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Hellobee Boards Topic: If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 22:16:31 +0000 swurlygurl on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2081355 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:49:43 +0000 swurlygurl 2081355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ #1 & #2 are 19 months apart. We are NTNP #3 (I know everyone hates that term, but whatevs ;) ) so if get pregnant right away #2 & #3 would be 15 months apart GrapeCrush on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2081018 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:23:44 +0000 GrapeCrush 2081018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 & 2 are 15 months apart. If we end up having a third, 2 will be at least 3 before we talk about if we'll try for #3! While I really like the 15 month age gap, I wouldn't have been able to do that again right away. My body needed a break. MamaBehr on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2080939 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:56:53 +0000 MamaBehr 2080939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The age difference between LO1 and LO2 is 23 months. The age difference between LO2 and LO3 is 22 months. I really like that age difference. Baby Boy Mom on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2080930 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:30:26 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2080930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are thinking 3+ years. I think DH would have been ready earlier but back to back pregnancies and extended BF have done a number on my body and I really want to be well nourished beforehand. Mrs. Jacks on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2080906 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:07:54 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2080906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @matador84: I think 3 years is awesome. Besides you single parent a lot and that is tough. So far I've only had to handle three on my own for a couple hours at a time and it hasn't been bad. My 4.5 year old is a huge help! matador84 on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2080898 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:02:13 +0000 matador84 2080898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 and 2 are 17 months apart. If I stayed at home I could handle another right now, but I'm not and daycare kills so it'll be when dd is in either full day prek or kinder we'll reevaluate. That would be a 3-4 year gap between lo2 coopsmama on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2080853 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:59:30 +0000 coopsmama 2080853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skipra: It was really tough, because I didn't have a chance to get in shape after DS and I felt so exhausted while I had such a young baby at home. But it worked out and I wouldn't change anything. :) @creativemomma15: That totally makes sense and I agree completely with the train of thought! I just need to get DH on board. :silly: Rainbow Sprinkles on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079328 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:24:41 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2079328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skipra: yes, starting in Sept she will go 3x a week, 2.5 hours at a time. Mrs. Chocolate on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079325 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:20:33 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 2079325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have a 3 year gap with my first two and there will be a 26 month gap between the next ones. sera_87 on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079322 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:12:42 +0000 sera_87 2079322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 & 2 are 24 months apart & if this last pregnancy had been a sticky baby 2 & 3 would have been 13 months apart. We'll see what we end up with though..... :bummed: Mamasig on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079253 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:53:56 +0000 Mamasig 2079253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skipra: I want to power through the baby stage too. Once I'm out, I do not want to go back! skipra on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079247 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:49:43 +0000 skipra 2079247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @coopsmama: wow 13 months apart must've been hard on your body. At 20 months apart I feel like I need a break so I can't even imagine! @Mrs. Jacks: congrats on the new babe! I hope he is doing well! @creativemomma15: you bring up a good point about getting out of the baby stage. I wonder if DH would be reluctant to try for #3 if we wait too long. @tysonja: congrats!!! Hope you have an easy pregnancy! PinkElephant on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079136 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:04:27 +0000 PinkElephant 2079136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @creativemomma15: totally! This is our dilemma too - if we have a bigger age gap between 2&3, we'd likely opt to have a 4th close in age to 3. If we have a smaller gap, it'd be easier to be finished at 3. PinkElephant on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2079132 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:02:13 +0000 PinkElephant 2079132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 and 2 are 22 months apart. I would say I want at LEAST a 2 year age gap and would prefer 3, possibly up to 4. But DH has been saying some things recently that make me think HE's thinking two years would be nice. LO 2 is 9 months so we will see - I'd definitely need to increase LO1's preschool days if we go for a smaller gap! creativemomma15 on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078938 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:58:52 +0000 creativemomma15 2078938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @coopsmama: we thought about spacing out our 3rd & then for sure having a 4th but we decided we wanted to power through the baby stage. Lol. I think it would be harder for us to get out of diapers & all that and then want to get back into it again. Does any of that make sense? tysonja on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078864 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:56:39 +0000 tysonja 2078864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ our first two are 16 months apart. we were planning on a third to be 3 years younger than LO#2 -- just found out we are pregnant this week, so I guess #3 will be just 2 years younger than LO#2! :) LO#1 will be 3.5 when LO#3 arrives :) happy surprise! better dig my heels in :) coopsmama on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078848 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:47:55 +0000 coopsmama 2078848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm still trying to figure this out, actually. Our first two are 13 months apart. I actually love the age gap and would have done it again but need to rest up after the two back to back pregnancies. :) For our third, ideally I'd like to get pregnant in July or August and that would put us at a 21 or 22 month age gap between 2 and 3. However, that might be ideal in terms of months but DH and I aren't sure that it will be ideal in terms of me actually being pregnant again. So trying to decide between then or waiting until our next big vacation (just DH and I) in 2017 to start TTC. The issue is that if we waited until then we're probably looking at another birth in August of 2018 at the earliest and that would put 2 and 3 at over 4 years apart. Decisions. :bummed: keepcalmcarrie on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078845 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:46:06 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 2078845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think I'll be ready to try for #3 when #2 is 18-24 months. Maybe even over 2, but not too much older. There are 20 months between my first 2, and I'm sure it'll be nice to have them this close in the future, but right now it's so. many. diapers. #2 is just 5 weeks right now though, so maybe this age gap won't feel so impossible to repeat in a few months! Mrs. Jacks on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078834 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:39:59 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2078834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our first two are 21 months apart. We were not ready for #3 at the same spacing. In fact things didn't settle down until M was closer to 3. She turns 3 tomorrow :) We'll still have 3 under 5, but only for a few months :) skipra on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078825 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:35:46 +0000 skipra 2078825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sorry I am having trouble responding to everyone on my tablet. But thank you everyone for sharing! I am really surprised so many are planning on less than 3 year gaps. I thought everyone would say I was crazy for even thinking about it yet! skipra on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078819 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:32:39 +0000 skipra 2078819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mamasig: Yes same ages! I also love the 20 months gap but I sah and think it would be so hard to do again. @jedeve: yes I am also afraid of the third feeling left out too especially since the older two will only be a grade apart in school. But then I think I'm crazy because if we wait 2.5 years the oldest will just be 4, which is a normal age difference between consecutive children, right? @creativemomma15: so glad to hear you were mentally ready sooner than you thought! Hope I get there within the next year too! Mrs. Sunshine on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078801 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:27:18 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2078801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm pregnant with LO2 and that's putting us at a 19 month age gap. Im thinking that a 3 year hap between #2 and #3 would likely be easier than what we're doing right now but I'm wanting to go back to school when LO1 and 2 start school and a bigger gap between 2 and 3 would make that difficult. so we'll just have to see I guess creativemomma15 on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078771 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:09:19 +0000 creativemomma15 2078771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our DS and DD are 21 months apart and we just started TTC #3 a month or two ago. If we get pregnant this month DD & baby would be about 22 months apart. I liked our age gap but wasn't thinking I would mentally be ready to TTC again. Once DD turned one, that all changed. jedeve on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078764 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:06:31 +0000 jedeve 2078764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO 1 and 2 are 17 mo apart. I would like to get pregnant again in like...ten years? Haha no idea. Too tired to even consider it. I think a 3 year gap sounds nice, but I don't know if that would make the third feel left out? oliviaoblivia on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078752 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:59:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2078752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 23.5 months between 1&2. We're hoping for about the same timing, maybe a little bit smaller of a gap between 2&3. We'd like four and I'm 34 in a few days, clocks a ticking. blackbird on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078746 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:55:38 +0000 blackbird 2078746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skipra: I would be too poor if I didn't, LOLOL. Mamasig on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078699 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:40:49 +0000 Mamasig 2078699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skipra: Our two are the exact same ages right? September 2012 and May 2014? Well before DS came along I thought a 3 year age gap would be great between 2 and 3. But now I'm thinking a smaller gap would be good. I love the 20 month age gap! But I think that may be pushing it. I solo parent a lot and think I'll need DS2 to be a bit older. Now I'm thinking more like a 2 - 2 1/2 year gap. Definitely less than 3! Rockies11 on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078694 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:39:15 +0000 Rockies11 2078694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have 21 months between 1 and 2. We are thinking 24 months between 2 and 3, mostly because we like the time of year better. I am a bad pregnant person, so I just want to get it over with. autumnlove on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078693 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:38:35 +0000 autumnlove 2078693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO 1 and 2 are almost 16 months apart. I got pregnant with LO 3 when LO 2 was 19 months old. skipra on "If you have 2 under 2 and are hoping for a third" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-2-under-2-and-are-hoping-for-a-third#post-2078691 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:37:23 +0000 skipra 2078691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Rainbow Sprinkles: wow congrats! Are you planning on preschool at all for the oldest? @blackbird: My youngest nephew is 4.5 years younger than the middle nephew and it is a great age gap for my sister! I can't wait that long because I'll be too old