https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1256112 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:07:54 +0000 mrsjyw 1256112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep def go baack and forth. DH is def an enabler most of the times too :P</p> <p>i'm def getting excited ever since ds turned one, but i know there's still a selfish part of me that wants to enjoy having my body for myself (we just weaned bfing), and also enjoying having DS be an onlyl just for a lil while longer.</p> <p>still every time i see a bfp post or preg announcement, gets me warmmm with the fevaaaa </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1256091 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:59:20 +0000 cascademom 1256091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Thanks enabler! That's really sweet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1256083 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:56:58 +0000 NurseMommy 1256083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: bahahaha baby rabies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255951 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:24:42 +0000 Adira 1255951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: GAHHHH!!!!! Why am I not pregnant RIGHT NOW????? You just made my fever go on OVERDRIVE!!!!</p> <p>Please please please return to me soon, AF, so I can get this party started!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255939 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:22:01 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1255939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Obviously, I don't know what it is like to just have one baby, but I promise something magical happens when you have two (and I assume it's the same with three, four, or fifteen kids). You love one baby as much as a human can possibly love another human, and somehow you love the other baby as much as a human can possibly love another human. It's cheesy, but having more than one kid really does just multiply the love and not subtract from it. I worried during my pregnancy that I wouldn't be able to give each baby all the love and attention that they deserved, but I don't feel like that at all. Sure, I try to spend some time with each baby individually, but the time you spend with both at the same time is also so much fun for everyone. Plus, I swear to you there is nothing more beautiful and precious than seeing your children together. Now they show love by stealing toys and crawling over each other, but when they were little and would cuddle up together....I swear my heart should have exploded. (Just to add to your baby fever. Apparently I'm the enabler now.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255351 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:39:14 +0000 Adira 1255351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: It's definitely confusing! But I have a brother and I LOVE having a sibling, so I'm hoping Xander will love it too. Plus I want Xander's children to be able to have cousins, and I feel like that's more likely if he has a sibling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255236 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 02:00:35 +0000 dojo 1255236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had just enough baby fever to convince me that I want a second child most likely rather than being one and done. But I too have heard that right around 9 months it becomes tempting to have another (from my SIL who did just that) and then the thought of doing it all again so soon is too scary for me. I think we will be waiting a little while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255232 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:52:15 +0000 Penny Lane 1255232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>honestly, I'm already thinking about number 3... and I'm still pregnant with number 2!!! I'm of the mindset of getting the baby stage over and done with before I get used to having my body to myself ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255231 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:52:12 +0000 lemondrop 1255231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it comes and goes depending on the day. Heck, I'm halfway through my second pregnancy and some days I'm excited, and some I'm terrified! </p> <p>Day to day it changes between wondering how people don't have a million kids and wondering if we should have stopped at one. The 9-10 month mark was really rough for us, but then he got just plain fun and the baby rabies kicked in really badly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255226 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:46:06 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1255226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so feeling this too. I go in waves because I want a sibling for my son and I worry about struggling to get pregnant but then I also worry about splitting my focus or trying to manage two little ones as a stay at home mom and it scares me. We start TTC in January. I still deep down hope it goes well and happens quickly but I am also trying to enjoy this time before it ends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255216 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:36:45 +0000 sarac 1255216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I really felt that way for her first year. I'd suggest going for it, honestly. The older and easier my daughter gets, the less I want to do it again. Another baby would have been harder, but I think I'd rather have just stayed in the difficult baby zone. Far better than getting out of it, getting your life and your body and your brain back, and then wondering if you reaaaaaaaaally want to go back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255105 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:32:48 +0000 Mamasig 1255105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had baby fever really. Though when DS was about 9 months old, I thought I could do this again. He's 14 months now and I'm due with LO#2 in May. I think baby fever actually has been hitting me lately. I guess it's excitement? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255097 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:25:58 +0000 Pepper 1255097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I go back and forth, too. LO is only 5 months, and sometimes I think about what it'll be like having a second... and then I get really, really tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255092 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:19:53 +0000 Greentea 1255092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: that is how I feel. I love dd so much sometimes I think I want just her... then other times I want more because I love her so much... and I think she will like having all of my attention and being an only and I could be more balanced... then I think she would like to have a sibling. Confusing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255071 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:03:03 +0000 fancyfunction 1255071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go back and forth on this all the time. M will be a year on the 11th (!!) and most of the time I just cannot picture myself wanting to be pregnant anytime soon. Yet I think I'd like her to have a sibling - and I know I'd want us to start trying by this summer at least. We'll see what happens. I think we're just still on the fence and haven't come to any real decisions yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255058 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:55:42 +0000 Adira 1255058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Right??? Part of me is anxious for AF to show back up so I can get this show on the road again, but another part of me is glad she's taking her sweet time because it gives me an excuse to just savor my time with Xander and not have to think about sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1255022 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:34:59 +0000 NurseMommy 1255022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 6.5 months and I'm starting to get baby fever pretty bad... But then some days I sit back and realize that oh, it's not baby fever, I'm just falling more and more in love with her every day. Now that we're at a point where she usually STTN, but isn't yet mobile, I feel like I could totally take on another one. Then I remind myself that I'm still 20+ pounds over my prepreg weight, am not back at work yet, and not having to manage tantrums or even walking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254978 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:14:06 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1254978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Oh, believe me, I think about that A LOT!!! :) FYI, I never had an OUNCE of baby fever until about 2 weeks ago (so right around 8 1/2 months. Then, one day I had this epiphany that they weren't my little tiny babies anymore and WHAM. There it was, not a massive dose of it yet, but definitely there. So weird and insane. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254940 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:49:44 +0000 yellowbird 1254940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I feel the same way! I love my lo so much that I don't want to share my time, but I know I want her to have a sibling! It's hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254931 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:45:44 +0000 LalaYes 1254931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, during the holidays I especially think it would be fun to have a bigger family, but then some days it's nice to have things more simple. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254809 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:45:59 +0000 Silva 1254809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 7 months and I haven't had a whiff of baby fever yet. </p> <p>Just think, what if you had another set of twins? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254696 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:48:40 +0000 NovBaby1112 1254696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Some days I look at newborn baby pics of LO and get crazy baby fever, and would love to give her a sibling close in age, but then other days- when she's sick or throwing tantrums or waking up a ton at night I think to myself, how do moms of 2+ do it??!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254554 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:23:38 +0000 cascademom 1254554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: I totally agree with this. Once STTN happened and LO began to crawl, etc. around that age, the baby fever definitely kicked up. Then, he hit toddlerhood. It's been a mixed bag at times. He's fun and funny, learning to communication, but testing boundaries. Sometimes, I have days where he's enough and others where I'm ready to give him a sibling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254522 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:11:53 +0000 Greentea 1254522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go back and forth between wanting 10-15 and wanting to be one and done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254480 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:55:41 +0000 Alivoo01 1254480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH was ready like the first few weeks DS came home from the hospital. Yea... no. Just. No.</p> <p>DS is currently 4 months and I've got a mild case of baby fever, but am firm on not TTC again until late next Summer so when he's pretty much 1. I'm also afraid of pregnancy and LO #2 because everyone said the second one is complete opposite of #1. Um... I LOVED being pregnant (I'm one of those crazy ladies), and DS is so chill/good despite his crappy nighttime sleep. So if the myth is true, I'll be sick as a dog, hate being preggo, etc. Not cool. Not cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254461 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:43:57 +0000 septca 1254461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Yep. That's why we are going for it. If I get too used to having my body to myself, or not changing diapers, or whatever - I may never go back. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254408 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:25:19 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1254408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: Oh my gosh, that is so true! It's just the most adorable stage, plus there are no temper tantrums or anything like that yet! I'm half afraid if we get to two two-year olds, I'll NEVER agree to have more. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254403 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:23:10 +0000 septca 1254403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone recently told me that you should not pull the trigger on #2 when your baby is 8-11 months old because it is *such* a cute stage that it makes everyone want a baby. My :heart: adorable, wonderful, precious :heart: 10 mo certainly proves that, since I have the baby fever bad these days. Especially since she started STTN (before that, not so much). :happy: </p> <p>In all seriousness though, we just started TTC #2 and I am completely freaking out. I want 2+ kids, but the thought of running after DD during first tri exhaustion... well, it's exhausting just to think about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254387 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:17:04 +0000 JerricaBenton 1254387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 9.5 months and baby fever comes and goes. Some days I'm sure I'm ready for another then other days I feel like there's no way! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-baby-fever-for-your-next-lo-come-and-go#post-1254381 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:14:24 +0000 Adira 1254381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well you know that I have raging baby fever! BUT some days, I look at Xander, and I really DON'T want to add another baby to the mix because I know that will mean less him and me time just the two of us, and that makes me sad! I want to enjoy him to the fullest and I think pregnancy and another baby will just make that so much harder, if not impossible! But then I remember that I want my kids close in age and I don't want there to be a huge gap between them and I know that I'll be doing Xander a HUGE favor by having another kid as soon as possible (at least, I hope), so then my baby fever kicks back in again! </p>