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2u2 - boy and girl

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So I just realized there was a 2 under 2 board on here!  My son is currently 11 months and we are expecting a girl in November so they will be 15 months apart!!

 Any pearls of wisdom? especially for beginning and for preparing our son.

 

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  • Arielle27Arielle27 member
    Congrats! We have an older boy and younger girl, 16 mo apart. We love it!!

    Very hard the first three months, but I'm so glad we had this spacing..

    Hoping to be as lucky with the ease of transition and closeness of siblings with number three due in September!

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  • kagl08kagl08 member

    We have an older girl and a younger boy, 13.5 months apart. I love it! 1st 6 months were hard, next 6 months were so hard and after we hit 1 it got easier everyday. 

    Now, they are (almost) 2 and 3, and they are best friends! We really didn't have much of a transition here because DD was so young she really didn't get it. There was no jealousy or anything, and my DD doesn't remember it only being her. I absolutely love this spacing!

    My kids were supposed to be 15 months apart, but DS decided to come 5 weeks early.  

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  • MitoRachelMitoRachel member
    Mine are 14 months a part. I didn't do anything to prepare DS and he was totally clueless about the whole thing. We had a couple days of acting out once he realized she was staying, but nothing too bad. I wish I had worked more with him on what "gentle" means. He loves playing with his sister but at 7 weeks she still gets slapped on the head more than I care to admit. The other thing that would have been nice to have organized would have been people to play with DS when I was still recovering/nursing non-stop. So far with this spacing I would say that 90% of the time I LOVE it and 10% of the time I think I was totally out of my mind to not try to prevent this. That is a much better ratio than during my pregnancy! 
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  • mtm0109mtm0109 member
    My DS and DD are 12 months apart. We didnt do anything to prepare either, he was so little, we didnt think he would understand.
    He loves his little sister and smiles and points at her. And runs over to her when she cries but he is a little rough still, he wants her to play but obviously she isnt quite there yet. I can not wait for her to get a little bigger.
    I so want to have 3u3 but DH has vetoed the idea :(

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  • 2ktBride2ktBride

    Congrats!  We have an older son and younger daughter 18 months apart.  I actually thought it was pretty easy in the beginning because baby #2 sleeps so much.  Now our youngest is almost 8 months and wants to be on the ground crawling which makes it hard with a running toddler who isn't always gentle. 

    My best advice is to give one-on-one time as much as possible...especially in the beginning.  If family or friends come over to see baby #2 take a few minutes alone with your oldest to read books or snuggle.  

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