Time for second baby?
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Time for second baby?
| Fri, 11-05-2004 - 10:53pm |
HI!
I'm a stay at home mom with a 26 month old son. My husband and I are trying to decide whether or not to have a second baby. I'm 24, and don't want to wait TOO long to have more children, but my son and I are having soo much fun together right now, I just think having a baby right now would take that time away from him. Is there ever a right time to have a baby when you have other children or do you just have to go for it?
Katie :)
I'm a stay at home mom with a 26 month old son. My husband and I are trying to decide whether or not to have a second baby. I'm 24, and don't want to wait TOO long to have more children, but my son and I are having soo much fun together right now, I just think having a baby right now would take that time away from him. Is there ever a right time to have a baby when you have other children or do you just have to go for it?
Katie :)

There are some people that say having children close together is best...and some that say having children far apart in age is best. I think moms find a way to make it work either way. We are good at that sort of thing! LOL
My children are 4 years apart, and I am quite glad it happened that way. When my little one came along my older son was so confident in his "place"
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I was a young mom and not only waited to have more because I was young, but because I felt that having them farther apart would be easier.
I think it depends on your life and how you may handle them close together or farther apart.
I personally am glad I waited the 4 years. It was easy for me to take care of the baby and not worry so much about doing it all for my 5 year old. He was able to do a lot of things on his own which left me more time to the baby.
Good luck on your choice and no matter what, as long as you want to have the baby then the time does not matter as much :)
Thank-you for you input about having another child. It's a difficult decision to make, and I like hearing what other people have to say. Nice meeting you,
Katie.
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I went though 6 years of diapers and breastfeeding. Now it seems like forever but I am now done with it all. No starting over , no getting reacquainted with babies.
It was difficult at times but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. My kids grew up with someone else to think about other than themselves and between naptimes and feedings we got our individual times.
I have a really good dh that was always there to help and let me go out when I was feeling overwhelmed.
Amber