what will u do differently ?

i will be PLANNING a child and actually be excited when I see the second blue line. (my poor boys - i love them dearly but they were a bit of a "suprise")

I wno't buy many clothes, as my grandmother buys enough clothes to clothe a small nation - should I decide to have that many children.

buy a pushchair that can accomodate a toddler seat.

It would nice to have the gender a surprise but I'm too impatient

I want to find patterns and sew my own cloth nappies and use them from day one. (I use disposibles, got too lazy, and did not know about the nappy systems until later on!)

My second baby will learn to sleep in his/her own bed for naps no matter what! (As conveinient as it is, I don't think it will work with 2 kids)

I will breastfeed again for the same amount of time if not longer (oh wait, that's not different )

well since i am not having any more, the second time around, I WANTED to -

make sure baby slept in her own bed and got into routines, before she hit 3 months! (it took so long to figure things out first time!)

breastfeed for longer and make sure i got enough help and support to do so

and i had, before conceiving, wanted to be finished my nursing degree so i could take maternity leave spend time with my kids and enjoy them.

I also wanted to be in a decent job and a nice house so that i could decorate my kids rooms really kewl

And what happened?

* I got ayja to sleep in her own bed wonderfully, all the time, no probs, in a good routine. - but then she started daycare and that has flown out the window ever since despite numerous attempts to persuade her otherwise.

* well, i still didn't seek out much support, but i at least went to the breastfeeding education session at the hospital.. and even though i have had a million and one placements and ayja has had bottles *offered* to her at those times, here i am 10 months later with a fully B/Fed baby.

*lol, well, i concieved ayja about a month after returning to full time study, and there was no option of maternity leave, i still see her a fair bit because other than placements, third year study does not contain so many classes, just a heap of assignments - so i have my girls at home as often as i can - they are a welcome distraction from assignments.

* well, i hope to have a decent job soon, in a little under 20 weeks i will be finished my degree, we are moving to a new house tomorrow - and i have everything set so that the girl's rooms will be decorated really kewl - fairy princess for Paris and pooh bear and friends for Ayja. - it's not our OWN home, but it's a home and most importantly - the walls ARE NOT GREEN!

i have just learnt that no matter what you *plan* to do next time.. sometimes things don't always turn out how you planned - sometimes they turn out better

Edited by mum2paris

if i have a nother bubs(oh my friends would laugh if they saw this)
b/feed gave up at 4 weeks
use cloth nappies so much cheper!
get bubs to sleep in his/her own bed for all sleeps
sleep when bubs sleeps (was to stubbon and thought i can handle this lol)
relax a little more over walking, crawling ,moving

I have to admit, this time around I'm a lot better about putting Taine to bed when he looks tired, rather than with Jake, it was when he flaked! I don't know if it is related but probably - taine is a much more placid kid and sleeps a lot more during the day!

emma this is gonna sound like a dumb question but ive been wanting to ask for ages-how do u pronouce maya's name? is it May-(as in the month) a, or My (as in OH my)a?