If planned, how did you decide you were ready to try for baby #2?

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Our first is 6 months and I am struggling to think about another.. Not ready yet

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We were planning on 6. So number 2 was just deciding to start trying we were settled with the first. We just had number 4 today! A couple more to go.

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If you have decided the “if” is a yes and only deciding on the when, I think it’s largely to do with sleep and eating habits. If the first is a terrible sleeper and still keeping you up all night, you won’t want to make a second so it kinda works itself out 😉

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When your wife keeps telling you that your kid need some company 😶

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My opinion 6 months is way too soon. We were very much “inspect and adapt” with a strong hypothesis that we wanted more than one but didn’t commit. We decided around 2 years in that we were ready for another because babies are so awesome. Saving for college aside 🤑🤯, I’m so happy we had more

Master plan was 2.7 kids on 2 year splits. Second wasn’t an if, it was a when. For us, pretty much right after weaning and cycle recovery. #3 we wrestled with the if for a while and ended up with a 2.5 year split. Close enough

How does one decide between 2 and 3 and more

We were always planning on more. And had picked out the period we wanted to try for number two. One thing led to another one night and we ended up with them being 18 months apart....... so. Planned but not. I don’t recommend this close together.

Four here. We planned for 3-4 and had twins on the third pregnancy so that decision was made for us. We waited 2.5-3 years between each. That has worked well for us. The last child born is just getting mobile and can do many things for them-self about the time the new baby comes home.

Always planned for 2. Thought we wanted 2-3 years between. Life happened and they wound up just about 4 years apart

2 is better. Had our second and it’s way better. Go for it!

It depends how you’re doing and whether you’d like to keep them close together (to get out of the shit stage faster) or you prefer to have a little more control over the situation. Both are fine. Sleep is the key thing - if you guys don’t sleep well yet, don’t try.

When you are saying 2 years, does it mean you start trying after 1 year or try after 2 years?

You and your SO will eventually come to that realization and clarity of having or not having a second kid. Give some time and enjoy time with your first one.

Oops, we did it again...

And that is what she said.

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