The other day the hubby and I went to visit his cousin and partner who just had their second child. A beautiful little girl. As crazy as it sounds I was a tad bit jealous.
BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
As soon as I laid eyes on this tiny gorgeous baby sleeping so sweetly on the couch I felt that familiar pull in the bottom of my heart. I want another baby. CRAZY!
EIGHT ISN’T ENOUGH!!!!???????
Maybe not.
I sat by this little bundle and took in her sweet smell – the smell that only comes with a baby who has just arrived. I stroked her little hands, and ran my fingers through her soft baby hair. My memory drifted back to just over a year ago when I held my little 3lb Tanner and then my 5lb Thatcher. It was hard to believe that they were once smaller than this little two week old baby.
My gosh I am crazy. I could have another baby without hesitation.
Except for the fact that my tubes were tied when the twins were born.
Some days I totally regret having them tied and wish I could have a reversal.
Some days when my eight children are driving me bonkers I am glad that they are tightly tied.
What about you? Are you happy with the number of children you have? Do you ever wish you had more?
Until next time
Chantel, momof8crazymonkeys
I should have liked 4 but it would have been tricky on my own. I love my two so much and we are such a unit BUT I really do love kids…….
Chantel – BASTA! I am seriously impressed you aren’t totally turned off when you see a baby. Wow. You are amazing
I always thought I only wanted one. Then I thought she was so nice, I decided that maybe another would be just as nice. And he’s lovely, and I could never pick between them, but every once in a while, when they are fighting and scrapping and I can’t take the bickering? (And being an only until I was almost 12, I have no perspective or tolerance for it, I admit. It makes me NUTS.) I wonder whether one was my limit… Definitely, two is enough! (and I tied my tubes to make sure, like you.)
I have one of my own (3.5yrs old) and a stepdaughter (6.5 yrs old). I always thought I’d want to have 3 but because I had my first so late (I was 37), I stopped at one.
She however, doesn’t realize that she doesn’t have any brothers because her 2 cousins (8 & 8.5 yrs old) treat her like they are her brothers. There are times I think they would BOTH bubble wrap her if they could!! The last time we were together, they decided they were going downstairs & one was walking down in front of her holding her hands & the other was behind her (to catch her if she fell!!) & that was what they told us! Too cute!!
I too love the new baby smell, but I’m one of those “better you than me” type girls because I have finally found a career I love. Hugging, squishing & give them back (oh & spoil them rotten before giving them back!! 😉 )
I”m totally having the baby fever recently…but I know I can’t – mentally, physically and financially!
Chantel if I started earlier I’m sure I would have a full house too!! My sister in law just has a baby and I had those pangs too (hmmmmm a fifth??) Lol – I settled on I can visit and spoil as much as I like:)) The RESP payment every month is already as much as my mortgage with four!
Oh no Kim – we are crazy trust me lol!
So true Karie – this is why I left the door open for so long…… sigh.
wow Peta all under 7! Yikes! I thought 4 under 4 was bad enough lol I admire you mama!
Your daughter will has two bigger brothers to look out for her:) Couldn’t ask for anything better. I admire those that adopt or even think about it – so much involved but I am sure it is so worth it.
Oh Grace I hear you! I was 41 when the twins were born and boy have I been feeling a lot older lately! Two is a great number:)
Tracey – I am NOT going back on the baby train lol but some days when I look at the twins and how much they are growing I think “maybe……” then I take a pot and smack it on top of my head to knock some sense into myself:)
Aileen you are lucky you don’t get that baby crazy feeling – I also get that “Better you than me!” feeling though on many days!
I always think people who have 3 or more kids are CRAZY. Not because THEY really are crazy but I’m projecting my horror on them. 🙂 I could NEVER be outnumbered by my children. LOL. I agree with Tracey. Love to hold ’em and squeeze ’em and squish ’em but sooooooo happy to give them back. Those baby years were HARD on me. VERY hard.
Everyone is different and some are happy with one and some with ten or more. I personally don’t do anything permanent because there are very large percentage of people who enter into other relationships and change their minds or simply just have a change of heart. We have three and that’s probably where we’ll stay at but there’s just something about having the option for more that I like to have.
I always knew I wanted 3 children, and after the birth of our daughter, i was happy and SO done with having children. At the time, I had a 3 and 2 year old sons, and a newborn daughter. Now they are 9,8 and 6 and I keep thinking how nice it would be to give our daughter a sister. I’m 37, which is pushing it for having another baby so perhaps we will think about adopting a little girl. I am not a very good pregnant person to begin with, so I’d far rather adopt than be pregnant!!
We have 2 girls, both adopted from China. Although we contemplated adopting a 3rd, perhaps a boy, the reality is we are too old. I was already 40 when we adopted my eldest, who is now almost 12. The thought that I may not live long enough to see my grandchildren is always in the back of my mind, so 2 is it for us.
Yeah, two is plenty for me. I’d be curious, strictly from a DNA perspective about what third child might look like, but that’s purely about science. Babies are gorgeous, squishy and delicious, but they’re only babies for a short amount of time… a lifetime of being a parent to more than the two I have? No thanks. Nevermind the expense.
Thank goodness for vasectomies.
Nope, when I get to hold a wee newbie, I sniff their fuzzy little heads, and stroke their soft baby cheeks… and then I hand them back, very happy that it isn’t me who’s going to wake up every 2-3 hours trying to survive maximum security baby-prison for the next 6 to 9. It’s all par for the course, and there were some good times to be had (my babies were good eaters and sleepers, so it wasn’t all bad) but man, I’m glad that part of the journey is OVER!
Are you gonna get back on that train, Chantel?
two is my number and my number is two. in my world (because i know me!) my spouse and i should never be outnumbered 🙂 my s.i.l. asked me as my newborn nephew was sleeping on my chest if it made me want another one. i looked down at his little bow lips, tiny fingers, fuzzy, soft hair and took a great big inhale of ‘fresh baby’ and said, “absolutely not!”
that being said i would like some sort of time machine/parallel universe contraption since i would love to play the “what if” game…if we kept going would we have had 4 girls like my greatgran? would i have had twins? (my luck yes!) what would a boy of mine be like? what would i be like?
btw, is that your face from that fall you took? more hugging for you!
We have 5, including a set of twins. I gave birth four times in three different countries. As a family of 7, we’ve lived in four countries and on three different continents and at one point, all five children were under the age of 7!…and if my darling husband was willing, I probably would have pushed for number 6…but since I can’t, (due to hubby having a vasectomy) I will have to be content with the sweet baby smell of other people’s gorgeous bundles!
We always agreed that 2 was our number. After my second I had a brief period when I thought 3 would be nice. Then my senses returned to me. 🙂 I don’t think I would be a good mother to more than I have. As a bonus, I don’t get that baby-crazy feeling when I see a newborn. I get the “better you than me, sister!” feeling.