https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:05:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2337173 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:32:10 +0000 Alivoo01 2337173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jlm22: lol. sorry!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2337150 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:20:02 +0000 jlm22 2337150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: I wasn't even thinking about how LO2 will never get me to him/herself. lol, thanks for putting that thought in my head! :)</p> <p>@MrsBrewer: Good luck :)</p> <p>@LuLu Mom: My sister has 4 under 7 and even though she has her moments, it's so great. Talking about this just made baby fever multiply by 100. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336730 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:38:53 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2336730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt like that all the way up until brining ds home a few weeks ago. It's going away but sometimes I do feel nostalgic for it and also when dd is struggling I feel it a little then too. But overall it hasn't been bad and I love having two. Eta, mine are three years apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336659 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:10:26 +0000 LuLu Mom 2336659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I TTC when DD was 18 months and i was freaking out about her feeling "abandoned" but honestly she LOVES her sister so much! I don't' know if I could go much younger than I did, I i like our spacing. However, I know people do and have successful family dynamics all the time! I have a friend who has 4 kids in 5 years, and they are adorable together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336653 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:08:24 +0000 MrsBrewer 2336653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You're not crazy! DD is almost 5 months and we've been NTNP ever since she was born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336648 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:07:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2336648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The biggest reason I'm holding off on even NTNP is b/c I am SO attached to DD and the idea of sharing her with another baby... I just can't handle it! So that really helps with the baby fever. Logically/financially we really want to wait till she's around 18 months at least to try anyway. Some days I really do kinda just want to have another to get the show going cause I feel you about the our own age, having close in age sibling(s), etc... But I also do want more time with just us and DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336642 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:05:42 +0000 Alivoo01 2336642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally feel guilty for both kiddos! For DS because he's used to having all my attention and for DD when she arrives because she won't have that kind of one-on-one quality time I had to DS. Then they both have to share me also so yea... But I also think about how they'll have each other growing up so that should make up for it right? They'll probably plot against me in their teenage years (oh my. help me now!), so that totally makes up for it too right?? lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336598 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:50:22 +0000 jlm22 2336598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! Happy to hear that I'm not crazy for feeling like this. I wish I could fast forward and find out if I'm going to have trouble conceiving number 2. And you are all right... They won't remember this, but you are all giving them the biggest gift and it will be awesome in the long run.</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I give you permission to virtually throw something at me, but I loved being pregnant. And I won't comment on my baby as I don't want her to hear me and rebel :silly: So...that is why I feel excited about TTC #2! Although, I probably just jinxed everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336412 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:15:19 +0000 hellobeeboston 2336412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jlm22: I felt exactly the same for LO 1. He's 3 and days before I was due with LO 2 I was crying about this.... Mourning, for him, the loss of being the only I felt upset for him! And he was 3, so I don't think that goes away. But of course, he will have a sibling going forward which in the long run is going to be so great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336406 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:50:19 +0000 Bubbles 2336406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I still feel that way at 22 weeks pg and with a 22 month old DS! He still feels like my baby and I'm scared of making him share! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336391 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:43:04 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2336391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt that way too! Maybe even before 7 mo. Then when I knew it wasn't gonna happen yet, I am just cherishing my baby so so so much. He's 10 mo and I don't plan on starting to get him a sibling until next year : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336283 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:18:32 +0000 BandDmommy 2336283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first two are 2.5 years apart and age gap between LO2 and LO3 will be about 16 months. It was unplanned but I'm getting used to the idea. It makes me sad knowing I won't get as much time with her before LO3. But I'm cherishing the time I'm getting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336276 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:13:02 +0000 lilteacherbee 2336276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely normal to feel that way! I cried and cried the last few weeks of my pregnancy with LO2 because I was so sad that LO1 wouldn't be my only anymore. He was so young (they're 20 months apart) that I felt like he was still such a baby. BUT, now at almost 2 and almost 3 months, it's amazing to see them together! The baby lights up when he sees his brother and my toddler is incredibly sweet and wants to kiss him all day long. There are hard moments, but I love that they already seem to have a bond! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336252 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:00:37 +0000 mrsrain 2336252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jlm22: totally normal. I still feel that way, and I'm almost halfway through my second pregnant! I just try to focus on the good stuff... Like getting to see my daughter become a big sister, watching them learn and grow together, etc. It's probably never easy to give up that one one one time, regardless of how far apart they are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336246 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:56:18 +0000 MrsB2012 2336246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was always our plan to have our kids close together. My first two are 18 months apart and we love it. We decided we want the third, so we are going to start trying this month. My youngest is 9 months. It makes the most sense ( for a bunch of reasons) for us to do it this way. People think we are crazy, but it's what we want! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336243 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:55:05 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2336243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got the fever early after number one and waited until she was a year to TTC. They are 23 months apart. Two and three will be 12 months apart. Didn't quite the fever but got pregnant anyway. I have a lot of guilt about DD2 not getting a full babyhood but she won't know the difference and will have a buddy for her whole life.<br /> For what it's worth my third pregnancy has been so easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336219 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:32:30 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2336219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got the baby fever at 9 months and my two oldest are 19 months apart. It's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336217 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:31:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2336217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, but for me, personally, even thinking about ttc at 7 months was like crazy talk. I was so, so, so not ready! I am 7 weeks from my due date, c will be almost 2.5 then, and I'm still not totally ready. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336216 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:29:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 2336216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still pregnant but I definitely feel that way sometimes. But, I see her with friend's babies and she is so so cute with them, and I picture how wonderful she will be with her baby sister (some of the time) and I feel better about it. She was seriously so cute with my friends 7 month old last week, "reading" to him, bringing him his paci and water cup, petting him... I almost cried. She's older than yours but still. </p> <p>The thing I actually feel worse about is how much harder of a time I have parenting her while pregnant. First three months it was Daniel tiger on the couch every afternoon because I was so tired. Now in the third trimester I keep having to tell her mommy can't carry her or do this or that because I'm so pregnant. I feel like I missed out on her for a few months in the first trimester. So, be prepared for that, even though it's really short term and she won't remember it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336212 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:28:03 +0000 catomd00 2336212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt the same way as you around that time. We waited to TTC until she was 18 months and I didn't feel as strongly about her not being my only. I'm sure I'll mourn the loss of it just being her when #2 gets closer to arriving, but going into TTC I didn't have the same feelings as I did when we started talking about it at 6 months, then again at 9 and 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thoughts-on-ttc-2-am-i-crazy#post-2336162 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:46:34 +0000 jlm22 2336162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always thought I wanted kids super close in age. Now that DD is 7 months, we are starting to think about when to TTC. Is it weird that I feel sad thinking DD won't have me to herself anymore? She's so little and I want her to have 100% of my attention (sorry DH :silly: ) On the other hand, I'm not getting any younger and I do want a big family. I see my sisters kids and they are all so close in age and it's SO much fun for them, so I want to give that to DD too! I have 3 siblings as well and I love being part of a big family.</p> <p>Did anyone else feel like this? And does it ever go away? Am I being overly emotional? :happy: </p>