I found that it wasnt too hard when DD#2 was a newborn - I could put her in the rocker, or in one arm while I tended to DD#2.
I still put DD#1 to bed first (as she's in bed at 6:30pm!) so it can be tricky - it got hard when DD#2 became mobile, but I think you just have to be organised, and have plenty of patience!
It gets harder as you get better at it too if that makes sense, so it doesn't seem as bad!
All the best darl
I was putting DD to bed first and leaving DS in his porta cot to play, sometime he would be asleep too so those days were easier. We would do dinner book and bed for DD, and a bath every second day for both of them (just a good wash down for them other days). If DS started to grizzle I would leave him til he really sounded like he needed me. Most of the time he was actually ok and some days I would even come out and he'd be asleep . DD would take up to 30-45min to get into bed. As DS got older and mobile, I changed our routine to dinner, bath, book, bed for both kids, then tv for DD, booby for DS and bed, then another book for DD in bed and sleep for her. It's a long process since it takes DS up to 45mins to get to sleep. We only live in a little 2br unit though so I can hear DD where ever she goes, and generally she will stay on the couch now and watch playschool and whatever else comes after it. I usually give her a snack (fruit/ veggie sticks) and a cup of milk too.
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. DD would take up to 30-45min to get into bed. As DS got older and mobile, I changed our routine to dinner, bath, book, bed for both kids, then tv for DD, booby for DS and bed, then another book for DD in bed and sleep for her. It's a long process since it takes DS up to 45mins to get to sleep. We only live in a little 2br unit though so I can hear DD where ever she goes, and generally she will stay on the couch now and watch playschool and whatever else comes after it. I usually give her a snack (fruit/ veggie sticks) and a cup of milk too.
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