Whose thinking about another kid right now?

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May 16, 2012 17:00:46 GMT -5 @lilly said:

May 16, 2012 16:48:04 GMT -5 @lcap said:

This was totally our thinking for having our kids 21 months apart. And you know, it actually worked out really well.

haha, good to know in case I get a BFP in another week I feel like #2 is going to be a lot harder to pull the trigger on than #1 was-- now I know all the work that is involved! I'd almost rather it just be an oops!

This is exactly how I feel.

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May 16, 2012 20:02:06 GMT -5 bunch said:

May 16, 2012 16:44:00 GMT -5 ijack said:

You realize June is in like 2 weeks, right??
And yay cosmos!!!

Ughhhh I know. I realized that right after I posted. I still haven't gotten af, so who really knows.

IIRC Anka got pregnant before her period returned, as did a IRL friend of mine. So it happens. Good luck!

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May 16, 2012 16:33:33 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

I'm trying to decide if I want to start TTC next June or next winter. DD will be 2 in June 2013.

Same! I think we want to start trying the summer of 2013 and hope to have them just about 3yrs apart when #2 is born.

[judgejudy]

DD is going to be 1.5 yrs old in August and that's when we are going to try to start TTC.

[cjeanette]

If all goes well I think we will start trying at the end of this year.

[bronxgirl]

We're trying now for #2. Unfortunately I think it may take awhile.

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Call me a hypocrite

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May 17, 2012 0:20:33 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

May 16, 2012 16:36:48 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I'm on MM moms. That should be an indication, right? two months ago you couldnt get me to open an @ post.

BABIES!!!!

We are planning to start trying at the end of July-ish. We have a couple vacations I don't want to be pregnant for.

It would be fun if we ended up pregnant buddies again. :-)

yay! We're ttc now. I wanted to wait until Sept but my BFF is getting married next year and I don't want to be pg for her wedding.

[CloudBee]

We are currently TTC our first.

[mrshandy]

November/December of this year we're going to start trying for #2.

We want to buy a house before we have our second and our 2-year lease will be up in August 2013.

I'm really excited about having another and I'm ready now, but we won't be able to save for a DP with 2 in daycare. I'm a little terrified though at the thought of having an infant and a new mortgage simultaneously!

[Willis Jackson]

Officially, I want to wait until DD is in preschool.

Unofficially, I have a touch of the baby rabies.

[Willis Jackson]

May 16, 2012 19:04:36 GMT -5 @booby said:

i want another but i am starting grad school in the fall. adding to this is that my H is doing chemo so this makes it impossible to even try (b/c it causes severe birth defects). AND we weren't able to conceive the first without ivf.

so, basically, i'm fucked. i hope that in a few years, it will be a possiblility. i will be 36 when i finish school (and H will be 42). so hopefully we can make it happen then.

I'm sorry to hear about your H.

[hannamarin]

Booby, I hope your H is okay

[mswax]

We are moving the end of June, and DH said we will discuss #3 after that. I'm really hoping he's up for TTC this fall!

[ZJCF]

We just started trying for #2. Our daughter was a suprise but H just finished school so we are finallly in a position to add to our family.

[cheese]

We are thinking too. Our son will be one in June and we have baby fever. We will probably wait until the fall or winter to start trying again. I worry too much about paying for day care for two. I would like to have more in savings.

[mrssandro]

We are TTC in October. So about 4 more months. We can't wait. I have postponed for a year because I have a car I want to pay off first. We wanted to put ourselves in a better financial position. We are close.

[beaver12]

I'm still torn on whether I want a 3rd. DH is pretty set on just our two. If we did have a 3rd, I'd want to TTC in the next 6 months or so. We're most likely done with 2.

[justfroggy]

I just posted about having the fever the other day. DH and I are both on board after we get settled into our new house. I can hardly wait!

[karinothing]

I am thinking about it. Not that I want to have one this moment (or even soon) but I think a lot about the timing. DS won't be able to start kinder till 6 (stupid cut offs) so mainly I think about paying over 3K in daycare and whether this is ever going to be possible (since I don't really want them 6 years apart). Boo money.

[auberge]

After the morning I had with my son. I'm one and done J/K

But seriously terrible twos is no joke. WE BOTH WANT THE POWER!!!!!!

[Wines Not Whines]

I think about it sometimes, but then I feel like my life is really great right now, I love our 3-person family, and I don't want to rock the boat by adding another kid and potentially ruining everything. I also found the newborn/infant stage VERY hard (my son screamed almost non-stop for the first 3.5 months, didn't sleep well, etc.), and I didn't really enjoy parenthood until my son was 1. So going through another year of that chaos is extremely unappealing.

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May 17, 2012 12:14:47 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Can you switch him to preschool at 3-ish?

DD will start pre-school next fall (when she's 3.5) and it's MUCH less expensive than daycare. Of course, you have to figure out before/after care, but it still may be more reasonable than keeping him in FT daycare.

Our kids are switching to an actual preschool next month from the daycare/preschool they have been in since DS1 was born, and it is significantly more expensive once we include the cost of the afterschool program.

[karinothing]

May 17, 2012 12:14:47 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

May 17, 2012 11:24:59 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I am thinking about it. Not that I want to have one this moment (or even soon) but I think a lot about the timing. DS won't be able to start kinder till 6 (stupid cut offs) so mainly I think about paying over 3K in daycare and whether this is ever going to be possible (since I don't really want them 6 years apart). Boo money.

Can you switch him to preschool at 3-ish?

DD will start pre-school next fall (when she's 3.5) and it's MUCH less expensive than daycare. Of course, you have to figure out before/after care, but it still may be more reasonable than keeping him in FT daycare.

But yes, the cost of two kiddos in child care is terrifying.

I keep telling myself it's just a few years and then we'll have a lot more breathing room.

His current center has pre-school so he will transition there when old enough. I think the cost is $1500 or so for pre-school plus the aftercare portion. I think the average cost of preschool in the area is like 8K-10K a year. Montessori is 12K. I suppose I could find a cheaper center but I don't know if I would want the kids to go to two separate places and even though we pay a billion a month the center is FANTASTIC.

[Deleted]

We are currently trying for #2 now. It is so stressful. But if we got pregnant this month, there would be 4 years between DS and new baby, and we don't want a huge separation.

[crazygame]

We are waiting a year, because I don't want to be pregnant or have a newborn at my 10 year law school reunion. I had a tough pregnancy and the idea of going through it again is daunting. Plus, we are working on our marriage and I want to make sure it's going to last before bringing another kid into it. I really feel like it is, but a year will be very telling.

[katieb4tom]

My DD is 7 months. I am thinking about starting to try in Oct/Nov. My main concerns are 1) taking some unpaid time off (about two weeks by my calculations) since I wont accrue enough PTO before #2 is born. 2) being tired and missing time with DD--she is so awesome right now and 3) I have LOVED LOVED LOVED having my body to myself lately (aside from BFing).

[nabum]

We are. We're planning to ttc again after our son turns one this fall. We're not exactly young: I'm going to be 34 this summer, and mH is 37. I also just want to get through the baby stage all at once rather than having to start over again in a few years.

[lemondrop]

I'm thinking about a second. I have baby fever right now, but the timing isn't quite right. I think it will be better by winter.

[hannamarin]

Kari, would you consider a nanny with 2? I feel like a nanny is more worth it with 2 kids because she doesnt charge double for 2 kids. Kind of like a 2 bedr apt.