10 month age gap!! Anyone else? Support thread.

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Ok let’s try this again. Sorry for any offence my last post caused.

I have DD 5 months and DS 14 and a half months. I do absolutely love having them so close together but I am struggling at the moment as have both come down with chicken pox and it is HARD 😂 I also have older children.

not really looking for much from this thread would just be nice to talk to people in the same situation as me.

Quick search on your name to see what you posted!!

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@Thirdcoff I reported it

13.5 month age gap here. Baby years were hard but after that I ve always loved it. Sooooo easy now at 16 and 17.

No arguments ever, easy to entertain them both at the same time. Holidays are fun. They are very well behaved and are both looking into the driver theory test over the summer.

I also slimmed down a lot when they were babies, due to constantly walking them in the double buggy.

11 month gap here - had a baby, and 11 months later twins born prematurely. The baby years were tough, but much easier now they are all at school

@alcoholnightmarewow you had your hands full. What was some things you done to make the days easier for you?

@CreationNat1onyes that is one positive I have definitely slimmed back down a lot quicker hike time, pushing the double buggy and always having a baby in my arms makes it hard to eat

Sorry, just seen this… I guess my biggest tips would be

1. routine, routine, routine
2. expressing rather than breastfeeding or formula of course!
3. weening at 5 months, not 6.

Was strange to do as with my first I was very much ‘let him lead’ kind of mum, breastfed, you name it… but when youve got twins that has to go out the window. Mine were in NICU for two months and the nurses there used to have them on such a strict feeding schedule that they’d be crying hungry and multiple times I just said “NO. I’m feeding my babies now”. The Nurses were very quietly supportive of this.

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. It will be okay x

Also, as they got older… have a schedule that you stick to rain or shine.
I was very lucky that at the time we could afford all the toddler/preschool activities under the sun… but anyway.. everyday we did something. Water babies (swimming lessons), Rugbytots, little kickers (football) plus library Rhyme time, and a couple of music type groups for babies.
so, back to my ‘routine’ point…. always always an activity in morning, home for lunchtime nap, then back out for a fresh air walk. Even if twins just sat in pushchair whilst thier age 1 brother played in park. Fresh air and scheduled awake, sleep, and mealtimes are vital to me.
id do the same again if I only had one baby.