Did you find a ‘right time’ for baby number 2?

Anyone with multiple kiddies, did you feel a ‘right time’ to have baby number 2?

Baby boy is 17 months old and we know we want a second baby and that we wanted not too big of an age gap between them so we have discussed maybe trying in the next few months but at the same time I feel like right now might not be the ‘right time’?

I basically feel like we’ve only just properly got in the flow of being parents, I’ve started back at work and we have a good little routine going on that we’re all managing and happy with - but then I’m thinking will there ever be a ‘right time’

From your experience did you feel a right time for baby number 2?

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I’ve had two faint positives recently. I’ll put those in the comments.

I took a digital clear blue. But had three lines. Anyone knows if this is neg or positive? I’ll post my others in the comments. They were dip ones

I cant catch a break.

2 T.Vs in less than 60 days this cant be life. I swear kids will push you to your breaking point everytime. Im not buying another 1, thats for sure!

Are there areas of your house you don't let your kids go?

I'm having trouble aligning with my husband on household boundaries with our toddlers. We have no attic. We have an autistic teen whose room is on the top floor. His room is very spacious and stores Xmas decorations and out of season clothes.

To me, it seems like a space that can easily be boundaried off from the younger kids. My husband however, is inconsistent. So the kids get confused about whether they're actually allowed up there or not. They go and wake him up sometimes just to get a toy that doesn't belong to them. He seems to think it's a rule for the sake of a rule, but I find it convenient to have a place I can hide things from them - and I find it stressful to not have one.

TW -

How do you explain the concept of passing away to a small child (3yo specifically)? My mom’s dog, who my son adores, suddenly passed away today. They live in the US but we visit a lot, so when we go there & her dog isn’t there he will definitely be confused so obviously best to get ahead of it. How do you explain the concept of dying/death to a child? I’m not good with this sort of thing 🙈💔

Evap line or early positive?

So, I did a test with my second wee of the morning at 11:30am and i saw two lines within the time frame, although the test line was faint (i thought this was bc Im only testing one day after a missed period).

So then i did two more tests, one digital and one line test at 3:30pm ish and they were both negative.

I’m not sure if the first one was an evap or if it’s positive but the other two were negative bc i’m really early?

I know it makes it invalid. But i opened a clear blue after two faint positive tests.

In the past week I’ve had two faint positive tests and a clear blue digital which for some reason didn’t turn on. Super annoying because they’re EXPENSIVE where I live ://. So I opened it just to have a look. These were my lines in the clear blue test it was a week indicator one which is why there is three. It reminds me of the one I took when I was pregnant with my first. I’ll add photos in the comments of my faint positive tests aswell as my previous clear blue results from two years ago.