Time between babies?

[Punchie]

I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but how do you figure out how much time to have in between babies? Initially, I wanted to have our kids 3-4 yrs apart, but then one of my friends had a baby 2 months ago, and that kind of started a baby fever of sorts. Not so much the "I want a cute cuddly little newborn" kind of thing, as that I just want to get the baby stage over and done w/forever. I would rather not get out of baby mode and then have to get back into it again.

DH and I have kind of talked about it. Well, more of me talking and him making non-commital grunts. If possible, I would like to time it to give birth before he deploys again - which should be sometime next summerish.

I probably should mention that Ivy is almost 11 months.

[Kaymara]

This is how Rod and I figured it out. IF we could say I am ready for a baby 9 months from now then we were ready. We would ask each other every month. We kinda wanted our kiddos fairly close in age as there is a huge age gap between my sister and brother and me and his brothers and him. And we both felt we lost out alot in that age gap. So for us, we wanted them close. When Ethan was around 18 months old we both said we could honestly say we were ready for a baby 9 months from now. And so we stopped preventing and were blessed right away with our daughter

[Shep's Wife]

We spaced our 4 kids anywhere from 15 months to 24 months apart.
We really like the way we have it. It wasn't a big transition for the next baby.
I was always ready for the next sooner than dh of course, I just love my babies

[USCGBoxerMom]

We did ours 4.5 years apart.

[KDMatthews]

I was ready about a year ago (my son will be 3 next month) but DH wasn't so I waited ....it was HARD....and we're trying now. I guess just do what you both feel is right.

[Rach]

I just found out I'm pregnant this weekend & our daughter is 13 months So she'll be 3 months shy of 2 yrs old when this one is born. He was ready last year when she was 7 months, but I probably would of liked to have waited another year at least, if I wouldn't of gotten pregnant now.

I think it'd be a lot easier to have a baby when your other child is at least walking & out of diapers.

[Ashnbri]

DH would get me pregnant as soon as I was cleared to have sex again . But I really want as much time alone with my boy first before we have another one (if we do). But at the earliest we would be trying when he turned 16 months. But the big factors for me in the age space is how old DH will be (I don't want him to be too old) and I dont want them to be over 4 years apart.

[Erika]

All of mine will be around 3½-4 years apart. They weren't planned that way, it's just the way things have ended up working out. I do enjoy having them a good distance apart. Only one in diapers at a time, when they get older we aren't trying to do the same thing for all 3 of them around the same time. And I actually will have a lot of one on one time with each since Colin is in school now, I've had time with just me and Caleb, and Caleb will start school in '08, so I'll have the one on one time with this baby.
All in all, I'm really happy with it.

[Margaret]

I said 4 years but we will see when I get preggo and go from there!! Atleast 3 years

Originally Posted by Kaymara This is how Rod and I figured it out. IF we could say I am ready for a baby 9 months from now then we were ready. We would ask each other every month. We kinda wanted our kiddos fairly close in age as there is a huge age gap between my sister and brother and me and his brothers and him. And we both felt we lost out alot in that age gap. So for us, we wanted them close. When Ethan was around 18 months old we both said we could honestly say we were ready for a baby 9 months from now. And so we stopped preventing and were blessed right away with our daughter

Okay that's a really cute way to do it and smart to!