for it! but sometimes our motives for having another baby arent what they should be.

Trove - posted on 03/06/2010

My mom had my older sister and I very close (10 months apart - we're the same age the whole of November). We are the best of friends and are there for each other. Mom liked having us so close. Potty training, drinking from a cup, etc. was done all in one go (both of us at once). My son is now 7 months old and I also intend to have another baby soon. I think it works well to be so close. Know us three (my brother is 18mths younger than me) really enjoyed being so close. Good luck with the decision.

Jaime - posted on 03/06/2010

I think that if you think you're ready and think you can handle them being so close together and being run off your feet a lot more than if they were spaced further apart, then go for it!

I have a nearly 9 year old and a 11 week old ... I LOVE this huge age gap and I think if I have number 3, I will wait until my 11 week old is about 5 yrs old or school aged. I know I could handle them close together but I think I prefer to have the big age gap :).

Best of luck with what you decide to do :)

Shannen - posted on 03/06/2010

my son and daughter are 21months apart and the only thing i waited for before saying yes to having another 1 was if my daughter was sleeping through the night or not. as soon as she was i wanted to have another one but hubby said wait! I love having them close together but it has been a hard long road so far.

Sarah - posted on 03/04/2010

Hi, my girls are quite close together we planned it that way so I could take time off work all in one stint until they go to school. There is about 17 months between them, my eldest daughter was around 7 months when I got pregnant with my youngest. I think that there is pros and cons to having them close together a few cons are that my eldest wasn't sleeping through the night when my youngest came along so I was getting no sleep, I was still breast feeding my eldest when I got pregnant so my milk dried up because I couldn't keep up with the calories needed to both carry a baby and breast feed and now that they are getting older they are now 3 1/2 and 2 they do squabble a lot. Some pros are I can spend the time off work that I wanted to, they entertain each other and play together, we still had all of the clothes and baby stuff from our first so that worked out a lot cheaper. I am really glad that I had my girls close together it has been hard work but it was the right choice for us I think you just need to think about whether it would work for you or not. Good luck =)

Andrea - posted on 03/04/2010

Hi I will be turning 24 and i have a 2 year old boy and an 11 month old daughter who will be a year old on the 30th of this month... I love having them close in age, but i will not lie at first it was hard.. Only because our daughter was born at 36 weeks with gastroschisis (insides outside belly) but over all she only spent 6 weeks in the NICU which is better then the 6 months they said she could be there.. When we came home she was on a feed when ever she wanted.. She nurse all the time which left little time with our almost 2 year old at the time.. So what i did was played with him when she would sleep and have one on one time as much as poss.. He however was very helpful with nappies, baths, clothes, feedings when she wasn't nursing, played with her all the time and ect... He really turned in to a big helper for mommy.. Now that they are older we have watched him get upset when some one he doesn't know try's to touch her or makes her cry.. They play all the time and it is so sweet to watch them play, laugh, grow and sharing there food now.. LOL.. Over all only you and your fiance can make the choice but with us it was the best choice for us.. I would never change it for anything in the world as they are both my life... I am a stay at home mommy other then working a couple hours a week.. We started trying when our son was 7 months and at 9 month she was on her way.. LOL.. We love it.. Our kids are only 18 months apart.. Best wishes with your choice... Take care and I hope that my story might help you... Thank you...