Jun
Advice For Babies
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need advice. my babies will be 1 year apart anyone been in this situation?
i am very excited i will be having another baby in 6 months. My baby is now 7 and a half months old and I am starting to get worried about if I will cope ok or not. We planned to have another child close in age but now my baby is not sleeping well and because my husband works night shift I am scared that both babies will need attention and what if I cant be there for both of them at once? How did you handle it if your babies were born so close together. Thanks in advance!
My kids are 11 months apart. I worried about this too because my son was not sleeping through the night while i was pregnant. The best advice i can give is to work hard to get your 7 month old on a consistent schedule that includes enough food and breastmilk or formula during daytime hours to last him through the night. By being really consistent with nap and meal times, and going in to comfort him when he woke up during the night but not taking him out of bed, I was able to get my son sleeping through the night consistently about a month before his little sister was born (10 months old). Either way, make sure that they are not sleeping so near to eachother that they wake eachother up, otherwise you will have a chorus of screams every night. There are certainly times when both kids do need me at the same time, you will learn the skill of holding your younger baby in one arm while retrieving something for the older one or comforting them with a hug. A baby sling or carrier is also a great investment because it allows you to “hold” the little one while playing or feeding the older one. But, no matter how good you get at multi-tasking, there are times when you just can’t get there immediately. If I’m changing one or giving them a bath when the other starts fussing, they have to wait and cry a minute while i get the other one finished. You just do the best you can and that’s all you can do. It’s crazy, I often say I feel like a ping-pong ball bouncing back and forth between them all day long, but watching my 14 month old kiss his sister or put her pacifier back in her mouth for her, and watching my 3 month old smile and coo at her big brother makes it all worth it! Congrats and good luck!
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