I want a baby. Yea, crazy. I'm only 16 but ever since..... I think I was 13... I've wanted a baby. I used to live in a town that had a super high teen pregnancy rate so it was pretty normal to see a pregnant teen around school or town. I moved but I still have a lot of those girls on my Facebook and I see how absolutely happy they are with their kid or kids, a lot of them are having their second children now.
I understand how difficult it is to care for a child, I know that they cost a ton of money and take up all your time and I know it's hard to stay in school. I've taken a child development class so I know a lot about pregnancy, birth, and childcare itself. I even watched a birthing video (you would think this would scare me like crazy) but it seems that no matter what I see or what someone says about babies, it makes me want one MORE. Even after we did that baby simulator where it wakes you up around 9 times during the night, I wanted a baby even more.
It's not for those reasons like "A baby will love me forever" or "It'll make my boyfriend stay with me"(lol fat chance) or "It'll bring me attention at school/home/etc." .....It's simply because I feel that I'm ready to be a mother and I know I'd be a good one
I have a baby sister elsewhere so I have had experience changing diapers, feeding, and bathing a baby. I know I'd be a good mother, and I would never toss my child to my parents to care for or babysit unless I payed them like you would any other babysitter. I don't have a boyfriend currently so there's not a chance of me getting pregnant right now but I still want one so badly. And I don't want to wait because I feel like I was meant to be a ~teen~ mother. Even my friends have said so! And it hurts me to think that I'm not pregnant and I don't have a baby, like seriously every time I think about a kid I wanna cry...
I guess I'm asking for advice. I mean... what do I do?
I understand how difficult it is to care for a child, I know that they cost a ton of money and take up all your time and I know it's hard to stay in school. I've taken a child development class so I know a lot about pregnancy, birth, and childcare itself. I even watched a birthing video (you would think this would scare me like crazy) but it seems that no matter what I see or what someone says about babies, it makes me want one MORE. Even after we did that baby simulator where it wakes you up around 9 times during the night, I wanted a baby even more.
It's not for those reasons like "A baby will love me forever" or "It'll make my boyfriend stay with me"(lol fat chance) or "It'll bring me attention at school/home/etc." .....It's simply because I feel that I'm ready to be a mother and I know I'd be a good one
I have a baby sister elsewhere so I have had experience changing diapers, feeding, and bathing a baby. I know I'd be a good mother, and I would never toss my child to my parents to care for or babysit unless I payed them like you would any other babysitter. I don't have a boyfriend currently so there's not a chance of me getting pregnant right now but I still want one so badly. And I don't want to wait because I feel like I was meant to be a ~teen~ mother. Even my friends have said so! And it hurts me to think that I'm not pregnant and I don't have a baby, like seriously every time I think about a kid I wanna cry...
I guess I'm asking for advice. I mean... what do I do?