Decision time! Should we have another baby?
Hi everyone, I'm interested in everyone's thoughts or experiences on having another baby after you thought you were 'done'.
I've come from a largish family (4 kids ranging over 17 years) which was never that close and in wanting to create a tight knit family I've always only wanted two kids in fairly quick succession. I also thought this would work best for our family given our circumstances financially and the fact we have very limited family help where we are. Anyway so I've followed the plan and have had two amazing girls. Their budding friendship makes me smile every day. However I am really really drawn to having a son and hence I've ended up here!
I tried to convince myself immediately post DD2 that we were 'done' as per the plan. I gave away almost all of our newborn clothes and toys and started making space. However after a couple of months and when it has come to getting rid of any bigger ticket baby items I haven't been able to and have started storing them in the attic. I gave myself 18-24 months post DD2 to decide if my desire for a boy was enough for us to go back and have a third (I first decided on an acceptable age gap given our circumstances and worked from there). I'm now 15 months post DD2 and it's getting close to decision time. I've got the mirena in and will be swaying blue so want a good 6 months between taking it out and ttc. I'm so indecisive right now and that's so unlike me.
Which leads me back to my original question. What are your thoughts or experiences on having more kids than you 'thought' you always wanted? I'm extremely happy with my two girls and am scared of interfering with something that is already so amazing.