LPN course...with a family!?

Hi everyone!
I am so glad to have found this site...info from the horses mouth!

I am 31, married and have 2 year old daughter. I am currently a stay at home mom as I took a severance package from my last job as a flight attendant.
I have be CRAZY interested in becoming a LPN (I would LOVE to work on the L& D floor). I think it would be my best option to enable me a part time or casual schedule until my kid(s) are in school full time.

The course at LCC is 16 months long with a 6 (?) weeks practicum, I suppose this is fairly standard, but the rush is my application needs to be submitted this week . There is only course/year so ummm, ya. Big Decision! Big money!

So...
~how intense is the course? Am I fooling myself think I can swing it and being a mom to a 2 year old? EEEEEEK! Adding, 10 years as a flight attendant and 2 years as a mommy= mushy brain!
~are the courses full of kids right out of high school? Am I going to the only one over 30? lmao!
~what should I expect in regards to "homework"? It's been 13 years since I went to school!
~After: how easy is it to get onto your preferred floor? (is the lingo L&D floor? I dunno, my mom is an RN but she uses old school terms...lol) For example, if I wanted to work on the maternity floor, am I doomed to be in Palliative care for years waiting for a transfer?
~how do you find the shift work with a family? nights?


My only hesitation is that we want a 2nd child. I know. So if I commit to this program we are pretty much betting that our kids would be 4 years+ apart. Not my ideal. The crappy part about the LPN course is you can't break it up, right? Like do the first 2 semesters, have a baby, do the last two.

Anyways, thanks ahead of time for all your input and suggestions! I totally appreciate you taking the time to respond!
~Nicole