Newly pregnant

Hey I sent you a message- I have 2 under 2 and can share my insight

Kinda in the same situation but my lo just turned one in December when I found out and when I have this baby in August he’ll be 20 months not even 2 yet and on top of that he has development delays doesn’t know how to stand crawl or fully sit up on his own and on top of that I have a 4 year old Ik it’s scary but I came to accept the fact that I’m pregnant again I’m excited to see how close my youngest and this baby will be

I got pregnant 8 months pp it will be okay 🙂 it’s scary to think about but now that I have both girls and see their interactions with each other I love it. Not saying it’s easy but it’s very special.

I fell pregnant 5 months PP and I now have a 10 month old and a 2 year old and honestly I wouldn’t change it for the world! It’s had it’s challenging moments yes but watching them grow up together is so lovely and they are already so close so I just know they are going to be best friends

Msg me I got pregnant 4 months pp. they are now going to be 2 and 1 in less then a month. I gave birth one day a part.

Hey girl, wow that was a shock but don’t be scared. I gave birth to my youngest when my son was literally just turning 2 and I think sometimes it can be easier than people say BUT I think if you have support from family or friends or even professionals. Your stunning! You grew a human in your body, but I understand. Whoever says they don’t feel insecure about something is lieing!

On Baby number 2 I just had a baby 10 months ago I love my daughter now I’m 5 weeks 3 days pregnant 🤰🏽 🎉❤😊💍👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾🏡👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏿🍼🍼🌎✝️✝️✝️🙏🏾💕

Mine are 15 months apart, it is tough, having support and someone to talk through it with is very important, there are some days I feel like I’m going crazy but I just breathe through it and know it’s all temporary and soon enough they will be both be big enough to play together and not need me as much so I cling on to the good moments.. you got this!

Some of this is for your first before and when baby arrives & some are for you: - I had just managed to get my 1st in a routine & sleeping through the night and this helped so much - Showing 1st gentle with stuffed toys/dolls, repeating and showing him gentle if he got a bit rough - Safe play space: I sectioned part of room off with a baby gate, there was a mellow mat and we had toy/book rotation everyday to avoid boredom. I’d feed baby in the play space with my 1st and while he was independent and liked playing on his own he’d often come over and pat babies head or show him toys, try talk to him so they could get used to each other and nobody felt left out. - I’d Spend time 1 on 1 with 1st and with both. And tried to get 1st involved around baby as much as possible. - baby backpack gift - a gift from baby to older sibling - basically you fill a backpack with some activities, toys, things your 1st likes, maybe some little snacks

The general idea is so that your 1st doesn’t feel left out/overwhelmed/jealous with all the new things happening and attention that babies need/get. And it helps keep them occupied when you need to attend baby. - I also bulk prepped meals, easy reheat meals & snacks or things like slow cooker dump meals/lasagna/etc. I did this to cover at least the first two weeks. - meal prepping in general - created a month or so of meals to make after those 2wks so I didn’t have to deal with a newborn, my toddler and all the overwhelm and fog that comes with it - just took some extra pressure off instead of thinking on the day like wtf am I going to cook today? How am I going to find time etc. and meant that I could spend more time with my 2

- utilised supermarket delivery services - after the meal plan, I used supermarket delivery services, set up a weekly shopping list for the meals I was going to be making (I created a different list for each of the weeks I prepped for so when it came time it was a matter of finding the shopping list on the app and checking out) - Rely on whatever supports you need: nursery, family, friends, go to play groups or library rhyme time, go for walks when you feel up for it. - make sure you look after you, have easy hand held snacks esp if breastfeeding - I used to have granola/muesli bars or something similar and lots of water every where and anywhere I was going to be breastfeeding. Get rest when you can, and if you can give yourself 30-60mins a day to do something for yourself (whether it’s a shower or bath, reading a book, listening to a podcast whatever it is that you like!). I found it just helped to keep me a little sane.