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How Did It Go When the First Child Was a Handful and Then You Had Another Baby?
Asked by M.T. from Minneapolis
on August 6, 2011
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Hi, we're debating whether we should have another child or not (have posted another question about this before). Our first is now 22 months and has always been a hand...
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- I'll have to answer that after I have my second! My son was an easy baby but is now a very difficult child. He is bipolar so there are days when it seems like i take a...
- My older brother was a pleasant baby and I was colicky. It's 50/50 lol. Each one will be different. On the flip side, my brother was a handful at 3 and I was very easy...
- I can't say my first was a handful, but my second sure was! Extremely high-needs, colicky baby. When she was 4 months old, I "somehow" became pregnant with her siste...
Thinking of Having Another Baby
Asked by T.L. from Washington DC
on March 18, 2007
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I am thinking about having another baby. My first child is 12.5, my newest addition will be 1 in May, I was thinking about trying for another baby so that the newest ...
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- My girls are 20 months apart. It is a lot of work, but there are benefits. They are 2.5 years and 10 months now, and they like the same toys and videos and enjoy each ...
- Mine are 2 years apart...10-12-14 now...and even tho the 3rd was a shock, I wouldn't have had it any other way. I always worked full time and had a helpful husband wh...
- Hi T., I had two, that were 15mos apart, I enjoyed having them close together,Then I had one 4yrs later and I found it harder to get back in the swing of things...
Wanting Another Baby
Asked by T.S. from Toledo
on April 4, 2007
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Me and my husband were talking about having another baby we already have two children who are four and two. but here the catch I got my tubes tied but now regreating i...
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- wow T. thats sad to hear! U know i would go to another dr and ask there option on ur chances of getting pregnate if u did spend the money. Also tell what they did. If ...
- My cousin had her tubes tied. After she re-married decided to have another baby. They just harvested her eggs, implanted and her and her husband conceived naturally ...
- Hi T., I hear the reversal surgery for that is vey expensive. I think that if you are willing to put the money and the recovery time into it, then its worth doing fo...
Thoughts on Another Baby
Asked by K.D. from Dallas
on December 14, 2008
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My husband sprang it on me tonight that maybe we should have another baby. We have a daughter that is 9 & a 6 year old son. I love babies but am not sure how feel ab...
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- You are still young!! I say Go For It!!! I am 39 with a 9yr boy and 5 yr girl and found out i am pregnant again!!
- Hello, You know if I could still have babies I probably would have another one and one on the way. We have 3 children (birth) and they are 5-6 years apart. 22 yrs, 16 ...
- my only two thoughts are that you are definitely young enough by most people's standards and that 6 years isn't a huge age gap. my two boys are 6 yrs apart and it's a...
I Am Very 50/50 About Having Another Baby.
Asked by S.N. from Omaha
on October 6, 2009
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I have a kindergartner and a 4th grader. Both in school all day now. I think about having another baby but I am just not posative I really want another one. I go back ...
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- The decision to have another baby is very personal and has to be agreed upon by both parents. Why another child now and why the 4-5 yr span between children? It will...
- I think just the opposite of what "some" say. I think if you truly want another child you will know 100%. I also think it is important to realize that wanting a baby...
- I think that since you are young enough to wait, you should wait until you know for sure. Time will show you the answer in your heart. Blessings!
Wanting Another Baby.....
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on May 7, 2008
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Hello there ladies! I don't know if I have so much of a question, but some words of encouragement. I have a wonderful husband who I have been married to for almost a y...
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- I feel the same way you AND your husband do. My husband and I both want another child (our daughter turns 2 this month), but I am a little apprehensive about it becau...
- Well, we weren't exactly financially stable when we had our 2 girls 15 mos. apart. My husband was a nurse, and both he and I were in grad school. But, we made it throu...
- My husband and I feel the same way you do. We want a baby (our first), but we're not in a good financial position right now. What helps us feel better about our deci...
Wanting Another Baby but No Daycare.....
Asked by S.O. from Seattle
on April 6, 2009
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Here is my dilemma, my mom is my daycare for my almost 2 year old daughter. My hubby and I are talking about having another baby but my mom had mentioned to me a while...
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- If your parents are planning on traveling, then you should probably come up with another childcare plan regardless of whether you have another child or not. Your Mom m...
- Oh how well I understand your dilemna--- mostly as I'm in the ''other half'' of it--- that is- I'm retired, a very ''hands on '' grandma--- about to take on the regula...
- I'm with Peg! Hurray for peace and sanity. That said, there are a lot of options...but you'd have to explore them to see if they'd work for you and yours. - Does...
Another Baby!?!?
Asked by C.A. from Boston
on December 9, 2006
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I have two wonderful boys and a great step son. After my last pregnancy I suffered severe post partem depression, and just recently am starting to feel normal again (...
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- Congratulations on your new bundle of joy. Your husband may have said he didn't want any more kids, but that was before you told him you were pregnant. He sounds like ...
- Ellen gave excellent advice. she pretty much said exactly what i would of said. take a deep breath, all will work out, if you have faith and pray now is your time, you...
- hi C., just let me start off saying I know how you feel. I myself found myself in the same situation as you about a year and a half ago. My husband was done for the s...
Having Another Kid
Asked by M.S. from Oklahoma City
on November 21, 2010
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i am 27 and married. we have 3 girls now, 6, 5, and 2, and we are thinking of having just one more. we have always wanted a big family, so we figured we would have one...
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- If you have the time, patience, and money those would be the first things I would consider. Are you planning on sending your kids to college? The love will be there,...
- Peg M put it so well that I won't reiterate but have to express my support for her view.
- It looks like you have gotten several good answers already, but I thought I would chime in just the same. I came from a big family myself (big being 7 kids). I don't m...
Another Baby After Just Having One.
Asked by K.C. from Boise
on April 5, 2010
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I just had a baby boy and do to my past i want a baby girl like now. What should i do. Im kinda young but still, what i did before my baby boy is haunting me. i gave u...
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- You should not have another baby just to get a particular gender. You get what you get and need to see it as God giving you the gender he wants you to have. You coul...
- Not sure what you mean about your past, but slow down! your body needs to recover, it has been through a lot! I had the same feeling after I had my daughter, I wante...
- PLEASE just enjoy your baby. He loves YOU and has from the begining:) Show him love. Let your past be just that "the past". Have you thought about adoption? Sorry ,...
