preg with dc2, feel like I'm neglecting ds1...:(

[mangomilkshake]

I'm 36 weeks with dc2 and at home with my ds1 who is 21 months and currently into...everything. I feel really guilty because I feel so tired and he wants to play and wants me to sit on the floor with him and play and I just cant. I've resorted to letting him watch disney junior which i normally never allow him to do, just so that I can get a bit of peace from his constant requests to play, or get up and find him this that and the other. Oh crap how am I going to deal with it when there's 2??

Am 29 weeks, DS is 23 months, you just wrote what I have been thinking!
We will manage somehow..
Have a with me, and just keep swimming...

Can family/friends come over and give him some attention while you nap?

I was in the same situation- they are now 3 and 18months. When dc2 was a newborn I felt really strongly that I was neglecting my dd, then one day a friend said just get over it, it will be cbeebies for a bit. you just have to accept that you don't have the energy and try you're best not to feel guilty. Make sure that you do find time to cuddle them and read a book and give them their time with you, but don't feel bad that you need rest too.
In the long run, they won't even notice, and they will get a sibling out of it, so you're doing you're best, just try to enjoy your lovely dc and new one when they get here, as much as you can.

aah cheers guys, why do us mothers feel guilty all the time about everything??? that must be an added thing that you get when you get pregnant, the guilt complex!! true, he wont even remember this time

Guilt is going to be part of our life, from now on I guess... Motherhood and guilt, actually they do go together ! 25 weeks in 2nd pg, I can't really sit down and play with DS1 because of a big high bump, I feel bad everytime he asks why can't you play with me? He is 3.5 yo and sometimes replies to himself: because you have a baby ? With his tiny little voice. I feel so sad and with these stupid hormones, I can start crying. Then he feels sad, and goes on: why are you crying, mummy ? That makes things even worst...