Two under two, how hard is it really?

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My dd is 11 months old and I am 5 weeks pg with no 2. We planned to have them close together but now that I'm actually pg I'm wondering just what I'm letting myself in for.

Any tips advice would be really welcome.

Mine are also 15 mths apart (3.6 & 2.2). I found the first 6 mths the hardest. Weaning was difficult too as DD was barely out of a highchair herself.

There was no jealously whatsoever (shame I can't say the same now!) But they do play together a lot (once the youngest reaches 18 mths or so).

Oh and getting them to nap together was relatively easy (once DS was 4 mths or so)

Its really hard when two are ill at the same time, It's really ok on a day to basis as you get used to doing things and get better organised with time. I found the first three months hardest ( due to lack of sleep with newborns) as the age gap is 15 mnths between my youngest two, and 18 months between the eldest two.

I didn't find it hard with a 14 month gap... although DS1 wasn't walking and did not know life (after a day) without DS2. Plus they both slept though early and fed well!

I tend to say blithely it wasn't that hard having 2 in 17 months but I suspect I've blanked the worst out. It was easier than having 3 in 4 years which we went on to have.

I did quite like having them close together, they were very compatible in things you could do with them, they have played together well from a very young age. We didn't have any jealously (dd1 was too young to be able to communicate such feelings ). You haven't had that lovely moved-on-from-nappies-and-buggies experience so it's not so much a feeling of going backwards to square one as you get with a bigger gap.

I used to get mine napping at the same time, quite often, that did help.