When did you have your SECOND??

I have 3 kids. They are 7, 5 and almost 2. The age difference between my first and second is 26 months. It worked out ok for me when they were young but now they fight like cats and dogs. If you're ready for another baby, don't listen to anyone else about waiting. If your daughter is almost 2 1/2, why not have one now if you're ready? You'll have 9 months of pregnancy to go through so the kids will be a little over 3 years apart.

You wouold have perfect timing to get pregnant now. Then your older one will almost be 3 and 1/2 when you deliver. This was the case with us and it has been great! My oldest was old enough to help out and now they are close enough in age to play together! It has been great! that I think is the perfect age span!

There is 7 yrs between my first and second. Not by choice. Nature just turned out that way. There is only 1 1/2 years between my second and third.

We now have our daughter which is turning 2 next month. I don't have plans on having a baby again because I consider a lot of things before I conceive again. Most of these are financial problems. We might plan to have our second baby once we have settled down on some important things. There's no problem for me to have a child again but I am just being a responsible parent to age gap my kids.

I had #2 20 months later. I was 24. We then waited until I was 29 to have baby #3. If we have another baby it will be in 2-4 years.

don't be too anxious, as i've read the ideal gap between siblings is 3 years so you still have 6 more months to ready up. my brother and i are like 4 years apart so i guess it is pretty normal for first-borns to have such big gaps with second-childs, this ain't conclusive though, just my own opinion

There is not any uniform opinion about when to have a second baby. The time gap advisable is to be decided depending on the environment of the family. But in general it is advised to and also comfortable to leave two years gap after the first baby is born.And also there are advantages like raring the baby or finding a suitable job once the babies are grown up to attend the school etc. The uniform opinion of the couples are that the decision is to be drawn by the couple with mutual interaction before the action.

well I had mine after the gap of seven years. Somehow could not concieve in time. I had givn up hope and then gave all the toys and clothes I had kept to use for the second child to charity and then in next six months I concieved again. I feel my second one wanted everything new for herself, no recycling,lol. I had to buy everything again. I think when you are worried and really wishing somehting it doesn't happen but wheen you are realxed it just comes to you. so don't get tensded there is still time meanwhile enjoy your first baby.

There is a 6 year gap between my first (daughter) and my son. I think you should just take it easy. the more you are ,the more unlikely you'll conceive. Personally,I think it's just about the right time since your daughter is already 2 1/2. Let nature takes its own course. I did not really plan to have another baby, but God blessed me with one after 6 years.

If you feel your ready to have your 2nd child, then go on. Its only you and your husband that could decide your 'readiness' for another responsibility and love. WHen i had my son, my husband and i decided to keep a gap of 3 years before we had another baby.. now that he's 6, still we are not blessed with another. Although we're still hoping to be given with one, i guess it would come in the perfect timing. So just patiently wait. You're in the ideal year gap to have another baby. Best of luck.

well thats the right time, as the first kid start for the school, he is now a bit understandable and can be left on some elese dependents, well u can have a second kid no problem, as first one is already 2 1/2, even ur first kid will get the partner to play as he also understand now the worla a bit

for me i have my another baby when my elder son was 1 1/2 years old. my hubby said that my elder one will be very lonely if we r no more around so we decided to have another one..so now their age different is just nice n we r happy also. good luck to you!!

Oh, goodness, don't worry about what other people say! As soon as you guys are ready go for it. My son is 4 months old and I'm already ready for another. : )

Our oldest child was 2 years old when I got pregnant with our second child and it's worked out great. But you know it's different for everyone so if you and your husband feel that this is the right time,do what you think is best for the both of you. Best of luck to you. :)