We have one DS, who is nearly two. We live in a small, two bedroom terraced house. It's a lovely house, in a great area but we've outgrown it. I'm constantly frustrated as we seem to have so much stuff, and no where to put it. But we can't afford to move and I know that we are really, really lucky to have such a nice house anyway so there's no point complaining!
However, we want another baby. The plan always was to have at least two, and we don't want too big a gap between DS and the next one. Is it insane to think about cramming another person into an already over-flowing house?
Practically, there's not really space for a cot in our room. DS was only in with us for 7 weeks when he outgrew the moses basket and went into the cot in his room. It may be possible to shift things around... but it would be cramped, then we'd have two small children in one small bedroom.
I've been broody for a while and I think DP is getting the same way! He said to me today "it's a similar situation to before we had DS. If we'd have waited until we were ready, we'd never have had him", which is a bloody good point as there's never going to be an ideal time to have kids.
I think I might just have talked myself round! Is it a really bad idea?