To ask when you felt ready for a second child?

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DS is 20 months. I do definitely want a second child. I can’t say I’m feeling very ready though. Do you think this will change or should we just get on with it? Was there a point when you felt really, truly ready? If so, when was it?

DS is 17 months and I've felt ready in my head to ttc for the last couple of months, but my body says no - still breastfeeding and period hasn't come back yet. I don't really want to stop bf but may have to for fertility :(

I have DTs. From about 6m - 2y I felt ready for another baby (we’ve got 2 embys in the freezer somewhere!) and I wanted to use them desperately.

We didn’t go for it in the end, and once the kids hit the terrible twos and onwards, I’m pretty sure I’m done and dusted now! If I’d had them one by one I probably would’ve spaced them out every couple of years - close enough to play together, but also far apart enough in age to be easier to handle.

DTs are 20 months. I feel broody but definitely not ready. And just found out I’m pregnant.

We felt ready around the time DC turned 19/ 20 months old, so same to you. I didn't want a really close age gap as wanted to have that one on one time with DC for abit longer. My body also didn't feel ready any earlier then that. My periods only came back when dc was 17 months old, so it was obviously telling me to wait!
We are now expecting our 2nd, dc will be nearly 3 once this little one arrives

We started TTC for no. 2 when DS1 was about 10 months- not because we felt ready as such, but we knew we didn’t want a big age gap and that it might take us a while to conceive. DS2 was born 5 weeks after DS1’s 2nd birthday.

Hi, I'm a dad of an amazing 19mth old son, my partner is pregnant with our second, due Mar/Apr '23.
Since the day we found out, I've had horrendous nightmares, and become over protective, is this normal. The nightmares have caused this, plus I know I've a little girl waiting to say hello world.
I'm not aggressive, controlling, but if it comes to moving, carrying things I stress and tell her to stop, I tell her to sit down, I'll do things.

Have anyone else had a partner like this, or am I just freaking out?