What are your best tips for dealing with a newborn and almost 2 year old?

[didispunk]

Time your feeds so that they nap in the afternoon at the same time.. GIVES YOU SOME TIME>. best thing i ever did!

[*EJ*]

A couple of little things i liked to do was not to make DS2 something that DS1 couldn't touch or be a part of. If he wanted hugs with him i always bent down with him in my arms and allowed it. If he wanted to touch him i let him but guided him to do it very gently. I just didn't want a dislike to come between the two of them because he's not allowed to touch him or go near him.

With DS1 he became really effectionate and wanted lots of hugs and kisses from me. I loved it!!! And i always made myself available to him as best i could.

I actually found the transition of being a family of 3 to 4 a beautifuly enjoyable one. And i hope you do too.

By the end of the year we'll be a family of 5 and i'll have to get my head around a transition with an almost 4 year old AND an almost 2 year old. Wish me luck for that one

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I'll have this in a few weeks too ...

Grumpybum currently likes snuggling with me on the couch (preferably with a blanket over my head - cubbyhouse!) and feels my tummy wriggle so I fully expect I'm going to end up breastfeeding with a blanket over my head and a squirming toddler in my face discussing my boobies.