11mth old and another on the way...

[BexGershon]

We have been trying but didnt exspect it so soon!!
Are we mad? What am I in for??
My little girl has always been a wonderful sleeper but is more than a hsndful during the day...I'm scard of what is in store for me!!

Hi ya
I'm in the same boat as I'm currently 24 weeks and I have a 13 month old ds! Was Crapping my pants at first but try not to worry, I think the close age gap will be lovely but probably pretty stressful

My two are 12 months apart - tough at first but they're now 6 and 7 and great fun

I have about 21 months between son 1 and son 2 and then the same again between son 2 an daughter 1. It is hard, there's no getting away from it. A toddler and being very pregnant is physically tiring and then the newborn thing with a toddler too. BUT - it is good they are so close now they are older, even though the fight constantly it seems at the moment. You will need a bit of help - so accept all offers and deck the housework for a while. It's lovely to have them so close - speaking from someone whose sister was 6 years older than me - I never felt that close.

that should be 'feck' not deck - you could try decking it too I suppose.

19 months between my two, DS1 is 2.3 and DS2 is almost 8 months. Pregnancy was tough as I wasn't very well so struggled to cope with DS1 (and he walked at 10 months grrrr). First few months was tough as well, just getting used to being in 2 places at once and constantly being needed by one, the other or both. BUT now that DS2 is crawling, sitting and is weaned it's loads easier. They have started to play together a little - DS1 does peekaboo to make DS2 laugh! And every day I get little glimpses of what it will be like when they are older and can be real playmates. I wouldn't change the age gap now, it's worked out well. But definitely you need to take all the help you can get. Two is hard work!

I have a 20 month old and a 2 month old! Dd1 is an excellent sleeper but constantly on the go in the day, dd2 is very chilled out and just fits in! Was terrified to start with but actually being heavily pregnant with one was harder than now! Don't get me wrong there are times when they're both demanding at the same time but we haven't had any jealousy issues which I was worried about. I think the key is just to go with the flow, accept help and like a pp said screw the housework (dd1s clean clothes are sitting in an ikea bag waiting to go in her drawers and have been for a week! ) don't forget you have the benefit of experience so it's not as daunting as having your first anyway!

You are in for a lot of work ;) but I'm sure you already knew that :) was in same boat as you 9 months ago! Sitting here w my newborn and daughter is 20 months. We r lucky my daughter has taken really well to her knew brother. What helps I'd preparing them by reading books about new baby etc. plus getting them a gift from baby and making sure you give them enough attention when baby arrives

I have a three year gap and it's hard - there is nothing that A 5 and 2 year old want to both do !

MIL had a 15 month Gap. She still says that she reckons it was a pretty good age gap - bil just had to do what dh was doing, but had to learn how to do it sooner.