Possible 23 month age gap…b’feeding possible?

[ShleepyMumma]

We plan on getting pregnant this summer so baby will be born in spring next year (granted you can’t plan these things but that would be the ‘plan’). Current DC will be 23 months.
Has anyone had any experience with this age gap? Is breastfeeding going to be possible with a toddler who is just 2? Really struggled to breastfeed with DC1 due to being quite poorly after birth. Would love to crack it second time around but if I couldn’t manage on my own before, how the hell will I manage with a 2 year old in tow?
Anyone struggle first time and ended up bottle feeding but cracked it second time? Even with a toddler 😴🤪

I really, really struggled with DS1. Gave up and bottle fed. Had great help from the midwife, from the word go, when I was in having DS2. Breastfed him, right through my third pregnancy, finally weaning him off when he was nearly 2. DS3 was born about 1 month later and I breastfed him until about 18 months. I wasn't determined to breastfeed. If truth be told, it was the thought of washing, sterilising and making up bottles that kept me going. Good luck. 🤞

18m gap between my two and I managed it okay.

I've breastfed all mine - I've got 9. Still breastfeeding no 9 who is 16 months. Last few have all fed to about age 4. Yep - totally possible 😊. I tandem fed a few of mine. So toddler and newborn.

Your 23mo shouldn't be a reason for not being able to breastfeed 2nd time around. There are ways to distract them at that age to give you time to feed. Best thing to do is get help from lactation consultant if you can afford it & want help latching. You never know though, might find it easier 2nd time around.

I had a 19 month gap and breastfed them both.

The only time I found it difficult was when I was potty training my DC1 and still breastfeeding DC2 (who was a few months old by then). DC1 soon learnt that if he said the magic words "I need a wee" I would immediately stop feeding the baby and come and help him, even when all other combinations of words had failed!

Yes, bf didn't go well for me first time, but experience counts and second baby got used to feeding while I did alsorts including toddler wrangling!! Forgot I was doing it and answered the door, got lunch ready etc, the only thing I never mastered was changing the bed sheets.
However I did prefer to quietly sit if I could do toddler did get read to / enjoyed a lot of telly / did colouring as much as I could encourage... But the bf itself was a doddle compared to first time round.

I wouldn't worry about the age gap, the baby will have to fit in. My first was a dream to feed and the second a horror so we spent all our time on walks and at the park for little DC to have a way to pass the time while the baby fussed on the breast.they were 18 months apart. The first three months were a blur but then it settled and by six months like was straight again. DC 3 came along once the other DC were at school and although he was a pretty efficient feeder I found it a lot more inconvenient with the school run ,reading, swimming lessons, mini rugby etc.