All of a sudden it seems like I am surrounded by pregnant women, both in real-life and in the blogosphere. While I am extremely happy for these people, I can't help but to feel a bit jealous. I shouldn't. I have a beautiful toddler that keeps me busy everyday. I just can't shake the feeling of wanting another baby though.
Of course, when the subject of having another baby was brought up to C, he quickly shot it down saying "we cannot afford another baby right now." I know that is true but I fear that by the time we can afford another baby my dream of having two children close together in age will be shattered.
Perhaps I should focus on the things that need to be done before we have another child. Like getting Princess P in her own bed, selling our house and finding a house here that we love. C also wants to go back to school this summer and I know it would be tough to have a baby while he is trying to juggle school and work. See, I almost just talked myself out of it right there!
Anyone else suffering from baby fever?
Monday, February 1, 2010
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well lol i am suffering a little not babyfever i have four kids ages 6,4,1yr old n 4month old my smallest are boys and trust me its hard, when my 1yr ol is napping the baby isn't, one wants to be held the other one is hungry and there was a time when both were crying and myself because i didn't know what they both wanted :)i'm a stay at home mom n my husband doesn't come hom from work till 6:3opm n thats when he comes and takes care of them cuzz i need a break too :)
ALWAYS suffering from it! I think it's just in our genes!!
I am right there with you! I want another baby...like yesterday LOL! Hoping it will happen soon for us!
Even though we have rational reasons for wanting to wait, it's still hard to put those baby fever feelings aside. We are women, we are Moms! I think it is genetic to want to make more, LOL! Once you have those things taken care of, it will make having a newborn much easier. So waiting can be good!
I am suffering from it too - and the babe is only 7 months old!! I really can't wait to have another one though...hubs and I are thinking about next year...but we'll see!
~WM
Yes! I'm trying to convince DH for one more :)
I feel like I'm constantly suffering from baby fever (or, at the very least, newborn envy)! I have two boys who are fairly close in age (21 months apart), and although they're both still young (2.5 and 9 months old), I would be thrilled to have a third relatively soon.
DH isn't opposed to the idea (I've managed to talk him into 4 or 5, LOL!), but I know it would be incredibly hard to add another member to our family when our littlest is still such a baby.
I think a previous commenter hit the nail on the head - no matter how much we try to reason with ourselves, it's practically in our genes to want more! ;)
I'm totally with you. My daughter is only 13 months and I want to get cracking on another, but hubby has been laid of since December.
If you both want it, you'll make it work!
I feel the same way. I would love one more but I can't have another. I don't think my body could handle another one. I have three kids now and they ages are widely spaced so it would be nice for Brittany to have a little one but really we can't afford another one.
Mine are 16 months apart. Financially, it was/is hard. You just make it work. Good luck!
I've never been one to have babyfever... until the last few months. My husband is 'that guy' - the one who wanted kids the first year we were married (it'll be 6 years this June), but I just wasn't ready. I joke around with him when we pass a baby if his uterus is weeping. *lol* But, not mine kind of is! It's strange, and I'm having a hard time dealing with it. We'll be 27 in July (we're 3 days apart), so I figure we need to give it a try. We started in December, so we'll see how it goes! *lol*
I decided I was ready a couple of months ago, but it hasn't happened. We just decided to wait and get some financial things taken care of. So...it may be another year or two before we have another. In the mean time, I'm focusing on loosing more weight and running again. Maybe you can find something to focus on to keep you busy until you are both ready?
LOL! Me. I have a 4 month old, but I want the second one out of the way. I had my first one at 31, and I want two, so I want the other one right away. :)
Mine is just over a year old, and I do want another before too long. We're still paying this one off though! So my plan is to get in the best shape of my life this year- I'm working out intensely so this summer I will be really toned. After attending my friend's wedding looking my hottest, we can start trying in the fall! (Assuming my husband gets a new job by then, whole nother story.)
I will be 31 this summer, so I need to make the most of it. It'll help me stay distracted so I don't contract baby fever. And then I would really love to be pregnant in early fall!
Want another SOOOOO bad! My youngest is 18 months. DH says we cant afford it right now. But will we ever be able to "afford" it. Its never ideal. But I wont give up!
I agree, the timing is never "perfect". We tried planning and our pregnancies turned out to have very different timing than we had planned. But babies are the cutest...my baby's 13 months, so I am kind of waiting for the baby fever to return. If it doesn't then I will know we're set with two.
BTW, I have something sunny for you on my blog!
I completely understand. Isabella is only 6 months old and I'm already wanting another one! All these ladies getting pregnant and having tiny babies is making my uterus ache-not QUITE bad enough to make me want to get pregnant right this second-but soon enough!
I've gotten this advice on many things... "If you wait until you can afford it, it will never happen." If my husband waited until he could afford an engagement ring before proposing, we wouldn't be married! If we waiting to have our wedding until we could afford it, we would sitll be waiting. If we waited on having kids until we could afford them, I'd still be childless! Like a previous comment said, you make it work. Good luck!
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