When did you get baby fever after LO1? How long did you have it before you got pregnant again (or started trying)?
LO is almost 9 months and I'm not ready, but I feel it creeping in. As he starts trying to walk (!!) and cruising / crawling everywhere, he feels less like a baby and more like a toddler. Luckily he has a 4:30 AM wake-up call lately, so that keeps me grounded.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
After our first, pretty much immediately. It's a good thing, too, considering I was pregnant at 4 months PP so even though our second was a surprise I was secretly really excited about it.
Now I'm 9 months + PP with our second and the baby fever is still pretty much nonexistent. I like the idea of another baby but not so much the thought of pregnancy.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Pretty much immediately. I got pregnant 7 months PP.
honeydew / 7303 posts
about 19 months, we started trying when she was 22 months and got pregnant right away.
pear / 1599 posts
Immediately after both. But didn't try until DD was one. DS is only 2 months old so it will be awhile IF we have another. But man the fever is bad!
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Dd is 13 months and I'm just starting to get it a teeny bit, like little flashes. We prob won't start trying for awhile though, like 6 months at least. I don't think dh has baby fever at all!
pineapple / 12802 posts
He is a month shy of being 2 and I still haven't gotten it yet. Thankfully.
ETA: and by a month I mean 2 months because I do know how old my kid is.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
It's been coming and going since she was about 22 months, but when it's there it is pretty mild. Like, I look at a few cute baby hats and 10 minutes later I'm over it.
I couldn't even think about it before then.
We will start TTC this summer. A big part of this is that I hated being pregnant. Also, my husband's schedule will suck until July of next summer and now that I know what we are in for I'm dreading those few months of lots of solo parenting with a newborn and a toddler.
clementine / 828 posts
On and off right away, although we waited to TTC number 2 this last month, while LO is 20 months.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
Around 13/14 months. We started trying around 16 months I think. Finally pregnant now at 26 months.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
Never, but we knew we wanted them close in age so we tried and I was pregnant by DS1's 1st birthday.
Baby fever after DS2 started pretty much right after he was born and I saw how my sons interacted.
pomelo / 5791 posts
I literally felt a yearning immediately after his birth. Like, before I left the hospital lol. I blame hormones!
That being said, it started creeping in around 9m pp, and we started talking about ttc again around his 1st bday.
kiwi / 728 posts
My LO just turned 1 last week and I've yet to experience it. I love her so much, but I love this time soooo much more than the newborn days. When I see someone who has a newborn, I usually think aww....followed immediately by sucks to be you! Haha kidding...sort of. So I would say the fever is a no.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
@.twist.: Ha! 
I spent a whole month earlier this year telling people C was 22 months old when he was only 20 months so right there with you on that one!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
When DS was 12 months old. It only got stronger as he got older. We started out NTNP at 13 months then actively trying beginning of 2015.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I think after DD turned 4 mo I magically actually started saying things like I miss pregnancy, I miss newborn stage! But DD's sleep is still pretty horrid so I wouldn't even think to try now!
clementine / 912 posts
About 9 months and we started trying at about a year. Took us until LO was 20 months to get pregnant again. DH was already talking about #3 recently. Hold your horses buddy.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We started trying when E was about 15 months old, and I was really on board about a month before (i just wanted to enjoy the rest of my summer first!). It was good timing for us (they'll be 25 months apart).
coconut / 8483 posts
I think around 9 months pp. strong fever now (DS turned 1 in March) but we are waiting. 
pear / 1657 posts
i had a brief bout of baby fever when DS was 3 months old, when he was sleeping through the night (that lasted for about three weeks). Now at 11 months I am feelling about 75% one and done.
pomegranate / 3113 posts
DD is 17 months old and I'm still not feeling it! In the abstract, I think I want another kid, but...eventually. Definitely not now. If we decide to have a second kid, we will probably start trying when DD is around 2.5, give or take a few months.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Well, at 6m pp I started to consider that I might want another child someday, but didn't really get baby fever until E was almost 2.5. One of my coworker friends was pregnant, and she just came in one day *glowing* and she looked so happy and gorgeous...and then in January she brought in her newborn, and I got to hold her, and suddenly I just desperately wanted another. Luckily, around the same time D changed his mind about having another, we started trying a month later, and now I'm pregnant 
papaya / 10570 posts
I started obsessing about timing when she was approaching 12 months old.... but didn't feel ready yet. Then the urge left me and has yet to return!
pomelo / 5093 posts
Literally the moment she was born. I really badly wanted to be pregnant again that whole first year - my husband, too. Then it sort of faded over the next year. When I finally got pregnant after her third birthday, I was not totally thrilled.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
I've had it off and on since he was a baby. DS turned 3 in March and it is bad now. But I'm starting a new job this month so we have to figure out our new insurance coverage (since I have IF) and I need to wait at least 3 months so I will be covered by FMLA. I'm hoping to be pregnant by the end of the year!
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