Two under two
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My sep 24 was my 2 under 2 (planned) and it’s rough. That second pregnancy was a lot worse and with a toddler you don’t have the option to rest 🥴. Second postpartum was a lot harder, too due to this. Definitely recommend to get yourself a village. Good thing is though, that we still had clothes and so
My September 2nd baby was my 2 under 2, it's definitely harder with a toddler and it definitely takes a village. I have a 4 year old, 19 month old and 4 month old right now and it's a struggle, especially since my 19 month old is walking and getting into everything
i’m currently doing 2 under 2. my son was 19 months when i gave birth. it wasn’t the plan but even though it has it days i actually like it. i’d rather them both be in diapers than having one who’s in underwear and the other in diapers. i didn’t have to start over completely. i also work in early childhood education so i know how to handle the stress
I got pregnant with twins when my daughter was 1. They were born 2 weeks before her 2nd birthday, that pregnancy was extremely hard and life has been very hard to with them plus trying to give her attention while she’s on her TERRIBLE 2s, I have a lot of help during the day and some nights but when I’m by myself I feel like I can’t keep up with everyone’s needs.
I have a 4 month old and I’m pregnant again already. This was totally unplanned but we’re excited!!😁
I don’t have my own experience but I did research on it to make a decision hahahah my 2 subjects were MIL and my mom. My MIL had 2 under 2 and my mom had me and my sister 4 years apart. I decided for not 2 under 2, for me the only thing that felt like a pro would be that they would be closer friends as kids. And even though my husband and his brother are still close, it feels like almost a “competition” for my BIL. Me and my sister would fight a lot when we were younger, but now we are really good friends. Other Pro is that she potty trained me really early hahahaha my mil was able to enjoy her first born, but for the second one, everything was more complicated, there’s even a footage of my BIL newborn doing something cute, but then my hubby starts a tantrum and they just start recording the tantrum hahaha For my mom, she feels like she was able to enjoy with my sister and with me separately because my sister was in school already.
@Eileen were you breastfeeding/are you still?
@Isabelle were you breastfeeding when you got pregnant?
@Amber I was still breastfeeding when I got pregnant. I only stopped because it was getting too painful, but my baby was also weening herself off. Ended up doing 17 months instead of my planned 18 months so it was fine This time I decided to pump and bottle feed during the day and breastfeed at night. Makes it a little easier for us, and we can involve our toddler. She loves bringing the bottle
@Amber I tried to but my milk supply dried up
My Sept was 2 under 2. It was a 20 month age gap. There was a good bit of time where I was DROWNING. Shit is still hard a lot of times but getting easier. Naps are hard and when they both cry is hard but the rest of it I’ve slowly figured out. In hindsight I would have asked for a lot more help in those first three months. With cleaning and meals especially. We really want 3 and I wanted them all close in age bc me and my 2 sisters are all within 3 years apart and we’re really close. My husband is very sure that we’ll wait longer this time and while I understand why he thinks that, I don’t agree. Instead of trying at 12months pp, this time I’d rather wait until 18-22 months pp before getting pregnant again. But we’ll see!
I personally wanted to avoid 2 under 2 because I didn’t want to deal with diapering two babies at a time. My two are 2.75 years apart and it’s been a really good age gap
I really honestly thought hard about it after I had her and it just honestly doesn’t sound like something I would wanna do my husband and I want lost of kids but I feel like they need to be at lease 2-3 years apart. Having a baby and getting back into the swing of things and the new swing of things only to add another baby on so close I feel like just makes it harder. Ik lots of ppl do it and uk sometimes there are unplanned pregnancies but personally I wouldn’t go and try for another untill they were at least two or three
Just went through a miscarriage (completely unplanned we were even using condoms), but after planning on 2 under 2 we are going to actually try again for baby #2 together when I’m healed and it’s safe to get pregnant again!