Sure this has been done before! Over the last couple of months I have gone from 'never again' to 'maybe at a push' to 'I wouldn't mind having another' to 'I want another one now!'.
I am really broody at the moment and even if I'm having a bad day with DS I still keep thinking I'd like another. The thing is Dh and I said we'd like a small gap - both of us have big age gaps in our families (5 years between Dh and his bro, 8 years between me and my sis), and we spent our childhoods fighting like cats and dogs. Of course it isn't always the case but we both feel our large age gaps caused feelings of resentment between us and our younger siblings and we simply didn't have any common ground until we were all adults. I'd much rather DS didn't remember being an only child and had a playmate who will (hopefully) enjoy similar activities. I'm also not the most baby-centred person (the older and more interactive DS gets the more I enjoy him) and I think I'd rather have a couple of difficult years and then reap the benefits of having two close together, rather than raise DS and then start again IYSWIM. DS is now over 6 months so this is becoming a reality - if we want a small gap we're going to have to get cracking in the next 6 months or so.
I'd love to hear from people who've got small gaps - whiat are the best/worst parts?
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boundarybabe · 05/09/2009 12:41
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