After having 1 baby....?

after you had one baby how hard was it to take care of another baby? my baby is 6 weeks on friday and i am so ready to have another one. i do want to have all my children close in age... but obviously not that close LOL. i had morning sickness for 3 wks with my 1st and i had minor medical probs that were more annoying than harmful. how long wound you recommend to wait to have a 2nd ... then a 3rd.

I had 4 babies under 5..it was really busy but I look back now and think it was the best thing to do for us. My kids are now 10, 9, 7, 6.
I would wait at least til your babe is 12 weeks old. The closest gap between 2 of my kids is 14 months and I think that is good because the youngest is weaned, walking, eating quite well, sleeping well, interactive, can play with the other kids and on the whole is not as demanding as a younger baby.

Even though it was really hard when they were all so small, I wouldn't change it.

wait til youre done breast feeding at least. if you try when your still breast feeding and you get pregnant, your milk will dry up. and breast milk is very important

i say as long as your body is healed and you can provide go for it! Me and my brother is a year apart and then i have a brother that is two years apart from me! So it was really easy on my mom to get it out the way! But.... Proms and graduations arent so easy!!!!! I thin k you should wait for about three months and then go for it good luck

Maybe you should wait a year or check back with your doctor. Even though the problems were minor I don't know what they were.

Its different for everyone. But I waited 10 months until I got pregnant with my second one. I got some advice that I probably should have listened to......

Let your baby be your baby for a while..

when another baby comes around, sure you will love them both the same..but the new baby is going to need just a little more attention.

You will go through so many milestones with your first one, like crawling, walking and talking...

If I were you, I would wait and have another one when your first is at least a year. That way, by the time the new one comes around, you would have already experienced "beginning" things with your first.

Good Luck!

It is physically best to not have them less than two years apart (meaning allowing a little over a year to heal from the birth and the hormonal roller coaster). Plus, that is really how much time you need to get used to this new little person in your house. At six weeks...they are EASY! I mean, wait until they start getting teeth, getting sick, getting mobile, getting frustrated, throwing tantrums...(not be mean!). It is not always a cake road. And even if you wait those two years, it will not be a cake road with the first one. Having two has its good and its bad, like anything else. But you will have the experience of having the older one, and will probably be more comfortable with everything that will happen. But enjoy your first baby's first year. He will not be that little ever again! Then think about another.

I deally you should wait a year...But I think at 9 months you could begin TTC. Being pregnant take a toll on your body...So you want to make sure you are well nourished to feed and care for the children you have before putting another into your system...If you are breastfeeding I would wait until your cycles return...Then I guess it should be fine...If you had a c0section you should wait 2 years! To make sure your inscision is completely healed!

the hard part for me was my extreme morning sickness and having a baby to take care of, when all i wanted to do was stay in bed. you also have to consider how much time and attention a new baby requires, that means less time with the older child, and are they old enough to not need you as much, and do without as much special mommy time. good luck with your decision =)

It is recommended that you let your body recooperate, and the suggested amount of time is one year.

Not all women "Dry Up" when they get pregnant, so whether or not you're breastfeeding is not neccessarily a factor.

It's essential for you to be rested and recovered and have your body restore all it's spent minerals (calcium in particular)...and it takes time for that.

Personally, my son is one year old and we're going to start trying in the summer.

Incidentally, our pediatrician said that 2 to 3 years is the optimum age difference between siblings....we kept that in mind but more than anything, we wanted to learn how to become parents and recooperate and get comfortable with the role before rushing in headlong into another baby when we didn't really know yet what we were doing with the first.

Enjoy you little baby for now...let your body rest...at least give it a few months if not the full year....and then go for it....

I felt the same way when my son was that age...and I snapped out of it after a while and decided to make a plan rather than listen to what was probably raging pregnancy hormones...

Good Luck

****Ash brings up a good point...6 weeks...is nothing...at 6 weeks you have an adorable, warm cute little potato that doesn't move, or scream or run away or throw things at your head or pinch the dog....I don't think you'll have a clear view of the work it takes until some time later.

Give it some time.