We are grateful to have two healthy children born 15 months apart. Our oldest born last June, and youngest this September.
Two months postpartum, I have some new found perspective on what time of year is best to have a child. IMHO it's between April and August. Let me tell you why:
1. In our part of Maryland, the school year cut off is September 1st. This means for a child born in September, you will need to pay for almost a whole EXTRA YEAR of child care because you just missed the cut off. I will, of course, try to appeal this given my daughter's birthday and it's proximity to the cut off date. I will update you in 5 years, ha!
2. It is not flu season.
3. The weather is starting to warm or it is already warm/hot, and you can use all of these to your advantage to find a time of day to get out for a walk (AKA exercise for you, nap for baby). All through summer, my son and I went on daily morning or evening walks. I also did this with my daughter, but after Halloween the weather got too cold most days, or I got too lazy because it was colder (read as: below 50).
4. The holidays are not around the corner, so you're more likely to stick to your diet. Having my daughter in September meant that by the time I started counting my calories and seriously watching my eating (at around 6 weeks), I had Halloween, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas, New Year and my husbands birthday to navigate. Of course it's doable, but also hard!
These are all good things to keep in mind for #3 ;p ... that is if we're lucky to be able to conceive for a due date in this short ideal window.
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