I Have A Bad Case of Baby Fever!
May 18, 2010
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| Big P, Princess R and Baby E |
Help! I need help! All I can think about is babies and I have it bad. I am in that age group where everyone seems to be having baby #1 or baby #2 and I find myself wishing for it all over again.
We are not trying to have another baby yet. We are still trying to find the balance with everything with the three kids we have. Big P will be starting kindergarten this year (aaahhh) and I know that will bring on a whole new set of challenges and require us to develop a whole new routine.
I have been sitting wondering why I think I have this baby fever. Is it that I am missing the baby stages, the pregnancy, feel like someone is missing? I think really it comes down to all of that. I have been pregnant for what feels like 5 years straight! With the three kids being so close in age and all the miscarriages in between – pregnancy and babies has been our goal for a long time. I have been pregnant – at one stage or another – almost every summer and this one is going to feel different. I am not used to different so I think that might be what is really going on.
How do you know you are finished having children? Do you ever really know? I have friends who have told me that they are for sure finished – no more babies. I have not made it to that point yet – neither has my husband. He certainly doesn’t have the baby fever like I do – but we are young and don’t like the idea of “never”.
I don’t like the idea of “never” for anything. Never be pregnant again, never feel the baby move, the labor pains, the delivery. Never breastfeed or hear that cute baby cry or the baby poop. I am not sure I could ever say “never” to that.
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| Mommy and Big P {5 days old} |
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| Big P {17mo} and Princess R {3mo} |
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| Mommy, Princess R and Baby E {1wk old} |
So, Mommy’s and Daddy’s – how do you know when you are ready to say “never”? What factors into it for you?
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I hear you on this baby fear thing. I totally have a bad case too. I am just thankful that my close friend just had a baby. I am hoping that spending time with them will help me get over my case.
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I go through the same thing! I feel like I'm not done but right now I don't think I could handle another. I admit I get jealous of those that are pregnant because I loved being pregnant. My husband is dead set against he doesn't want another! So the only way I could have #3 is by an opps, haha. I always wanted 2 kids so I dont know where this baby fever thing is coming from. Maybe because I secretly want a girl? {but dont tell anyone it will ruin my cover haha}.
No baby this summer just means more clothes to look awesome in! Not that being pregnant makes you look bad…it's just a whole different type of awesome!
So enjoy it!!
And from what I see, you're a loving and supportive mother, which means HAVE AS MANY AS YOU WANT!
My "babies" are 11 and 8….I don't think baby fever ever goes away! Sorry!
I have baby fever SO bad. I just loved being pregnant. I felt cuter when I was pregnant. BUT, I am in no way ready for another baby. I've just started sleeping well again!
However, I don't know when you know you're done. Especially since I only have one right now. I think as long as you have enough love and resources to go around, have as many as you want!
Heck, I have a little baby fever here and there and I have a 6 month old
!! Never is a strong word!!
Devan, Devan, Devan….
Since that first day in college when you announced you wanted 7 kids and not a single jaw in the room didn't drop…I say…for now…enjoy this summer, enjoy your children running around and playing, enjoy a few bubblies (for me too)…give yourself a summer to not just be "mom" or an "oven"…to just be Devan. :0)
i love love love your nursing pic in the last one. so precious. and i have serious baby fever too. i might need to write about it to just get it out there!
Ah, baby lust. I'm immune to it at the moment b/c my youngest is still (to me) a baby, at age 14 months. We are done. DONE! I don't want to be pregnant again. I don't want to give birth again. I don't want to go through nursing issues or spend another year w/out eating normally. So that's how I know. I didn't feel this way before I had #3, and frankly, if we were younger/lived in a bigger house/had more money, than maybe. But we're not/we don't so this is it. Our perfect family.
JPW says 3 kiddos total, we agree on that…but I'd like 4. He says 3 total because 4 kids do not fit comfortably in a car (and we will not drive a minivan) and he loves odd numbers. So not sure, we're not done, but once we get to 3 it's up for discussion I suppose and since he said he's not getting "fixed" I'd be the birth controller and perhaps I'd have the final say….it's all a long ways away for now. But I to, have baby fever for baby #2.
I always wonder how people 'know' they are done. Do they just feel 'complete' after having what will be their final baby? I have always 'thought' I wanted 4 or 5, but never had a set number, thought I'd take it one baby at a time and go from there lol We are currently expecting baby number 3. With a 3 year old and a 9 month old, this baby 'snuck' in there and I am 5 months pregnant lol. We have 2 boys, so the question I am constantly faced with is "If it's a girl, you're done, right?" Gender isn't a factor for me, the fact that number 3 is coming right after number 2 weighs a little, but I'm definitely not ready to say I'm 'done'. I think we're a little closer to having 4 instead of 5, but time will tell.