Baby fever is upon me a little. I am not ready for another baby, but I'm getting ready to be ready for another baby. I have come up with a list of criteria I want met before I try to get pregnant again.
1. I want my first baby potty trained.
No way do I want two in diapers and no way do I want to try to potty train while pregnant. Pregnancy sucked for me and I imagine potty training while pregnant will mean lots of crying and screaming.
2. I want my first baby saying some words and maybe a sentance or two.
I need to be able to talk to my first baby a little before I have another on the way. I don't want two who aren't talking. I need to know what's going on with my first more before I get a second in the picture.
3. I want to have been with my current employer for a while.
I'm thinking at least 6 months before getting knocked up. It just seems like a good thing career-wise.
4. If I end up going to China this summer, I don't want to be pregnant while in China.
I was nauseated 24/7 for 6 weeks of my last first trimester, I don't need to add international travel to that. Nor do I want traveler's diarrhea added to it. And I want to be breastfeeding my first while in China because it will make it safer for him. Not sure about breastfeeding through pregnancy at this point, so might as well put it off.
5. I want to be 24 months post partum. It takes 2 years to fully recover from childbirth and pregnancy. I'm still building up my calcium stores. Maybe I'd be willing at 23 months, but really, I'd like to wait until after my current child's 2nd birthday.
So my best guess at a birthday for number 2 would be February to May of 2014. Other things could definitely get in the way of this, for instance my husband's job pursuits.
I can't wait, but I want to wait at the same time, it's such an odd place, and sometimes I can't believe I'm going to do it again, sometimes I definitely do not want to do it again. I swear the next time around will be better, but maybe this is delusion.
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