Going from 1 to 2 kiddies

[TaRhLi.]

I went from 1 to 3 (dd was 18mths old when the twins were born).

Plenty of pre prepared activites for when you are feeding. Also every morning I would make DD's lunch and snacks pretty much liks a lunch box as if she was going to school or daycare and then have that ready so when the twins feed time coincided with DD's lunch or snack time I would set up a little picnic on the floor for her so she would be near me to have food.

Also if your DD is still having afternoon sleeps, try and get her sleep to match at least one of the babies sleeps so you can have a couple of hours to prepare dinner, have a shower etc.

Once you get a routine established you will find that the baby is much more able to fit into your toddlers routine, don't try and make the toddler fit into the babies routine.

It will seem hard to start with but to be honest I wouldn't have it any other way

[chody47]

Thank you so much everyone for all the advice - it is wonderful. As the time gets closer and closer I'm sure I will look in here even more.

Right now I think I'm going to:
Start exploring more slow cooker recipes (we use ours occasionally, but I'm anticipating much more on the early months) - a slow cooker book may even be a good Christmas idea!
See how I go teaching DD to sleep in a 'big girl' bed and see how she responds to toilet training (I figure if it hasn't happened once bubs arrives it will be quite some time til I have the chance to try again).

In a month or so I'll start stocking up the freezer (MummyNaomi - I love your friends idea of the mummy blessing to help stock the freezer!)

Thanks again for all the tips. They are extremely helpful!