two pregnancies close together

[sweetninnocent]

My DS is 6 months old and I've just found out I'm pregnant again!:) has anyone else had two babies so close together?

[geeandfeesmum]

My DD was 3 weeks old at DS's first birthday party!! It was hard at first, but looking back I am glad it happened that way.

It was harder being 8/9 months pregnant whilst looking after a baby than when they were both here, if that makes sense.

I will warn you though, DS completely ignored DD for the first year. He even stepped on her if she was on a playmat on the floor, like she wasn't there at all.

Now however, they are 5 & 6 and very, very close.

Congratulations!!

[sweetninnocent]

Wow thanks everyone! I find out next week when my due date is but Im roughly guessing it's gonna be mid Feb! Now I'm over the initial shock we are really excited! I'm so glad uve all had positive experiences! We know it's going to be hard work but we always wanted a big family so we just started a little earlier than planned!:) thank you all for all your kind words of support!:)

[grassalwayslooksgreener]

Hi, I've got a 7mo dd and I'm around 11 weeks preg. Got a scan in 2 weeks so will find out for definite how many weeks I am :)

[Feelslikea1sttimer]

I have 17 months between my boys, they are now 13 and 14 and they are the best of friends and spend most of their time together and share mates...

I am pregnant with DC3 (although there is DSS aged 7 in between) so we'll see how that age gap goes...

Good Luck, it is amazing watching them grow together

[Writerwannabe83]

There is 1 year and 3 weeks between me and my sister and we absolutely loved growing up together. We had the same friends, did everything together and went through all the 'milestones' together. It was brilliant.

I look back on my childhood and have nothing but good memories of me and my sister sharing everything and growing together.

It has always been my plan to do exactly the same and have 2 babies close together. I really think the long term positives outweigh any negatives

X x

[weebleswillwobble]

Got a 3.5 year old and 2.5 year old here - 15 month age gap, it's fab! I found the first year not too bad at all to be honest - as long as your military about organisation.

Now that they are running in opposite directions its a little trickier, but I imagine once the youngest has a bit more impulse control it'll get easier!

Congratulations!

[BethAndHerBrood]

I must agree with the poster who said the hardest thing is being heavily pregnant with a very small child already. There are 12 months 3 weeks between my eldest two, and the last six weeks of pregnancy no2 were really hard. Especially as ds1 was a nightmare baby!

And i missed his first steps i was hospitalized for about ten days before having dd, one day at visiting time he was crawling. The next day he ran down the ward to me. [sob]

You'd think after 15 years i'd be over it. Apparently not!

[mamachelle]

tinwe- omg, you have just taken me down memory lane! i remember having to remove the rocking horse, play table and anything else that enabled dd1 to climb in the cot with dd2 or to drag her out! we put the cot into a bed in the end to avoid any accidents!

when they were 1and 2yrs and 2 and 3yrs were definitely the most um, entertaining! cupboard climbing, emptying of cupboards, they even phoned the police and told them i was crying! had to explain to the police men that i was going 4 a wee when they were playing with the phone. mortified didnt cover it.

totally agree with the housework in the evenings. the only times in the day they were still was meal times.

oh, im all sentimental now! i miss my little mischief makers. They are big, independant people now.

i think when they are only a year apart, ages 3 and 4 seems to be the start of the gap closing and everyday thereafter, they like and can do the same things, have the friends etc.