Is it normal to be broody already?!

[custardcreems21]

Baby is 3 months old and I have loved every second of being their mummy! It’s so sad how fast it goes especially the day you have them which is just the most special day ever

Ahh thats lovely you're enjoying it so much, when mine was a good sleeper it just terrified me the next one would be awful! Some people are already pregnant again by now which blows my mind, but there's pros and cons to all different age gaps.

I think 3 months is a nice age, smiley and not frustrated yet about not moving, peak sleep possibly before regressions, not teething yet, no weaning mess. Not trying to scare you as everything doesn't hit together and it's all manageable, just don't worry if you don't love all the bits!

I know exactly what you mean! My baby is also 3 months old & I also have a 5 year old. We've said we won't have more than 2 but both of us are already feeling the urge to have another! Like you our little one has been very easygoing which our 5 year old wasn't, so I didn't feel like this last time! I think it's since our new baby stopped looking like a newborn; I suddenly feel a desperate urge to do it again, & find myself feeling a little envious of pregnant women. I've been looking back at photos of our baby when he was born & feel a real ache to hold him like that again! It's the weirdest feeling!

It’s hormones. I felt the same and had another one by the time my eldest was just under two. My best friend was even more struck by the madness and has two with only 12m between them. Now our kids are older and in school we agree that we were insane and in a fog of hormones because no one in their right mind would do such a thing 😂 I will say that it’s nice having two with such a small gap though - but just the two, I’m glad that I managed to fight the urge to have another within the next two years.

I agree hormones!

Your baby is a they?!

Give it time, the four month sleep regression might come and make things less rosy!

Congratulations OP. I felt the same as you. With my 1st i had a 4 year gap. When i had my 2nd i decided i wanted another so had them 16 months apart. I had another 2 after that were also 16 months apart. Let me tell you. The closer the age gap the easier i found it. I found the 4 year gap so hard. Good luck.

Hormones!!!!

@GrendelsGrandma no lol I am just very paranoid about people finding this and realising it’s me so I withheld the babies sex/gender and tried to not be too detailed in the post

I was the same OP and can definitely say it's hormones at that stage! I felt like I was walking round in a bubble of love for the first 6 months!! Then sleep went to pot and I regained my marbles and ended up with a 2.5 year gap

My baby is 4 months and I feel like Im missing the newborn stage already. Shes developed a personality, smiles and laughs, reaches out and picks stuff up and engages now.
I miss the really helpless phase of needing to be cuddled and fed, rocked to sleep etc. Although when this phase was happening I struggled massively and wished she would sleep anywhere just not in me at 3am!
Its madness!

I was thinking about baby 2. We always said we would just have the 1 and DH always says no more. In my mind it would be nice for a 2nd but im sure my hormones will change and ill remember the tough pregnancy, difficult birth and awful recovery then change my mind!

I feel the same. I actually wrote a similar post last week!

I'm not going to get myself pregnant again so soon (DD is also only 3 months) but I have a real yearning for another baby.

[quote custardcreems21]@GrendelsGrandma no lol I am just very paranoid about people finding this and realising it’s me so I withheld the babies sex/gender and tried to not be too detailed in the post[/quote]
You think you're the only person in the country that has a 3 month old?

Yep normal

@ouch321 no but I recently had this conversation with someone I know so thought if they’re on mumsnet they may put 2 and 2 together