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Topic History of: When should i have another baby??
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CariannDS My daughter is 18mo. and we are waiting until she is 3 to start trying again. We want to spend time with our daughter now and would like her to be somewhat independent by the time the second one comes along. also she will be starting school then which will give us one-on-one time with the baby similar to the time we had with our first daughter.

Just decide what works best for you and your family.
puck ive been told that 3 1/2 years is the perfect age gap. i'm due in july and dd will be 3 1/2. i think we waited far too long. my sister (13mos older than me) is my best friend, has been all my life. my oldest brother(8 years older) has always been very protective of me, and he does kind of act like a guard dog. so i really dont think there is any perfect time besides when you feel you are ready to hav another baby.
Nonny Hi again,

I want to clarify that having your children close together whether by chance or planning will work out no matter how many months are between them. There is no right or wrong time and no magic formula.
Just love the ones you have while dreaming of the next one!
Nonny Hi,

I think your feelings of wanting to be 'one of the crowd of expectant mothers' is normal and so is wanting another child.

In my experience, I have found that you can't guarantee a close bond between siblings simply by having them a certain number of years apart. My younger sisters are two years apart and yet my youngest sister is closest to me, her senior by twelve years.

Three years between children is a really nice time span. It gives you a chance to spend that one more year of enjoying your baby and hopefully potty-training him or her. My children are 23 months apart and I totally agree with Granny Nora, that having two in diapers is a bit daunting . . . I had a wringer washing machine and used cloth diapers! It wasn't too many months later that we purchased an automatic washing machine!

Take your time, enjoy your child as a toddler. You won't regret it.
Granny Nora Yes you get the baby blues when your friends have babies, it is completely normal. I had my first two 17 months apart - TOO CLOSE I was wore out.... Two in diapers. Yuck! I then waited until my second child was 2 1/2 before my 3rd. was born, so I had a 4 yr old and a 2 1/2 year old when the last one was born. It turned out to be the best spacing. I loved it. The middle child could understand reasoning and it was really really easy, no sibiling problems there. I always wanted to have my daughters 2 1/2 years apart, I remembered a girl friend who I went to high school with and her sister was 2 1/2 years younger than her. I admired their relationship there was much respect for each other. I was four years older than my sister and I had to sneak around to get out of the house to go to friends houses. It was awful. Good luck....
Proud_Mummy happy2bme I wish you all the best of luck, just remember everything happens for a reason & good things come to those who wait!
Like you, because all my friends are pregnant people keep asking when im going to have another, plus me & my husband got married at the beginning of the year so everyone expected us to start trying again then.
I couldnt think about having another baby before my daughter was 1 either, i thought it would be too much too soon and my daughter wouldnt get the attendion she deserves while still young. But just lately ive been thinking about another baby but dont know if its just because all my friends are pregnant, and with them all due around the same time have formed a special bond. I would like to try for another soon, as it might not happy straight away for us and i would like them both to be close. There is only 2yrs between me & my brother and we are very close which i love! I would like my children to have the same bond and closest as we do.
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