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I'm ready...I think
So I've had a massive case of baby rabies lately and I have come to realize that I think I am ready for #2 just not sure Rick is...I know its a total personal decision but for those of you that have 2 or are close to having 2 what made you think that it was the right time?
I don't want a huge age difference...If we were to get pregnant in the next few months Josh would be 3 and I think that is good
Re: I'm ready...I think
I was the one who wasn't 100% ready for baby #2, but DH was. He wanted our kids 2 to 2 1/2 years apart, whereas I was thinking more of a 2 1/2 to 3 year gap would be ideal. DH told me to remember that it could take months to conceive. So we tried and of courser I got pg right away...luckily we waited one month though so our kids' birthdays are a month apart (my brother & I grew up w/ the same birthday but 2 years apart and I didn't want that for my kids).
Personally, I wanted to wait until I felt like DH & I were on solid ground again before TTC because having Jake really rocked the boat. I also wanted to stop BFing Jake before getting pg (although this wasn't the case - I weaned Jake when I was about 8 weeks along). In the end, I figured I'd just jump in and go for it, and it would work out. I'm so glad we did, because I can't imagine life without my little Katie
). I think you sound like you're ready - you could always use MH's logic on your husband and see if he falls for it like I did!
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
I never really thought about it in a practical manner once the time came. I'd just always figured I'd have kids about two years apart and liked the timing of a spring pregnancy. If at the time I'd tried to analyze whether or not I was ready for a second kid, I may have freaked out, so I'm glad I didn't. Not that I wasn't ready, but it's easy to psych yourself out, you know?
Since I never had definite plans for a third, I expect to be in your boat this time next year....
aaaaaand....just writing that statement freaked me out a little bit.
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
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Well, I have no babes of my own but my sisters and I are all 3 years apart (there are 3 of us) and it was a really nice distance. We are now all in our 20s and are all best friends. As children we were far enough apart to be in different stages of school and life which was nice - I got to start high school and college by myself and make my own way, but then my senior year my middle sister was a freshman so we had fun overlapping (same with middle sis and youngest, who overlapped).
I hear you on not wanting a huge age difference!! Matt's son is 2 and a half and I worry about how far apart in age he will be from any future siblings. His (half) sister is 7 or 8 now, and I don't want him to feel bad if any others that come along are 5 or 6 years in the opposite direction, but I guess that's probably how it will be.
This is exciting, yay possible new babies!