Raise your hand if you have at least one PLANNED child

Wow my son was also born in the month of December and I am enjoying my parenthood.

I was 8 months in Dec... ours was a January baby

same here. I love my kids so much.

Unless you're doing some kind of fertility treatment where you're told to expect multiples...

LOL! I doubt anybody plans purposely for twins since you don't know there are two upon conception, you just know that you got a line on your pregnancy test.

I think your body overheard the conversation you were having that night.. yep yep, that was it!

that's why i stopped having those conversations!!! my body is nosey! No more kids for me, planned or otherwise

It's a good thing when you are able to get pregnant when you're trying, isn't it? And of course... NOT get pregnant when you're using birth control. That little 98.8% or whatever still isn't quite 100%.

Awww, that's neat that they are close. I've seen it go both ways, sometimes kids close in age are just close, other times they are at each other's throats. It's a personality thing mostly, I don't see that gender has much to do with it. I was closer to my brother than my sisters for awhile, even though he was 11 years younger than me.

Oh no, I certainly agree with you that people shouldn't just get married because they have kids. I don't understand the people who think you should get married TO have kids or the people who think you should get married BECAUSE you have kids. If you are not right for each other and friends as well as lovers, there's not much point. People who are not compatible and happy are not likely to create a good supportive loving environment for kids they have or kids they want, know what I mean? I was ready to start my family when I was 18 or 19, alas there were no good men around lol. I tried in earnest for a few years with my ex and nothing... 12 negative pregnancy tests. I moved away and got divorced.. and I was 28 when I finally got pregnant with my daughter, and I was 29 when she was born. 25 is a very realistic age to start, if you have a stable relationship with someone who wants kids, and you can realistically afford at least one, I'd bump that down to even 22 or 21. If I'd had my daughter when I was 20, she would be 16 right now. Tell the boyfriend it's important to have some of the fun 'couple stuff' and vacations because after a few kids, it's a lot harder to get away alone for long until they get a bit older. I don't think we went anywhere away together without our daughter until she was over 2. Fortunately she traveled well so it wasn't troublesome to bring her with. She was always very mellow, didn't mind the car, flies well, can sleep anywhere, and she's the most non picky eater we know.

That's a good space between kids, your son will be old enough to not be potty training or in diapers, he can talk and ask for things and get things lol. I've often figured that having kids a year apart is almost like having twins because developmentally you have one that is totally dependent on you for EVERYTHING and a second one who is just

I was a preemie myself so I was extremely worried that my daughter might have been one - she wasn't, I was 39 weeks with her when she wanted out. She was a nice healthy 7.4 lbs, I was 2.2 lbs at 30 weeks. It is sooo odd that for someone who is trying and trying and trying to get pregnant, it's just about the time they give up when it happens!

We have a 7 year old, the big ones are 19 and 21. It's a big difference not having the costs of adult kids any more, people talk about kids being so expensive but I think having 3 little ones is cheaper financially than having one small one and two grown ones that still live at home lol. I wish you luck having a third, I get baby fever often.