First, let me preface this by saying, I am NOT pregnant. This post is just me talking about all my thoughts/feelings on baby #2, and when/if we will have another.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way... ;)
If you follow a lot of blogs, or are on Twitter, I'm sure you know by now that there's a serious baby boom out there on the interwebs. Nothing like the thought of a million squishy little newborns that I'm going to be seeing in a few months to really get my ovaries to start aching. For reals.
Even before having Isabella, whenever anyone would ask me how many kids I want, and how far apart I want to have them, I would automatically say we would 'start trying' when my first was around two years old. I don't even know why...that just seemed like the perfect answer, and a good age gap between kids.
But, now? Now that I have this perfect, amazing, angel baby? I want 47 more just like her. But, at the same time, I always think "This is too good to be true. Easy pregnancy, easy newborn, easy baby. My next pregnancy/baby is going to kick my ASS." I mean, I get can't this lucky twice, right??
And, don't even get me started on my conversation with the hubs the other night. You know, when he told me he doesn't know if he wants to have anymore babies, since Isabella is so great. He thinks she's perfect and we should just keep things the way they are, since they're so good. Yeah. You can just guess how well that conversation turned out.
Anyways...back to the baby boom and my baby fever.
It's really starting to hit me....HARD.
I mean, I know there are SO many factors as to why would we shouldn't can't have a baby right now.
The top two reasons why...money and space.
To be honest here, we have way too much credit card debt that needs to be paid off before we even think about more expenses...daycare, diapers, clothes, etc. I definitely think that's Hubs' main concern. And, once we take care of that situation (in about 2 years or so, we should be debt free...thank the Lord!), then I think he'll have a much different mindset on baby numero dos.
The second issue...space.
We are seriously already BUSTING out of this house. No joke. We live in an 864 square foot house, with only 2 bedrooms. And 4 rooms total. You do the math. (Oh yeah, and we can't move for at least another year or so, since our house is worth over 50K less than what we bought it for. Awesome.) Every single inch of this house is filled with junk stuff. And, ever since Christmas, and with Bella's first birthday coming up...this house honestly looks like Toys R Us threw up inside of it. We don't have the room for anything else...especially another little person! I mean, where would we put him/her?? Kidding. Sort of.
So, why is it, when I know all of these things and the fact that it's just not going to happen right now, that my head/heart will not stop screaming at me... :::chants::: 'Baby, baby, BABY!'
:::sigh:::
Can't we just win the lotto or something? That would solve our money AND house issue. Seriously, can someone put in a good word to Publishers Clearing House or something? I'd love to be their next million! dollar! winner!
No? Not so much?
Hey, it doesn't hurt to dream/pray. ;)
7 comments:
Oh my the pregnancy announcements are all over! I wasn't really bothered by the fact that we have to wait a bit longer (hubby is in school full time & I teach which means we don't have the extra money right now), until the latest announcement by a friend. It made me itch just a little bit. But then I told my husband if it was that bad I would say we will start trying just before he graduates. However, I want a Disney World trip before that so we will be waiting just a bit longer!
i totally agree. every single person i know *it seems* is pregnant with #2.
we want 5 years between kids for lots of reasons (what we grew up with, we can do more with child 1 before child 2 comes along, child 1 is waay more independent when child 2 comes, child 1 is in kindergarten so child 2 also gets full attention during day, my work gives me 2 years off for childcare leave so i probably should go back for a couple years before getting pregnant again if i dont want to make them mad, we need to move before child 2 is born).
that being said, I'M EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF EVERY SINGLE PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT I READ. serious jealousy. i honestly couldnt handle another baby now if it was handed to me [my son is a total handful and patience tester]. so i dont understand the feelings but they are there.
haha don't even get me started with space....inside baby #6 may be sleepin in a dresser drawer! haha
all joking aside....i say bring on the baby bump....isabella will thank you for it later...nothing like seeing sibling love. lily babys her little brother and shows me what a great mommy she will be one day! i love seeing them together....
There was a huge pregnancy boom in my real life in 2010/2011, and I am seeing the big boom now on the internet as well. I adore Landon, but I don't want another baby anytime soon. We will try for baby #2 when Landon is 3. We want a bigger gap and no matter how much I love babies, my mind will not change on that. I feel the same way as you about being lucky with baby #1: My pregnancy really couldn't have been better, and aside from sleeping, which is MUCH better, Landon has been amazing. I'm worried the next baby is going to be a terror since Landon is so awesome.
We live in a 1,300ish sq ft townhouse. It has 3 bedrooms, but they're not really big, especially the nursery. We too need to move and are looking to try to sell this place sometime this year. I can't believe how fast we grew out of it once Landon got here. His stuff is EVERYWHERE! We also have no yard which sucks as he gets older. If I wanted another baby soon, there would be no way to do it in this house. There's just not enough space, so I know how you feel on that.
It will all work out! For now, just enjoy your beautiful girl and snuggle your friends' newborns or look at cute pics of the blogger babies :)
There is a huge baby boom going on it's crazy! :) As "they" say it's never the perfect time to have baby #1 and I think it's true for all babies thereafter. BUT It doesn't hurt to feel more prepared (space...finanical) and I think when the time is as right as it will get you and your husband will be on the same page. It sucks waiting and I'm preaching to myself so I just enjoy every moment of just me and B. It's wonderful and precious and priceless. :)
Oh my goodness - there is someone else out there that feels my tiny house pain!! Mine is 912 sq. ft, 2beds/1bath. Even worse, the bathroom is a Jack & Jill. And the house was built with ONE closet, measuring about 2' wide. I could kill the builder, haha. I have a mini-heart attack all the time thinking about having a baby in this house, so you make me realize that it IS possible! (Even though I have no idea where we'd put all the junk that accumulates in our 2nd bedroom!) Good luck with all of the baby #2 planning & if you have any amazing space saver ideas you've come across, please share! :-)
YAY!!!!
We're ready for real this time. We're going to start this cycle!!! And my "window" happens to fall during our vaca too. Maybe we'll come home with an extra souvenir
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