One year age gap between babies

[ThaiRedCurry]

I have 3 weeks to go until my due date for my new baby and 3 weeks to go until my daughters first birthday.
I'm so worried about it, the sleep deprivation, the strain it puts on the house having a new born etc etc
I feel lik I'm not even excited because I'm so nervous
Does anyone have any experiences of babies with a one year age gap, that they wish to share with me?
Thanks x

I have no experience from the parent side but I can say I'm one year older than my brother and it's been so lovely growing up with him. We did everything together and people thoight of us as twins. However hard it is just bear in mind they will be lifelong friends :)

Hello. There are 11 months between my two children, my son has just turned 2 today and my daughter was 1 a couple of weeks back. I actually found the first few months relatively easy, the sleep deprivation was obviously tough but my daughter obviously stayed still. The fun rely started when she learned how to crawl, how do they know to go in different directions as soon as they are out of the pram!? What I would say though is that it's my been anywhere near as hard as I thought it would be, my two adore each other and play together so nicely. If you have any questions fire away!

Thanks for these comments guys. I'm sick of people saying to me on a daily basis "oh you're going to have your hands full" not what you need to hear x

Ignore stupid comments from other people. It's absolutely fine. I also had 11 months between my first two and I was so excited to get my double buggy! We settled into a good routine fairly quickly, breakfast then nap (all three of us). I thought it was a good day if we ever managed to leave the house before 12. Long walk after lunch, and the two of them slept again. It's not much more work bathing or changing two rather than one, and once weaned, the second one eats much the same as the first. I remember sitting with a bowl of slop feeding them and myself.... It was tiring, but the positives totally outweighed the negatives and they grew up very close. So much so that I was worried how a third would fit in 6 years later. It was completely fine in the end.

14 month gap between ds's . 15 month between dd's.
Advice would be to concentrate on a fab bedtime routine now ahead of juggling 2 babies!
Bf the second was easy when made it cuddle /snooze /story /TV time for the older dc.

15 months between DC1 and 2 then 14 months between DC2 and 3! So I had three in the space of 2.5 years. If I am totally honest there’s approx four years of my life missing where I was just a sleep deprived zombie on autopilot. I washed nappies, breastfed, had the other two eating puréed carrots and bananas etc and always seemed to have mess to clean up. It was really hard, I can’t butter it up but worth it because now they’re growing up together which is lovely to see and also means they’re all in school together so I can focus on my career. Good luck!

14 months between my two, and it was ok. Hard work, but all babies can be hard work. The positives - DC1 isn't old enough to be jealous. They won't remember a time when there weren't two of them. All nappies/sleepless nights over and done with in one go. All toys in the house will be mostly age appropriate - no panicking that the small baby will be eating polly pockets/lego/small bits of older childrens toys.
Very short periods of time when you have children in different schools.

Mine are grown up now, and it's lovely.

Me too! First couple of years were really hard. But it’s been fab since they got to about 3 and 4. 11 & 12 now and still spend all their time playing together.

A mother in my weight watchers group had twins, three days short of her eldest DCs first birthday. 18 months later she went on to have a fourth DC. Her eldest is 5 now. She is a rock star. She works FT as a teacher working 50+ hours a week during term time. Her DH is a policeman and volunteer fireman. He works as many shifts around her hours to keep childcare costs to a minimum. She reached goal weight well before I did and has the whole family on weight watchers!

I have an 18 month gap between my first two. The first year was ok. Adjustments made were significant at the time but insignificant compared to the changes made once DC2 was mobile. Highly recommend getting a double side by side stroller like the citi mini.

It was DH who had a harder time adjusting. We had a third and standards went away. House is filthy and untidy but kiddies are happy.

We have 13 months between our 4 and 5 year old. Then had our 2 year old when they were 1.5 and 2.5. Again, I found it fine. In a way, it is easier in that they all like Peppa etc. Get a good double pram

Really enjoying these comments please keep them rolling in x

Don't worry you'll manage somehow!
I was so worried about having my 3rd after falling pregnant just 3months after having my 2nd and with a 2yr old running around, how on earth would I cope?
I stuck to a routine as much as possible and totally neglected the housework apart from the basics, sleep and eat whenever you see the opportunity.
My 3rd ended up being born on my 2nds 1st birthday,so 365days apart!
It's nice to have them grow up together so close in age, they can both partake in similar interests and activities etc x