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Advice needed in dividing my time between the two of them...

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umchuck · 03/05/2009 19:55

I have a 2 week old and a 2yr 8mth old and I am trying to divide my time between them but I am finding it increasingly difficult -
Anything I do with my older child the baby starts screaming every time until I have to stop when I'm doing and pick him up...its becoming quite disruptive and upsetting my daughter.

Also - how do I do bath and bedtime?

Any advice on this would be most gratefully received.

xx

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ssd · 03/05/2009 19:57

its bloody hard going, you've just got to muddle through

FrannyandZooey · 03/05/2009 20:00

get a sling - stretchy wrap type - then put baby in it and ignore him for all but essential jobs (feeding, changing) while you carry on as normal with 2 y o

bigchris · 03/05/2009 20:03

there is a thread here with some excellent advice on bedtime coping strategies

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lal07 · 03/05/2009 20:10

Is really hard - and am not sure there is an answer - sorry. But thought I would share with you how I manage bathtime to see if it useful. DS is 2 yr 3 month and DD now 5 months.

  1. Get milk ready for both of them
  2. All go upstairs. Put DD on changing mat in bathroom while I run the bath and get both of their PJs/new nappies out/cot and bed ready. DS follows me around and I try to get him to do this with me so it's more fun for him and I don't have to worry about him harassing DD.
  3. Put DD in the bath. DS 'helps' mainly by running around.
  4. Get DD out and wrapped in towel (poor child doesn't get long soak), and put DS in with lots of toys.
  5. Dress DD and sit at end of the bathroom giving her bedtime feed. Put her down in cot with white noise on laptop so she will settle even if not sleep whilst I get DS out of bath and dry him/do teeth PJs etc...
  6. If DD sleeping then just go and do story with DS, but if she's not happy we all sit together.

When I was BFding pretty much the same - only didn't have to worry about forgetting to take bottle upstairs. Also our room (with her cot in) is next door to bathroom so can still see DS while I'm putting her in cot.

During the day - mnetter tip - was to have drink/snack/jigsaw at ready for elder DC before sitting down. And sling helped - especially as baby will probably be happy in it whilst you play with older one.

Good luck - it does get easier. And this time around I couldn't have coped without this website.

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umchuck · 03/05/2009 20:37

Thank you all so much for your comments and advice - its all so bloody daunting! xx

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