cool thanks for the answers. ive been copping a lot of people telling me im horrible for thinking of it, if you cant cope with having it at home why have another one etc.
Ugh!! My response to that would be, "Did you homeschool and never EVER use a babysitter? No? Shut up, then."

I'm a great believer in maintaining routines... and I also think it's nice for the new baby to have some alone time with his/her parent, too!