My daughter is only 9 months old but I have had a serious case of baby fever lately. But… having another baby right now would be totally financially irresponsible, so I have to wait. I guess talking about it would help. So, anyone else currently have baby fever? Are you going to act on it or not?
[name]Hi[/name] rowangreeneyes! I don’t currently have baby fever, but I did after my first. She was just a couple of months old when I felt desperate to have another. Like you, that would have been quite difficult financially, and since I’ve always been responsible and practical, it just wasn’t going to happen! I had never considered having children a year apart, so I was surprised that I was feeling ready to get pregnant again so soon. I guess I just chalked it up to being a new mom, and still being hormonal.
We did end up ttc when she was about 10 months old, as we wanted to have them about 2 years apart. I was prepared for the average 6-9 months of trying, and was shocked when I got pregnant the same month [name]Willow[/name] turned 1 (just our third month of trying).
Now that I have two, life is pretty busy all the time. Some days are so hard, and I feel like I can’t meet all of their needs at the same time. For example, I’ll start giving [name]Veda[/name] a bottle, and [name]Willow[/name] decides that’s she’s become bored with colouring. She’ll go and climb up to the sink in the kitchen to entertain herself, and won’t stop and get down when I ask her to. So I have to stop feeding [name]Veda[/name] (cause I really don’t have enough hands to manage), put her down, and go to the sink to get [name]Willow[/name]. She will kick up a stink because she really does want to play with the water, and I’ll end up having to give her a timeout. By this time, [name]Veda[/name] is crying because she’s still hungry and would like to finish her milk!
…Did that help cool your fever? Haha! It’s not like that all the time, I promise!
It’s gotte. Worse now that he’s hit the 2 year mark and all of his little friends are getting siblings-but being that im not even in a relationship… It’s not really in the cards…
Labmama, have you tried babywearing [name]Veda[/name] so you can run around with willow?? It’s a lifesaver!
@labmama… I definitely plan on waiting until [name]Rowan[/name] is a toddler before actually trying again. She’s just starting to walk now and getting into everything. So we’ll see how I feel when she’s 1 1/2 or 2. Having a baby and a toddler does seem hard, but I see so many women in that situation, it has to be doable! :eek: Maybe it is hormones or something instinctual that tells us we want lots of babies… who knows. My best friend is getting married in [name]September[/name] so I’m going to grill her about when she plans to get pregnant and maybe I’ll time it so we can be pregnant together.
I do have some baby fever but I don’t plan on acting on it. Thankfully my friends have children that I can play with and dote upon. As much as I want my own baby it is nice to be able to give it back at the end of the day. I get to buy them cute items and play with them- which helps with the baby fever as well 
Me and my SO are NTNP. I’d be thrilled to fall pregnant soon but theres no rush. I do enjoy the baby fever though 