Husband Wants Another Baby

[Anonymous]

OP here. I think I miswrote the title. We do want a second child, but it was more so when to try. He still wants to start trying at six months, but I’d rather wait until a year. We might do a happy medium and try at 8-9 months. We don’t know how long it take us, or if we can get pregnant again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have several friends who have 2 easy babies, so it absolutely can happen. I think some people just have laid back personalities and make laid back kids. That said, I would wait until a year because 6 month olds are pretty easy (if they sleep well) and misleading as to the energy required once they get mobile.

If you’re breastfeeding, your period may not yet have returned, and so you are less likely to get pregnant until you wean. But odds go up if your baby is not breastfeeding overnight.

OP here. I am breastfeeding but he is combo fed. He sleeps from 8-7 and eats 5 times a day. I'm not really that concerned if the second child will be easy. I think any child can be easy at one stage, and then hard the next stage. I have heard that laid back parents result in laid back babies, and high strung parents result in high strung babies.

OP sounds like a troll. No 4 month old sleeps 11 hours a night and only eats 5 times a day with breastfeeding.

OP here. We worked hard to get up to this point. He was always a great sleeper, but did implement a schedule and a bedtime. He used to eat more but he’s a big eater and now eats 6 ounces at each feeding, and 8 ounces at bedtime. I’m sure not every baby does this, but there are plenty of babies this young sleeping through the night from what I’ve read on various boards.

[Anonymous]

I am 58 with a 13 year old and wife is 56. I also have a 17 and 19 year old.

I had kids late but would be super sad stopped at one. You are very young.

My wife was fertile enough to have a fourth but being pregnant at 43 was already a stretch.