Deciding

deciding, when to have your second child is easier, because you can determine your motherhood abilities towards children with your first child. If you are confident enough that your motherhood abilities are enough for another child, then you may consider having your second child. It is also important that your husband must be with you in deciding for a second child. This is because the father is also an important caregiver to the child.

Age Difference

there are really no standards and other magical effect when it comes to the age gap between your two children. The bond between your two kids will all depend on your parental preference. Some children with close age gaps may be in a sense of competition, while kids with a huge age gap may not be too close because of their differences in maturity. However, there are siblings with close age gap who turns out to be best of friends and there are siblings with a huge age gap who became close as well because the younger one has an older brother or sister to look up to.

Meet your Doctor

Meeting with your doctor is the best thing to do before you conceive your second baby. The doctor will help you gain the proper health and prescribe the right prenatal vitamins to support your pregnancy. Some of these vitamins will help you avoid birth defects. Your doctor will also give you the go signal to try to conceive your second child. If the doctor tells you that you can start trying to conceive your second child, and you already have an idea how big or small the age gap between your children will be, then you must know how long conception will take. You can check your calendar cycle for the best time to try conception.  

Telling the First Born

telling your first born child that he or she is going to have a baby brother or sister is a very delicate part of having a second child. There is other first born who are excited to have a baby sister or brother, while there are those first born that just can’t comprehend the idea of not being the only child anymore. Children find it hard to comprehend most of the times, so make sure you break the news lightly and thoughtfully.

Clothing
the attention your first child got from your friends and relatives will not be the same with your second child. This means there will be fewer gifts given to our second child. This is also because they think that you will not need baby things anymore because you have everything you need from your first child, especially if they have the same gender. To save some money, you can reuse the clothes and stuff of your first child for your second child.

So ultimately, the time you should wait before having your second child is up to you. If you are ready to have your second child, and your doctor tell you that you can start trying conception, then you can try it.