Wants another baby 18 months after this one?

[TheBlushBaby]

My partner and I wanted children for a while but only recently had the fantastic news that we were expecting our first.

I've love my pregnancy, and I'm currently at 25 weeks.

Anyway, I asked when we might look at having another baby after this one, and he confidently said within 18 months of this one being born. I'm really happy that he wants another one soon, but what are people's experiences with this sort of age gap between two children?

We discussed having live-in help with the children, so I'm not worried about having enough help. I just wanted to know what other difficulties we might run into or the strain it may put on my body?

Is it a good age gap between children?

I was you when I had just given birth to my first!! It was all wonderful, he was a beautifully behaved baby! I had my DD when he was 16 months old and it has been absolute hell with ongoing issues due to reflux amongst other things and she will only
Sleep on me still! I wouldn't change her for the world but definitely wouldn't rush to have such a small age gap again in the future 🙊

37 weeks here and if DP announced we're planning another EVER let alone a short timescale like that he might sustain an injury!!

OP - I bf my first child for 5 yrs :) and currently on number 2 (3yrs) and number 3 (6 weeks old)... I never planned to breastfeed that long, never thought about it and would have said 6 months if asked at the time... But there was no reason to stop, there were loads of benefits and most importantly my daughter didn't want to stop! It also helped her bond with the second child (and second with third) and made bf number 2 and 3 very easy...

I have two with their birthdays exactly two years about. It was exhaustin and didn't really enjoy either the way I wanted too. Much easier with the 3 yr gap of my others

I think my DP assumed pre baby a similar age gap, but the baby is 10 months and I've not even had a period (breastfeeding) so conceiving just yet seems unlikely. Also I'm not sure the idea of two babies waking up every 1-2 hours appeals!
This baby has been tough but I'm very broody for another but it would just be stupid on my part to go for it just now since I am just managing on the sleep I get as it is. I'll aim for a fairly small gap but there is no way I'll seriously consider until this baby is over a year at least.

Pre baby I also said a year of feeding but when you feed a 10 monther as much as a newborn and they are comforted by it so much I just don't understand really how I would just stop at 12 months cold turkey, I only realise now having a real life baby how it's a lot more complicated than that.