I will have a 12 month old and a newborn

[December2019]

Hi I'm pregnant with baby number 2 and my LO will be 12 months old when this one is due, any tips to get me prepared, I'm so anxious and I can't help but think it's going to be so difficult and I'm losing sleep worrying about it

I'm not due until December so plenty of time to prepare, so any tips welcome lol

It will be fine. The hardest ages I found by a mile was having a two year old and a three year old. Being so young and with a small age gap is much easier than you are fearing.

I will have a 13 month gap when this one arrives. The last few weeks are really challenging as my ds is starting to walk and is very clumsy and i struggle to get to him on time.
I am excited about having 2 close siblings though. I think that will outweigh the challenges long term.

My MIL had her three boys very close together, probably about the same gap or less as yours, and she said she absolutely loved it. She said being so close in age made it easier in her opinion, in the sense that they were all into similar games and styles of playing etc, and getting all their baby stages over in one big go. Don't worry you will do brilliantly

10 months between my oldest two and I love it x

10 months between my eldest too ... it’s great fun and really not as hard as you think ... relax

Thanks 😊 I'm feeling a bit more positive now after reading these