This morning I helped babysit my two nieces. The oldest, Eden, is 6 years old and Brooklyn, otherwise known as "Goosey," is 2. With my 6 month old in tow, I had my hands full, but we had fun. So, you may be asking what's the point of this post?
Well, lately I've been having dreams about another little baby. I've teased my husband about adding another sweetie to our family, but I never thought about it seriously. Knowing Goosey's age, I thought, If I had another baby, Sadie would be Goosey and I would be bouncing someone new on my knee... Could I do it? Well, through most of the morning I thought it wouldn 't be too tough.
Then Goosey pooped. Yeah, this was definitely not brand-new-baby-that's-not-too-bad stuff. This was toddler gunk that you could have smelled three rooms away. Eden even commented on the nastiness of the smell and wouldn't come near Goosey. While changing the diaper, I had to hold back my urge to gag. This brought flooding back memories of pregnancy and how often I "worshipped at the porcelen throne." Changing diapers while pregnant? Ooh, there's no way I'd survive! So, I'm sure I won't be getting pregnant again (at least not on purpose, knock on wood) until Sadie is potty trained.
I'll admit it, I'm not brave enough to have kids close together, but there are plenty of mom's that are. Are you one? How do you handle it? If you're not one, why? Do you want to be? Let me hear your thoughts.
I have 2 in diapers and it's not bad at all. I did struggle from time to time changing William's poopy diapers while I was pregnant, but I survived. And while there are challenging times having 2 kids 21 months apart, I wouldn't trade it for anything. We have lots of sweet moments together. And I know that my boys will enjoy playing together as they grow up. I always wanted my 1st two to be closer in age and I'm so thankful I did it. As for the 3rd one, well we'll wait a little bit longer.
ReplyDeleteMy two are 16 months apart, and it's CRAZY! Now that Joey is a little older (almost 4 months) it's getting a little easier, but things were pretty tough when we first brought him home. As for poopy diapers, I wasn't nearly as sick with my second pregnancy as I was with my first, so it wasn't too bad.
ReplyDeleteyeah, when I had my children two months apart it was awesome! They took naps together everything. Basically, I'm saying that if Sadie needs another companion, none of us are complaining. Let it happen.
ReplyDeleteOh, Lizi, You're a nut.
ReplyDelete