Anyone else get this question when baby starts approaching one year? We have 2 kids already and we are getting the "Oh its time for another baby!!" questions and "pressure".
I have been trying to work out a response that not only say's "We're currently placing any more family planning on hold" with "My kids sleep like newborns so maybe someday we'll have enough energy to have sex on the regular again"
Usually I just smile and shake my head "no"
Its not that we don't want another baby, I'd love to have another squishy newborn. But the idea of being outnumbered scares the shit out of me. For what ever reason my heart breaks that Oliver won't get 1on1 time with us until Carson is in school. Another baby would rob him of the little time he would get. Carson is such a great big brother and for the most part they get along amazingly. Why fix what isn't broken?
I just need a nice way to telling people to butt out, we aren't ruling more kids out, but we are on the side of the 2 and done fence. I'm happy on this side of the fence.
It seems like people always want to know what's next! I don't have kids yet but I can only imagine what a balancing act 2 kids is, let along adding another so soon after your second. I look forward to when I am contemplating these decisions in my family!
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ReplyDeletePeople really should just mind their own business. I turned 30 and started getting the "when are you going to get married" question from EVERYONE. I want to tell them I'm gay...even though I'm not (and really I'm more boy crazy than anyone I know) but it seems like it would be the quickest way to shut them up ;)
Good that you've realized that there will never be enough cute, squishy newborns!! My sister is about to have her third and it scars ME half to death! Can't imagine how she's feeling (it's a surprise babe)--excited but I'll make sure to start patting more people on the back for their kiddo(s) rather than asking "...and??"
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