Second baby

We are having our first baby in August and do want another one.

I am 21 so i have enough time but was wondering what people thought was a good age gap between No 1 and No 2?

my first two girls are 17 months apart and its great. my second pregnancy was a suprise one and i was scared at how i'd cope and felt bad for jade (my oldest) but her and her sister are so close and jade has a playmate whenever she wants. i dont know if and when there is a "right" time but from someone who has children reasonably close together- i recomend it

for me im finding it weird to think of my oldest being almost 4 years old when this wee one's due, and my second, emma being nearly 2.5 years.

do whats best for you and your family.... i was 21 when i had my first too....

I think most people end up conceiving just after their first baby turns 1. and that's a pretty good age - they are just young enough not to get tooooo jealous but not so old they've gotten used to being the only 1 for too long. only thing is - the time when you are really big and preggers - coincides with the time your 1st kid decides they know how to run away at shops. The other good thing though is that #1 still usually has at least 1 day nap - leaving you time to sleep while preggy, and also means you can get some sleep once baby is here provided you can get them to sleep together.
Also means you will probably end up with both in nappies, but not for too long cos #1 will be close to beginning toilet training. lololol,

All in all i think most people with that kind of age gap of about 17 to 24 months apart find that their kids are pretty good, it means a little while of being completely exhausted constantly but once that 2nd baby starts moving they are just the right age to be best friends. i am glad my girls are so close together, they are best friends... most of the time.

jack will be 2 in august and this bubs is due 2 october. we wanted 18-24mths between them, but started TTC in january as i didn't want to be preggers over xmas and new year

i think it will be a great age gap as jack is starting to understand things we say a bit more and is fabulous around his little 8mth old cousin.
there is 2 yrs each between my sis, my lil bro and myself and we all have a great relationship together.

Yea me and my brother have a 2 year age gap and i think that is a really good gap. My sister and i are three years which is a bit more of a stretch. So i think the 18-24months is a good gap and seems quite common.

There will be 20 months between JJ and #2, so i am hoping this all works out well... I wanted a not too big gap, so that worked out just about right. Of course, there are 13 years between dh's first son and JJ....

we have planned to start trying for #2 when Joey turns two - so still lots of time

We are planing to TTC when Zaara is 18 months old. So if I get pregnant straight away then the gap will be 28 months??

Unless a BIG OOOPS happens between now and then!!

Hehehehehe!!! What do you reckon your chances are Liz of having a planned baby?

Well I have a 19 month gap beween my two. I'm only a week into it but things are brilliant so far.
My mum said to me that it doesn't matter what the age gap is it will always be a good gap.
She has had big gaps & little gaps (nearly 5 years between me & my sis and only 14 months between my 2 brothers) so just try for #2 when you feel ready after #1 has arrived.
I'm 22 so I know how you feel about having "enough time". I wanted about a 2-2 & 1/2 year gap but I got pregnant the first time we didn't use contraception so that plan went out the window.

he he ha ha I know what you mean Liz!!