DH and I have DS who is 3. I am very very very very broody, the focus being I want to adopt. I would like a baby, which I know I wont get through adoption, we would be looking at a 1-2 year old. Sometimes I ache for one more baby sometimes I do not.
Anyway, I am really upset because I feel so strongly about this, I want another child so much. But I feel that DH and I are not really made for more than one.
Reasons being: We dont have loads of extra money (or hardly any at all actually!) We would have to move to a bigger house, I dont know if we could afford to do this.
I have health problems and am often very very tired.
For those 2 reasons I feel like logically I should just be grateful I have DS (and I am!) but the urge for a second child is pretty much as strong as the urge was for DS... which is strong. And it really hurts that I feel I have to turn that down due to not being good enough rather than not having the desire.
I am 30, dont know if that helps. I just dont know what to do. I get very upset thinking about not having another child but I also feel that DH and I arent well enough equipped to cope with 2. What can I do?
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What do you do when you are pretty sure you arent up to scratch but are desperate for 2 children rather than 1?
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donebuggeralltoday · 17/10/2009 12:35
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