When to try for number 2? - Page 3

brunette&bubs · Apr 2nd, 2012, 21:45 PM

We are waiting until mid to late 2014 to TTC again.
Our son will be 4 or 4.5 when the next is born and that sounds WONDERFUL to me!
We will have 2-4 kids. Haven't decided yet...one is a huge handful

lepaskilf · Apr 3rd, 2012, 01:46 AM

We have a 2.6 year old and I've never really considered having another child until recently. He's starting to come out of the terrrible 2's stage and is a great joy to be with so I thought I want another! I was considering TTC in July so L will be 3.5 years when the other is born..... But........

I looked after my sister's LO yesterday who's 6 months old, and my LO. It was sooooo hard! My nephew needs so much attention! and then I needed to cook dinner for both of them, get them both dressed for bed, feed my nephew his milk for bed (which took ages!!!)..... Most of the time my LO was being left to play on his own, or asked to wait while I sort stuff. I didn't like it!!! It was sooo overwhelming and I felt so guilty for my LO!!

After having my sole attention for his whole life I think it'll be really hard to come to terms with having another. Unless, maybe, when my LO starts school. So we're going for a 4-5 year age gap now!!!!

pandabub · Apr 4th, 2012, 14:18 PM

DD will be at least 3 before we start trying (she is 1 on April 29th). The only thing that concerns me is the fact that I have PCOS, which could mean it ends up taking longer than we would like to TTC. A 4 year age gap would be ideal! x

Lownthwaite · Apr 7th, 2012, 18:17 PM

We are looking to TTC from November 2013 at the earlist - meaning DD will be just over 4 when the new baby is born meaning she will be in school giving me more time to focus on feeding the baby and getting a good bond with the new one without feeling like DD is loosing out on attention. That and we would struggle to afford 2 lots of childcare if we had another before DD is in school

I also like to think DD being 4 would mean she will be more self sufficient and I can get her to "help" me with the baby and not worry that she is being left out.

Caroline:-) · Apr 11th, 2012, 16:54 PM

LO is almost 8 months now, and we plan to start TTC again from late July/Early August. I'd like around a 2 year age gap ideally :-)

bellablue · Apr 11th, 2012, 17:44 PM

hello

my daughter is 1 on the the 15th of this month

i personally feel a little guilty thinking about number two i love her so much and dont want her to feel i had another to soon i love kids and cant wait to have our whole family but i really feel guilty i dont know why lol she is so alert always has been keeps me on my toes loL!

We want three kids we have one i would like at least a two year gap so that she will be feeling like a big sister

then another 2 years with the third

plus we just built a new house and will be moving in in june so alot of stuff going on and we have 5 dogs lol

hey if you fell ready and want another one now i say go for it if i felt that way i would to im still in guilty stage lol!!!!

Apr 2nd, 2012, 21:45 PM	#21
brunette&bubs Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 4,793	We are waiting until mid to late 2014 to TTC again. Our son will be 4 or 4.5 when the next is born and that sounds WONDERFUL to me! We will have 2-4 kids. Haven't decided yet...one is a huge handful

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Apr 3rd, 2012, 01:46 AM	#22
lepaskilf Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: I live in North Wales Posts: 3,282	We have a 2.6 year old and I've never really considered having another child until recently. He's starting to come out of the terrrible 2's stage and is a great joy to be with so I thought I want another! I was considering TTC in July so L will be 3.5 years when the other is born..... But........ I looked after my sister's LO yesterday who's 6 months old, and my LO. It was sooooo hard! My nephew needs so much attention! and then I needed to cook dinner for both of them, get them both dressed for bed, feed my nephew his milk for bed (which took ages!!!)..... Most of the time my LO was being left to play on his own, or asked to wait while I sort stuff. I didn't like it!!! It was sooo overwhelming and I felt so guilty for my LO!! After having my sole attention for his whole life I think it'll be really hard to come to terms with having another. Unless, maybe, when my LO starts school. So we're going for a 4-5 year age gap now!!!!

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Apr 4th, 2012, 14:18 PM	#23
pandabub Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Posts: 372	DD will be at least 3 before we start trying (she is 1 on April 29th). The only thing that concerns me is the fact that I have PCOS, which could mean it ends up taking longer than we would like to TTC. A 4 year age gap would be ideal! x

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Apr 7th, 2012, 18:17 PM	#24
Lownthwaite Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England Posts: 3,142	We are looking to TTC from November 2013 at the earlist - meaning DD will be just over 4 when the new baby is born meaning she will be in school giving me more time to focus on feeding the baby and getting a good bond with the new one without feeling like DD is loosing out on attention. That and we would struggle to afford 2 lots of childcare if we had another before DD is in school I also like to think DD being 4 would mean she will be more self sufficient and I can get her to "help" me with the baby and not worry that she is being left out.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 16:54 PM	#25
Caroline:-) Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: UK - Cardiff Posts: 823	LO is almost 8 months now, and we plan to start TTC again from late July/Early August. I'd like around a 2 year age gap ideally :-)

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Apr 11th, 2012, 17:44 PM	#26
bellablue Other BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: east coast Posts: 4,486	hello my daughter is 1 on the the 15th of this month i personally feel a little guilty thinking about number two i love her so much and dont want her to feel i had another to soon i love kids and cant wait to have our whole family but i really feel guilty i dont know why lol she is so alert always has been keeps me on my toes loL! We want three kids we have one i would like at least a two year gap so that she will be feeling like a big sister then another 2 years with the third plus we just built a new house and will be moving in in june so alot of stuff going on and we have 5 dogs lol hey if you fell ready and want another one now i say go for it if i felt that way i would to im still in guilty stage lol!!!!

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