Q for those with baby & toddler (or those that have been there!)

[~Kim~]

Slings were our saviour too.....I didn't know some babies settled within five mins lol

[feeb]

BF DS2 to sleep while having DS1 next to may playing with shapo or sitting on floor with him rolling ball, doing jigsaw, pushing cars etc.

Or TV

Have a swing for DS2 but DS1 likes to push it to oops

[skeetaboat]

I had the same problem (still do with a catnapping 7 month old, hopefully for your DS2 grows out of it sooner than that), and I find the best thing to do is get out of the house. Toddler is occupied in wide open spaces, running around as toddlers should do, and baby goes to sleep in pram. Maybe that's an option?

Also, don't worry too much. It will only be for a short time, particularly if you are conscientous about TV. I found my toddler started getting a bit addicted, but it only took a week of strict limits for him to snap out of the habit (it was a grumpy week though!). Even if you do have to use it a bit more than you like for this short time, when it comes time to return to normality, it's not going to be like taking cigarettes off a smoker, you know? There are plenty more interesting things for toddlers to do than watch a screen and you'll soon be in a position to offer more of them to him again.