Call me crazy!!

**nodmicks** · 08-28-2011, 09:46 PM

No advice as nature spaced our almost 3 years apart but a big congrats on the good news!!!

**heartofmine** · 08-28-2011, 09:50 PM

Congratulations! My 2 were 15 months apart...boy and girl. They have always been very close.

One thing I would suggest is start training your oldest with a sippy cup before the new one is born and hopefully have it off the bottle by the time the new one gets here. It helps so you don't have to keep up with bottles getting mixed up and your not covered up with bottles. I took my daughters bottle 3 days after her first birthday and she did fine. I already had her use to using a sippy cup so the transition was easy.

I didn't know what my second would be so I tried to find gender neutral clothing. If it is the same sex then that is wonderful as you'll have all you need.

I will say...2 in diapers at once was very rough for us. I couldn't use cloth because we had no running water and had to haul it from several miles away. Not fun.

**kitkat0649** · 08-29-2011, 12:16 AM

I'm a single mom to a 17 month old and 3 month old, if I can do it anyone can! Hopefully you get blessed with a good baby! My first dd was a colicky nightmare, but my youngest has slept through the night since 6 weeks, which helps so much. My toddler was definitely very jealous of the baby at first, its hard because they really dont understand whats going on and why they are not getting all the attention. I try to read her a book while Im breastfeeding baby, or play with toys on a blanket while baby has tummy time etc. She loves her sister now, the first thing she does in the morning is walk over to her bassinet to give baby kisses

Its definitely hectic with 2 so little, but honestly not as rough (so far) as I thought it would be. It was actually harder for me the first time around getting used to one baby than getting used to juggling two.