1. we are both ecstatic! i called sean at work to tell him the second after the test came back positive. we were both so giddy! we didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but we're thrilled that they will be so close in age {and still 2 years apart in school}. we think it would be fun to have another girl so they can be best sister friends, but we would be equally happy with a boy {if we could just agree on some boy names...}.
2. i'm terrified. i'm just getting used to being mother to ONE. i can't even imagine how any cleaning, cooking, showering or breathing will fit into the day with a toddler and a newborn. and what will i do with sleeping arrangements?? i figure the baby will sleep in the bassinet for a couple of months, but then we have to kick serena out of the crib. and we're not doing a toddler bed. she has to go straight to a twin. this makes me nervous. AND serena isn't even going to know what hit her! all of the sudden she won't be the center of attention anymore. poor girl! lots of things to worry about, but i try to just remember how excited we are and how fun it will be for serena to have a sibling.
if you have had 2 under 2, i would love any advice or encouragement {please keep all horror stories to yourself!}. i would especially love to hear what you did about sleeping arrangements.
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Mine were not 17 months apart, they were 24 so i don't have any advise for that. I won't lie and say it was easy, the first couple months were hard. A new baby rocked my little girls world! She acted up for attention so we learned quickly to be sure we made time for just me and her. It was hard for her to watch me nurse, she would get sooo mad.
We put our first into a twin about a month before the other one was born so she had time to adjust before the baby came and the baby went right into the crib. It went pretty smoothly.
Like adjusting to having one kid, you'll adjust slowly and it will get easier and easier. When they get to be older you will be grateful you had them so close together because they will play so good together and become very close.
as stressed as I was it really wasn't that bad. exhausting but it's so great. we had to kick our first out of the crib. we did a bassinet for a few months while we tried to get Ryan used to a toddler bed. She might do better going to a big bed but get some sort of railing so she doesn't fall out... they usually do.
I'm excited for you. I have no advice (obviously) but I think it's just fantastic. :)
Congrats Ariel! that really is exciting. Mine are 18 months apart and honestly even though it was hard at first (only because belle was a really really fussy baby, if you have good babies, you're golden) I am really loving it now and for sure want my next two that close. I feel like once you're already in that crazy toddler/baby stage, adding one more is hard but you're already in it so what's one more? ; ) plus they are such good little buddies and entertain each other all day. (with some screaming matches thrown in, but hey they're not perfect ; ) anyway, I love it and just know you'll do great. as far as sleeping situations, We moved kept belle in a bassinet and kept abe in the crib for a few months so he wouldn't feel too displaced with the arrival of his baby sister. Then when she grew out of the bassinet, he still wasn't ready to leave the crib so we just used a pack n play for her til he was good and ready.
I don't have any advise (obviously ;), but Dave and I would love to help you out anytime!
I only had 2 under 2 for 12 days... but for sleeping we decided to get a second crib (since we want the 2 year old to stay in the crib as long as possible), and it also converts into a toddler bed so that crib will be his bed for a while. I thought about kicking him out and using his crib for the baby in a few months... but other moms told me that he'd just get in and out all night long...so I opted to make it easier on myself. Good luck!
Ok so first, congratulations! I love to hear happy news, and another baby is definitely happy news!
When Ian was born, we moved Gabe directly into a twin bed but it kind of freaked me out so we actually ended up just using the mattress on the floor until I felt that he wouldn't roll off, maybe a couple of months. We also moved him BEFORE Ian was born so as not to create any envy over the crib. Gabe was fine, and probably would have been fine on the normal height of the bed with guard rails (you can buy those to attach to any bedside anywhere from Walmart to Babies R Us)
We moved Ian into a toddler bed at 18 months because Simon was due the next month. I remember crying about this, but Ian was totally fine.
Bottom line, use the twin bed if that is what you have. Think about buying guard rails or just go ghetto and put the mattress on the floor. You are going to be a great mom of two, CONGRATS!
My girls are 18 months apart. It's tough at first but totally great when they get a little older. We moved Emilie into a twin bed (mattress on the floor) at 16 months (before the baby came) and she did fine! I think the bottom line is they are young enough to adjust to pretty much anything! There was a little baby envy at first but she adjusted pretty quick! You can totally do it!
OMIGOSH!! Well I'm almost out of hiding :) Feeling much better now, so things are looking up! I have the SAME thoughts--would love to have another girl since they'll be close in age too! Also wondering about the sleeping arrangements--same deal... it's fun. I'm so excited for you! It was alwas great to have my siblings so close in age to me!
That is so exciting!!!! Congrats! It isn't bad at all, I threw Ellie into a bunk bed when she hit 18 months (put pillows on the floor) and she LOVED it, I just didn't want her to think the baby was taking "her crib." It honestly is fabulous. You learn when you go shopping to park by the grocery cart returns, so you can put your toddler in first, and then grab your baby. Having 2 doesn't take away all the attention from your oldest, she will still feel just as loved. I am having my next baby soon, and my little boy is nowhere ready to come out of his crib, so I think that I am going to use a port a crib, after my baby grows out of the bassinet. All in all, it just depends on what you and Serena are ready for:)
Wow that is so exciting! My girls are only 51 weeks apart, so for a whole week they are the same age, and really people ask how I do it and honestly I don't know any different, cause you just do it. It's really weird. But they are the best of friends and for sleeping we kept one in the crib while the other slept in a pack n play til she was about 6 months or so. And then we got a toddler bed off KSL and moved them both. And it's worked pretty good, the only thing now is that I'm having the 3rd we wish we had twin beds already but it's ok they learn really quick to stay in there beds and it's really fun. And they can be really good helpers too. They can help get little things for the baby and fill like apart of all the excitement. Good luck! It's really fun and I want my next one to be close to the one I'm about to have too cause it's nice to have them close and be good friends and play with each other. Let me know if you need anything!!
Congrats! We put Kayleigh in a twin when she wasn't even two yet and she did FABULOUS with it! I think it will be fun for those two to be so close in age, especially when they get older!
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