Quote:
Originally Posted by MujerMamaMismo
Re TTC #2 - I'm starting to think seriously about waiting until the end of the year now. This is such a big year and I'm really loving my recent taste of autonomy and the possibility of earning some dollars sooner rather than later...but by the same token, I'm pretty keen to get this baby thing out of the way...I know that the further away I get from it, the more reluctant I will be to go back there but I really want at least 2 kids.
How do you make these grown up decisions? What do you folks think
|
You're asking the wrong lady, here. Abby's just over 2yo and we're still hemming and hawing over whether to have #2 at all. I think we're about 90% yes right now.
But still 10% no because we're not looking forward to:
1) The baby phase. I much prefer parenting once they can walk.
2) Possibly having to give up even more of our individual time for our passions (me=writing, DH=homebrewing).
3) Sibling fights.
On the 90% side is:
1) Another unique little person to get to know and love and to watch grow up.
For timing, I know we need to do it soon before we lose our nerve. I know what you mean about getting the baby thing out of the way. And I'm only getting older every year that passes...
FYI: We're currently planning to start pre-TTC cleanse in July, then start TTC in October. So if we get super lucky right off the bat, Abby would be 3 when new baby is born.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maela
He's scooting on his tummy to get to toys now!
I'm going to try to be better about keeping the floor clean now.
|
Aw, it's so fun when they start getting mobile!
PiePie: I'm thinking of you!
witchygrrl: I'm sorry about the job.
But congrats on starting the nightweaning process. It makes such a huge difference. I wish I had started it earlier, but we waited til Abby was already 2.
A question for y'all: We have these friends, a childless couple who plans to stay that way. They've invited us to stay with them this summer at their house in San Francisco. As you might imagine, it's a cozy (i.e. very small) house.
I really want to go, especially if we're going to be TTCing this fall because it'll be so much easier to travel with 1 DC instead of 2.
BUT my concern is how our friends will handle having a 2yo who throws about 1 tantrum a day and wants to inspect/unpack/pull out everything in sight. I would ask them how they feel, but I think 1) they would out of niceness say of course we should come, and 2) they don't know what it's really like to live with a 2yo.
What would you do? Would you go?