Is a Summer newborn easier than a Winter one?

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Had DS1 last August. Lovely light mornings/evenings and walks in the sunshine most days. Just started TTC DC2 as we want a close age gap but a bit apprehensive about having a winter baby and being stuck in doors (with toddler and dog to entertain). Anyone found the difference significant? I know we'd be lucky to get a BFP straight away but happened quickly the first time so I'm anticipating it!

I really wouldn't worry too much about it! I had a winter baby followed by a summer baby and I honestly can't say I noticed much difference. I used to put DS1 out in the the garden in his pram on a cold day.
With a toddler, you're pretty much fixed into their routine anyway so the weather doesn't have much to with it IME

I found winter baby easier.

IME no. Ds1 was a winter baby & ds2 was a spring baby. They were both easy babies & fairly straightforward births. Then again I didn't have to stay indoors that much with both DS's when ds2 was newborn.

I had an October and April baby and enjoyed both winter and summer with them. Summer you do have to think about newborns skin in the sun but when I had DC3 in November she got bronchiolitis at 3 weeks and ended up in intensive care. We nearly lost her but thankfully she's ok now but PICU was full of bronchioltic babies (all except DD were prem) and the staff there said it was one of the dangers of a winter baby. Obviously this isn't happening to all winter babies but would really make me think especially as some of the nurses were saying they would try to avoid having a baby in oct/nov/dec.

I confess I timed both of mine to be summer babies because I find getting up in the cold and dark really, really hard. I naturally sleep a lot less in summer, and wake up with the lark regardless of when the kids wake up.

That said, it's probably easier to get them to sleep longer when mornings are darker later.

watching with interest; my first DD was November 2012 and it was so hard; the weather was freezing and often snowy, the nightfeeds were awful because it was so cold - much better once spring rolled round! If we go for another child I would hope for Spring or early summer to avoid a repeat of this. I definitely wouldn't want a winter newborn with a toddler!

My July baby was born in a heat wave. Shortly after it rained for weeks. I might agree if our weather was consistent. :o

I had a September baby and found the first 3 months really tough.

Admittedly we had just moved out to the countryside, but I found it really wearing not to be able to just go out for a walk with the baby.

And the getting dark at 6 thing was really depressing I found.

DS2 was a late January baby and we were moving towards Spring iyswim - the first month was a blur, but then after that the days were getting longer and the weather (slightly) better.

I have a December born daughter. Christmas and the winter snow gave us an excuse to curl up most days tbh with only short walks to the shop etc.

One thing it seems to have done is made her really hardy, she is like a Shire Horse not fussed at all about cold, rain etc, loves the snow, likes a nice cold bedroom and is barely dressed when in the house. She just doesnt seem to feel the cold.

Got a December, then April, then July, then November. No real difference interns of settling and routine but my April boy got bronchiolitis at 9 months, taken to hospital in ambulance :(. December boy got chicken pox at 4 months old in the April. Mr July and little miss November both v healthy although July DS has developed asthma. There's no telling what might happen. Good luck for whenever your babies arrive.

Had October and December babies and didn't really find it an issue. Tbh I was happy not having to go to work when it was snowing ang could curl up with the LOs.

I've found te same as you ThinkIve, both of ours don't seem to feel the cold and regularly kick the covers off when I'm wrapped up

I had two October babies and to be honest the worst bit was being heavily pregnant in the summer!

The first few months are hard whenever they are born. I found getting out of the house everyday was essential to my sanity, whatever the weather.

My DD was born in September and that winter was really snowy which made it tough. I got cabin fever and when I did venture out I slipped on the ice, hitting the back of my head and sustaining concussion. I certainly got over any anxieties about breastfeeding in public after 7 hours in A&E! Because of my experiences I am going to try my best to have a baby in spring next time.

I had DD in nov 2012 and just had DS in February. A February baby has been much easier! It was so dark and cold and snowy for months when DD was born, going out anywhere was such a hassle and as soon as it got dark (about 3:30pm in the middle of winter where I live ) I got that horrible feeling of newborn dread that nighttime is just the same as daytime. The weather has been so much brighter this time and it really has made going doing things like playing in the garden and going out much easier, which is important when you have two.