Baby Fever!

Is it just me or is everyone having a baby? I mean, EVERYONE! All this babymaking is making me want another one! After I had Caylen, I just knew I was going to wait at least a few years until our next one. Now, don't go thinking we are trying to conceive or anything right now, but we have been 'talking' about our next one. However, Mirena is making sure that it doesn't happen unless it is a well thought-out, conscious decision.

So, maybe in the next year or more? That seems soon to me, especially since Caylen is not out of diapers yet, nor can she take care of herself-- I mean, of course she can't! She's a baby-- I am just saying, I know how high strung babies can come, and I know if I have another "Caylen" I will be stressed to the max. I love her so much and she is worth every ounce of stress, but I just think it would be in everyone's best interest for us to lie low for a while until Caylen's temperament smooths out. And, it has been for the last 6 months or so, but she still has the Terrific Two's coming up. I hate the 'terrible' reference. I mean, if it were up to me, I might have referenced her first year as the Insane Infancy. It was just that wild. However, we can't change our children-- they come out the way that God made them, and I am seeing that Caylen is not only high-needs, but she is a sensitive, caring, and compassionate toddler. I don't regret her being 'challenging' but I know that it is just a part of what makes her who she is. Still, though, there is a part of me that says, "hey, why don't we try for another one? What are the chances that it is as non-compliant as Caylen was? I mean, it may give her someone to watch out after and take care of." After all, she does have a very strong mothering thing going on these days. She pushes Ava's baby in her stroller, carries around her babydoll, puts her baby 'down for a nap..' Ok maybe she was just trying to suffocate it with the blanket. I prefer to think she was nurturing it.

Anyway, I guess I am trying to say that we are getting the first hint of baby fever since we got it with Caylen. So, I am going to take this next year to prepare for another one, and if we decide to, great, but if we don't, it never hurts to be prepared.