Questions for BTDT moms

Milesmommy · #1 (**permalink**) 03-07-2007, 07:57 PM

Any suggestions on how far apart to have the second baby? My little guy will be one in a month.. just looking for what worked for you guys!

My fear is that I will wait to try for number two and then will have problems getting pregnant. ( It took us one miscarriage and six months of trying ) On the other hand I could get pregnant the first month

Zoesmama · #2 (**permalink**) 03-07-2007, 09:22 PM

What ever spacing you feel is good. We will have 5 years or so with ours. Dh wanted 5 so he got his way. I'm hoping that we might get a 3rd shortly after #2 but I dunno how that will go. Just because I wan't to be done by 30 and that leaves only 3 years. hehe

its been nice to give Zoe these years of "only" child time. But she really talks about a brother or sister a lot too. She even tried to tell her teacher awhile back that mommy had a baby at home. HUMMM that I didn't know about. LOL Maybe she had a dream that I did. I dunno. I guess maybe I've watch birth stories on TLC with her in the room.

heavensabove · #3 (**permalink**) 03-08-2007, 08:11 AM

My first took 8 months. With my second, we got it on the first shot. Very surprising.
We wanted 2 years apart. 1 yr is waaay too close, 4 is too far (my sister and I are 4 yrs apart and we wished we were closer). So 2-3 is good for us. We wanted the first one to be more on its own and doesn't need you most of the time. Also can help out too with simple things. Im glad they were almost 2 years apart (22 almost 23 months

). Next and final one will be 2 or over years.