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Pregnant and a Toddler

ladysalzbergladysalzberg member
in March 2023 Moms
Hi Mama’s! Needing some advice regarding my toddler… I am 6 weeks pregnant and I have a 17 month old. My daughter is *very* active - I literally cannot stress this enough - and is constantly climbing on me (and everything else), demanding to be picked up, and tries to jump on me while I’m holding her (for instance, rocking her to sleep). 

Just now, while getting her ready for bed, she jolted out of my arms and her 20lbs body landed right center on my uterus. Totally freaked me out…. still freaked, honestly. As if my anxiety wasn’t already through the roof with my rainbow baby. 

How do the pregnant mama’s handle carrying a toddler/child; handle active babies while pregnant; handle moments when toddler is too aggressive with baby & Mama? 
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Re: Pregnant and a Toddler

  • xjaimieraexxjaimieraex member
    Hi ! My first three were all born between almost 3 years so I've been there a lot lol the biggest thing for me was just making sure I was calm and constant reiterating of the need to be gentle/soft with mommy's tummy. My 3 year old now is the same way and thankfully he's a little older and understands more but they can forget very easily. I also worked on creating a sense of independence with my.little ones and making their own private spaces they even got to choose their strollers and toys for it so that rheyd want to be in their stroller when out and not carried.i think the biggest thing is still making sure you have snuggle/close time with them everyday. 
    If your babes doesn't have a routine for bedtime or certain activites you guys do everyday I would try and start those now so they have time to adjust before baby gets here and doesn't feel like it's a punishment. 
    When baby gets here the best thing is to set examples of how to act with baby so when babes is around just making sure your touching the baby really gently and including you LO in the care of baby. Maybe having your little one help turn off the lights and turn down noises when baby is sleeping kind of thing. 

    Hope any of this helps you and I'm always available if you have questions 🙂
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  • WishilivedinfloridaWishilivedinflorida member
    At six weeks your uterus is still behind your pelvic bone and is quite protected. I had a 9-17 month old while pregnant last time and all was well. Baby is very well protected in there. As PP mentioned just start practicing teaching gentleness with the belly area. 

    Sorry I can’t remember if you introduced yourself on the intro thread, but we typically discourage one off posts because if everyone posted a thread for their question, it would clog up the board. We have threads for questions and even a thread discussing how to handle older siblings as well. Welcome to March 23!
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  • tenvdaleostenvdaleos member
    For toddlers, this time is the most lively and jumping, and at the same time, it is also possible to slowly cultivate her some simple dance gymnastics movements, so that she will gradually become interested, maybe he will gradually have his own hobbies, reduce her dependence on her mother.
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