DS1 will be just over 2 years old when our baby is due, and I've been wondering how I'm going to manage with 2 kids so young. At the moment I wouldn't trust DS1 not to accidentally hurt a baby, and we live in a tiny one bed flat so it's hard to section off a space where baby's rocker can sit out of his reach, though I will still do it. I was wondering whether getting a sling or carrier could help? Then i could tend to the 2 year old while baby is happy in a sling? DS1 hated his stretchy wrap we had until he was a few months old. He liked to have his space and didn't like being wrapped up against me. However, if baby number 2 does turn out to like a sling or carrier, does anyone have experience of whether this actually helps when you have a toddler to wrangle at the same time? Does the toddler get upset if you always are holding the baby? Is baby more likely to get whacked accidentally by the toddler if they are in a sling? Is it harder physically to get on with housework or care for the toddler when a baby is on your chest? With my first child, I really enjoyed having him bounce around in his chair or play pen while I got on with housework, but I'might a bit paranoid my 2 year old will dump a heavy toy on the baby. Sorry if that sounds a bit weird but I'm not sure how toddlers are with babies, and if it's anything like how mine tries to treat the cat when it's in reach, I'd be worried. Or maybe by that time he will have grown out of it? I managed to get him to leave the cat alone for a good few months but suddenly he always is trying to catch it's tail... At the moment I keep worrying I'm not going to cope with 2, I found it hard enough with 1 last time!
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Pansy0926 · 19/03/2017 11:13
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