Anybody on this forum who has kids age gap 15mths or less?
Just wanting some tips on coping my next one is due June 07 which means that there will be 15mths between Tayneesha and this one. Everyone has said oh its going to be like having twins how are you going to cope, i think you have made a mistake!
Don't get me wrong here this was a planned pregnancy and we are very Happy, its just that people have made me feel a bit worried now.
I have also been told that this one will be bigger than Tayneesha :eek: and that it won't be as good and easy as Tayneesha was, is there any truth in this????? Tayneesha was 10pound 5 and has been a dream child - I HAVE BEEN LUCKY!
The only reason that the next bub will prob be bigger is cos your uterus hadn't had time to shrink all the way back to where it used to be before babies ... my SIL had her baby today, 9 pound 10 ounces ... she had a little girl in August last year ... 9 pound 15 ounces ...
I wouldn't worry about what other people are saying ... you might need a little extra help but particularly if it was planned you know what you want.
I think it is all just wives tales about babies sizes. I was told that with #2, because I already had a big boy, if I had another boy, he could be bigger, but if it was a girl, she would more likely be smaller. There is no real way of knowing what is going to happen. I know of women who have had whoppers and then really small ones. So don't let it stress you out. Plus, having had one baby already can make the birth process easier the next time around.
We have a 20month gap between all our three and it works perfectly for us. Some like them closer and others like them further apart. Erin goes to preschool with a boy whose brother was born in the same year as him - he was in Jan and his brother was in December. You just cope with it, plus you have made the choice to have another one now, so you must think that you are able to handle it kwim? Phooey to everyone else - they all like to tell you the bad parts and not the good.
Lucy, one of the Mod team, has her #2 and #3 close together, I'm sure she'd love to tell you about it and how she is going.
13 months between DD and DS and I'm just learning all about being busy. Just one bub was a breeze LOL! No honestly I think the trick is to try and keep on top of housework and stuff by doing a bit a day and not letting it build up snd out of control. DD is in a good routine so we are just sticking with that and DS fits in around that atm. And size? DD was 6pound 12 at 2 weeks early and DS 8 pound 10.5 at 8 days late!
I have 19 months between Liv and Charlie.......planned, and it is great. Charlie was smaller by a few ounces, and was/is a VERY "easy" baby.
There is only 14 months between Charlie and Lexie, and I was kind of dreading it, but so far so good. 3 under 3 is hard work, and Lexie is only a month old, but so far so good! Lexie is a dream baby (sleeps and feeds at 4 hourly intervals) so it is all good.
Lexie was my "biggest" baby, but still only 7lb 6oz....I seem to have had fairly small babies. I have had 3 vaginal births, no pain relief, no tears.........lucky there.
My thoughts on the matter are kind of laid out HERE.......
My advice would be listen to everyone, but take only what advice you actually like, ignore the doom and gloom merchants, and have the confidence that your parenting will simply go from strength to strength!!
Last edited by Lucy; October 18th, 2006 at 07:49 PM.
i have 20 months apart, i love it Madison is at the age where she will help get a nappy or get me the wipes, she never really got jealous either just took to her, i have a friend who has 2 at 15 months apart and she is doing well, her first didn't make a fuss and now her son is 6 months old and she wants another one.
There'll be a bit more of a gap - 22 months - between my 2 and we've had people say "you'll be surprised at all the spare time you had when you just had one"... but the same people said the same thing about having not knowing what will hit us when we were expecting Ella! Both pregs were planned and I know that every new thing is a challenge and will cope just fine cause i'm not going into my pregs blindly or naively. You'll do a great job - just have confidence in yourself
We are finally getting a routine together with ours (19 months apart) and it sort of helps me get things done. For the first few months we just went with the flow and did things whenever. I spent lots of time in bed with the babies and got used to it.
I love hearing Mitchell yell out - that's my baby SISSA!
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