Beantown Mamas Blog

Another Baby?

As a mom, do you ever want another child?

I find that I continue to yearn to have another. Don't get me wrong, two is plenty and the store is closed for us, but I find that I often think about what it would be like to have one more.

Maybe a cute brown haired baby girl like my beautiful niece Jessica or another baby boy - I would have loved three boys!

What is it about the maternal need to have, or at least think about having, one more child?

I've talked to every one of my closest friends and they feel the same way. Is it that we want to relive the infant stage of being fresh and new in the world? Does it bring about feelings of joy as a child all over again? Is it the desire to be needed?

I'm not sure what it is about being a mom that makes you want to recollect this intensely wild, difficult, amazing time of life, but it's something most moms I know share very strongly.

As my husband and I went for a walk with our clan this morning I asked him, "Do you ever think about having another child?" His answer was direct and absolute, "No, two is good for me."

And even though I completely agree with him, there is this "little" part of me that can visualize going through it all again. Call me crazy, but seeing your baby for the first time after feeling him grow inside you for nine months is unexplainable. The best day of my life does not even come close to describing the glorious joy I felt when I met my children for the very first time.

My 5 month old baby boy beckons as I write this post and I say to myself, can I just have 5 minutes - and at the same time I crave the chaos.

Whatever it is that makes us feel the way we do, I'm happy I have two beautiful boys in my life that have made every day since their birth a true adventure.

Another one...I don't think so.