Ok I don't know if I'm posting in the right place but here goes........ As I sit here listening to Kenna CIO after waking up a half hour after falling asleep, I wonder will I ever be ready?:dunno: I am such a planner and I know that I wasn't 100% ready for Kenna but now that she's here I wouldn't for one second change my life, as she wails and switches on and off her light.:crazy: I guess I worry that I won't be able to handle two or that I'm not being fair to Kenna. I don't know if there's really an answer to my post but I guess I just need to get it off my chest a little and be reassured that I'm not the only one that goes into all of this with doubts about handling it all.

Kris, my daughter is older than your and I'm still not sure! I always think that we were SO lucky in having a relatively easy baby the first go-round that we're definitely going to get NAILED the second time! And I don't know if I could handle a kid who doesn't sleep through the night until they are 2 or who refuse to eat anything except bread for a month or who won't potty train until the day they go to kindergarten.......it scares me. Guess I'd better make up my mind soon!

I am so there with you guys....I look at it this way.....if we had known what we know now as parents before we got pregnant with #1...wouldnt we have been scared sh*tless?? I have had a very easy child as well....and I am very scared about the second. But, I guess we wont know until we just do it....have another baby that is.... :lol:

Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in my inability to make up my mind. See so far Kenna has been a happy handful. She's very active for nine months and she has a little temper. I wouldn't want her any other way I mean that's just her. But my gosh I don't know what I would do with two of her!!!!:lol: But at the same time she makes me so happy that I do want to do it again. Funny when we were TTC#1 I kept moving the date up now TTC#2 I keep moving it back!!!

I still don't know if I'm ready and I'm due in 14 weeks! :lol:

I had a little mini-freakout about this last night, once the realization that I'm having another one started to sink in! :eek: I think the trouble is that I know a little of what to expect and then there's a lot that I don't. But we all know that if we all waited until we felt ready, we'd never have kids, right? :lol:

I still question if I was ready for #2 and he will be 9 months old on Saturday. That being said having #2 was so worth it and I wouldn't have it any other way. Just seeing Christopher and Patrick interact together is enough for me to know that giving Christopher a little brother was the best gift in the world!

Lora

Yeah, I definitely wonder ... usually when I am wondering if AF will arrive :lol: Davis is a good baby, but really clingy and active. How will he deal with me pregnant or holding another little one? He already freaked out when I held our neighbor's newborn! But then I remember that he'll be 9 months older than he is now (or whenever we get pregnant)when the new baby comes, so things will be different. Still hard, but it won't be like having an 8 month old and a newborn -- thank goodness!! :lol:

I'm with Anne - I'm still not sure and Rebekah is almost 2. I keep saying we'll re-evaluate next August and see if we're closer to being ready. Until then, I'm not even thinking about it.

I still question if I was ready for #2 and he will be 9 months old on Saturday. That being said having #2 was so worth it and I wouldn't have it any other way. Just seeing Christopher and Patrick interact together is enough for me to know that giving Christopher a little brother was the best gift in the world!

Lora
:lol: I totally agree with what you said, Lora! There are days when I question my sanity, but you know, to hear them sit and laugh back and forth is SO totally worth it (yes, it may be few and far between somedays, but it still does happen!)! I'm the first to admit it's hard, but it's definetly wonderful!

I had a total freak out about this on Tuesday night, as I sat and contemplated filling a clomid prescription. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing the whirlwind of emotions. Thanks for your words of advice, mommies of more than one :)
Jenn, your comment about listening to them make each other laugh really made things a whole lot clearer for me. Thanks!

I was extremely nervous about having number 2, but things are going well. I had always sadi I wanted my kids to be three years apart, and to my shock, their birthdays are 5 days short of three years apart. As the pregnancy got closer to the end, I worried more about how I would be able to handle things, but things just seem tofall into place. Don't get me wrong, I have my days when I get really frazzled, but I had those days when I just had one child too. A three year slpit has been great for me, but everyone has their own comfort zone, but overall having two kids is wonderful, and worth it all.

Yep - I'm in this boat too although we're actually contemplating a 4th! I never went through the panic of 1:2 as we hit the jackpot (is this a good thing?) the first time around and went from 0-2 in 2 minutes (er... I guess it was 6.75 mths + 2 min!). We wanted a good 2.5-3 yrs between the twins and the next and Charlie is 3 wks shy of the 4th birthday of the twins. Now we want Charlie to have a sibling to chum with as there is almost too big a gap - it was nice for them to be more independent but they have totally opposite interests.

Although I'm freaking out when I realize that I can handle 3 kids out shopping, etc but I'm not sure I'm ready to be chasing Charlie who is a total handful (esp. compared to the twins) and a new baby. The twins are pretty easy by comparison. I feel like I've almost got 2 families going....

Thanks for all the replies everyone.:) It's good to know I'm not the only one with doubts. I think it will most defnintely be TTC in Feb/March. I know that it will be hard but I can already tell Kenna is going to be a great big sis!!!;)

I am so ready for # 2! I would be sitting here right now with him/her if not for a bad egg. :( Now I just have to wait for the go ahead from the OB. I'll find out on the 22nd if he says it's a go for March 2004.

I honestly don't know if you ever feel completely ready. I know I can't say I was absolutely, 100% ready when I got pregnant with Amelia. Now, here we are already talking about #2, and Amelia is only 7 months old! :lol: Like Anne, we were blessed with a relatively easy baby (so far, at 7 months).. that I think "Yep, we could handle another!" We'll probably get slammed with a non-sleeping, colicky #2! :lol: Regardless, we want three children, and our ages are at the forefront of my mind, so I'm feeling more and more like we should get started soon. Plus, like Keri said.. we'll still have 9 months once we do conceive, to "get ready". :)

Boy, can I relate! We are TTC#2 and I want another baby. Then I look at Alex -- who is a happy, loving, healthy 1 year old girl -- and think....are we being greedy to want another baby!? My theory is that we will try and let God decide if we are meant to be parents to a 2nd baby!

I FEEL like I'm ready!!! :lol: I want another sweet little person in our house SO bad right now.