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Posted on 12/3/24 at 9:53 am to GeauxTigahs92
Someone mentioned it earlier but each kid is different. What worked for our oldest made our younger one cry in some cases. Give the older child attention and give them some alone time each day (even if with just 1 parent).
Posted on 12/3/24 at 9:55 am to GeauxTigahs92
Ours were 3 yrs apart. One is piece of cake. Two, the effort goes up exponentially.
They're now 27 and 24. Still can be handful when together.
They're now 27 and 24. Still can be handful when together.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:14 am to beerJeep
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Your oldest will 100% practice wrestling moves on your youngest starting in about 1 years.
We had to tell my oldest son (3 at the time) "HE'S BREAKABLE" like 10 times a day.
The youngest is now 21 months and can fight back, so it's fair game
This post was edited on 12/3/24 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:16 am to GeauxTigahs92
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Wife (no pics)
How about just one of the pregnancy boobs?
Good luck it’s a challenging transition. 2 to 3 is harder but then all the rest are easy.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:38 am to GeauxTigahs92
I'm 6 weeks in with my second kid, and have a 2yr-4mo old.
It's a fricking nightmare right now. Like I cannot imagine it being any worse.
Between the 2.5 yr old driving us mad from cabin fever, then every night is a different game depending on how the baby ate, middle of night feeds, wife pumping titties and fricking bottles everywhere. Wife having total meltdowns if she hits any adversity between 11p and 5a.
At some point last night I was waiting too long for a bottle to be delivered to me in the dark bedroom so I voiced my displeasure to wife, and I'm pretty sure she told me she hated me for the first time in my life.
I was expecting it to be hard, but it's way fricking harder than I ever imagined.
It's a fricking nightmare right now. Like I cannot imagine it being any worse.
Between the 2.5 yr old driving us mad from cabin fever, then every night is a different game depending on how the baby ate, middle of night feeds, wife pumping titties and fricking bottles everywhere. Wife having total meltdowns if she hits any adversity between 11p and 5a.
At some point last night I was waiting too long for a bottle to be delivered to me in the dark bedroom so I voiced my displeasure to wife, and I'm pretty sure she told me she hated me for the first time in my life.
I was expecting it to be hard, but it's way fricking harder than I ever imagined.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:45 am to REB BEER
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It gets better when they can entertain each other.
Agreed. First year or so is hard, after that it gets way better. Built in baby sitter.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:46 am to thegreatboudini
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I'm pretty sure she told me she hated me for the first time in my life
Dang jealous. Mine says it once a week. 2 month old at home and just the one kid puts the crazy in her eyes after a bad day.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:47 am to GeauxTigahs92
Get up in the morning and do everything that needs done until it is all done, that is the deal....wash, rinse, repeat. One day it will all be done and easy.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:49 am to GeauxTigahs92
The lifestyle plunge of having the first was the shock value for me. The second was just whatever, more bending over
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:52 am to GeauxTigahs92
I feel like with one, we had a child - with two, we had a family.
Weirdest part is how different they are from one another.
Congrats to you and the wife - have fun - 0 regrets with having two.
Weirdest part is how different they are from one another.
Congrats to you and the wife - have fun - 0 regrets with having two.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 10:56 am to GeauxTigahs92
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Transition from one to two kids
Not as big of a transition as it is going from 0 kids to 1 kid. Yes, they will be different, but the basics of keeping them alive, fed, cleaned, etc. is still the same, and you've already done that with your first.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:00 am to thegreatboudini
Handful of days into our second. Thanksgiving was a pressure cooker between the oldest getting sick then recovering and charged up for playtime
Get ready for a lot of time with the oldest while mom has the baby.
Glad it’s nice weather out cause I don’t know what the frick I’d do with a newborn and a toddler in August
Get ready for a lot of time with the oldest while mom has the baby.
Glad it’s nice weather out cause I don’t know what the frick I’d do with a newborn and a toddler in August
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:01 am to Bert Macklin FBI
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There might be a week of adjustment for the older child depending on the age. My son was almost 3 when we had our second child and he didn't love sharing the attention for about a week.
My boys are almost exactly 2 years apart. The morning after our second kid had spent his first night at home from the hospital, I got up with our 2 year old; he looked around the den and kitchen then asks me, "is he still here?" Hoping his little brother had disappeared in the middle of the night
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:03 am to Tyga Woods
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Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:04 am to BottomlandBrew
4 years apart so I’m hoping the bigger gap will help
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:05 am to GeauxTigahs92
I found one to two was more like one to 2.5. My oldest was a difficult baby but she chilled out when the second came
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:11 am to GeauxTigahs92
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Best advice and tips are appreciated!
Good luck and prayers.
We had five.
Two 18 months apart; a gap of a few years, two 16 months apart, and number 5 almost two years to the day after number 4. In December right before Christmas.
Madness and the greatest free show on earth.
It’s not really fun until they outnumber you bigly.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:12 am to GeauxTigahs92
Two is easy. Get back to me when they outnumber you.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:15 am to GeauxTigahs92
Easy. The 3rd child is the one that makes a huge difference.
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