Expecting twins... and I already have a toddler

[ConsidertheLilies]

Hi everybody, I am new here. I just found out that I am expecting twins - and I also have a two year old daughter who still nurses/co-sleeps with me.

I had planned to let my daughter self-wean (at which point I would give her a toddler bed), but now I am feeling an urgency to wean her and get her into her own bed.

I think she will have a very hard time with jealousy if she is not weaned before the babies come.

I was planning to let her nurse in tandem with the new baby, but with twins, I won't even have an extra boob or arm to offer her....I think she would feel so left out and jealous.

In general, I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around what it will mean to go from 1 to 3 kids. I will have to change the way I do just about everything!

Has anyone here 'been there/ done that'?
I would really love to connect with a mom - or moms - who have already gone through it.

I would appreciate any words of wisdom concerning tandem nursing all 3 or weaning/changing to a toddler bed.

NKFEEEEE you made me laugh with the phrase, 'while you go off and scream somewhere' i am still giggling about it now.
I have dd (almost 4) and am pg with twins (15 weeks). I agree with you completely, even the best of husbands and partners do the whole 'i am really tired from work' thing from time to time and need to be reminded.
i agreed with magnummum too about enjoying your pregnancy. what is the point in panicking about something that has not happened yet. just prepare prepare prepare. do your best. that is my motto. does anyone else ever find that the ones who panic and worry you are people who dont have twins or multiples. they think you need to be told that it will be difficult. of course it will, having a baby is tiring and difficult but so rewarding, surely having twins is double the reward?

16 years later and I’ve come across this post. Wondering how you got on?