What's the Hardest Thing (At First)?

dxiechicken41

Hi everyone. My DH and I are expecting our second baby  in June. I am pretty nervous about juggling it all. What would you say was the hardest thing to adjust to with bringing home your second baby? Thanks!

starb4long

I'm in the same boat as you, but is your due date June 17?  Mine is!    My son is 13 mos.

dxiechicken41

Ha, yep! June 17 (Father's Day). Congrats to you!

starb4long

you too!

kagl08

The hardest thing for me was actually the anticipation of bringing home my DS. I think I psyched myself up for it to be much worse than it was. Granted it's still REALLY hard, but it's still not as hard as I imagined it would be.

Also fitting DS into the routine I already had with my DD was hard. Luckily we found a new schedule that works for all 3 of us. Naptime alone with the kids was tough too but thank God my DS loves his swing!

Asquared

getting out of the house and making sure both kids get a fair share of snuggles.  and for the first several months I had to take at least one of them w/ me when i had to pee- for baby's safety. :-)

12bailey18

For me, it was pretty easy in the beginning because LO#2 sleeps a lot. Once they start staying up longer is when it got trickier for me. I guess the hardest part was settling into a routine, figuring out how to juggle both their needs, and getting out the door with everything.

mrsseguin

For me the hardest was the first 6 months...the sleep deprivation and waking every few hours.  Once DD STTN, it got a lot easier.  Now the kids play together and DD is mobile, things are way easier now than in the beginning.  Keeping a routine with both kids has been a life saver.  Congrats on your pregnancy

NCMichelle

Honestly, it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be!  The hardest thing was the sleep deprivation...  that lasted a few months.

WhitePicketFence

It was really hard to function on little to no sleep with a very active 18 month old to care for as well. I lived for DD1's naptime for the first month or so.

It was also somewhat difficult to keep DD1's routine going while trying to develop a routine with DD2. Once we got DD2 on a regular schedule, life got SO much easier.

marcia1108

I am expecting our 2nd boy on June 7, and we have a 14 month old now... I am nervous too, but also very excited! I am most nervous about my older son not understanding what is going on... but I hope by then (he will be a year and 8 months) he will get it a little more.... I am having another c-section so I wont be able to pick him up at first and I know that will be really hard..

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etude de la vie

WhitePicketFence:

It was really hard to function on little to no sleep with a very active 18 month old to care for as well. I lived for DD1's naptime for the first month or so.

It was also somewhat difficult to keep DD1's routine going while trying to develop a routine with DD2. Once we got DD2 on a regular schedule, life got SO much easier.

THIS! When DS would be up all night and then finally go to sleep at 6am I would set my head down and DD would be up at 6:30am (DH went to work at 7am).

My entire goal every day is somehow getting them both to nap at the same time or have some overlap ...even if that means DD stays up and crashes at 2pm. 

kcisthebombdotcom

I found the hardest thing to get used to was getting them both ready/out of the house. It took a while to get comfortable doing things alone with the 2 of them being so small. Oddly enough, both of my kids were good sleepers when they were brand new, so I didnt have to contend with that. 6.5 months is when sleep got bad for my kids with teeth coming in.

Raffes484

For me it was the sleep deprivation. DS1 sucked at sleep until he was about 9 months old and even now still needs to be rocked to sleep for both naps and bedtime.

It has been a million times easier this time around with DS2 since he actually sleeps on his own - I had to hold DS1 if I wanted him to sleep more than 15 minutes at a time.

littledream313

Mine are 13 months apart and I think in the beginning, the hardest part was that my daughter was still so dependent on me. When my son would nurse for 30 minutes at a time every hour and a half, she would be right there begging for my attention, crying, hanging off of me. Going out was hard but coming home was harder - both of them would be freaking out for diaper changes and food right away and I was pretty overwhelmed.

Around 5-6 months it really started getting easier, and now that they are 8 months and 21 months I LOVE it. They are best friends and so fun together. The only trouble I have right now is when they both are going through teething or a growth spurt at the same time.