Pls talk to me about 18month age gaps

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I know it's probably be done a thousand times before, but i may be pregnant again and just need some advice / tips/ or preferably a chaos avoidance manual if poss to manage!!!
Would also have a DD who would be 3.9

i confiscated the train set for a week and surprisingly since it's been back there's been no whacking each other on the head with the segmants of track

i'm really glad i came across this thread.

our 2nd is due in feb and it will be a 16mth (!) age gap.

i'm quite nervous as my DS is in a good routine and i don't want it to all go to pot when baby arrives.

15 month age gap between mine. Best thing I did was to get them to have an afternoon nap at the same time. 90mins of peace! Dd's routine had to fit around ds, who I tried to disrupt as little as possible when she was born.

Also did bedtime routine together from fairly early on - even though dd would only actually stay in her cot for about 20 mins, it was long enough to get ds into bed without her there.

goosey. dd tried dropping her naps from 9 months and i managed to force the issue til ds was born by lying down with her for hours til she dropped off but once he was born that wasn't an option...... mine have napped at the same time all of 5/6 times since he was born!

I agree Goosey...my two still nap at the same time. How would I find time for MN otherwise?

I have 15mnth age gap with mine. They are now 2 1/4 and 3 1/2. They can be a handful but I do not regret a moment. Life is very full and very fun. They are the best of pals. That said the first few months were hard for me. I found the most difficult bit was the mornings. I used to stay upsatirs until both me and kids were ready for the day - before we have breakfast. i still do that now if I'm on my own. The get milkl first thing which seems to stay the hunger. THe problem I had was getting everything downstairs. I used to load a basket up with all the things I needed to take downstairs before I came downstairs and then put the kids on my lap and bump down the stairs then go back up for the basket. This way I was not up and down the stairs all morning. Agree with a lot of other points. I think a double buggy is a must as DS1 had really bad temper tantrums esp. out and about and as a last resort I used to strap him into the buggy. Couldn't do that if I only had one for the baby.

Good luck with your pregnancy.

Spoo