How to juggle two kids

I was raised an only child, so i have no idea what it’s like to have siblings. My husband and I had a baby, who is now 19 months old, and he wants a second child. I don’t mind having a second baby because i don’t want my daughter to grow up an only child like me, but how do you juggle two kids? I feel like the baby books helped a lot with raising my daughter (mind you I know books don’t prepare you 100% but it came with good advice), but is there any advice or books i can read to prepare for two kids? For instance, can I bring both children to pediatrician appointments? How do I find a schedule to squeeze in sleep in the beginning of the newborn stage? How do you deal with jealousy from the older sibling over the new baby? ...Basically how do you balance the chaos that comes with two kids?

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I have a 14 month old son and a 3 month old son. It’s hard at times. Don’t get me wrong. But I honestly feel like in my case having a second child definitely made us whole. My oldest does get jealous. That happens. But i learned he’s very independent. He doesn’t want what a newborn wants sadly. But that’s what dads are for. My oldest loves my husband because they get to play a lot. With me I try to make time when I can. Whether it’s sleeping with or what. Newborns they sleep a lot. So when they sleep you and your oldest can sleep too. You can’t prepare yourself fully. But it’s worth it. I hope that helps a bit.

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Thank you! 💕

It’s hard to juggle when they both need you at the same time, but my older one is interested in the younger one so we often end up doing things together. Mealtimes are hard, getting out of the house is hard, and trying to put the toddler down for a nap with the baby around is hard. But for the most part the baby just gets dragged along for whatever the toddler wants to do, and it works out fine There’s lots of “oh no baby sister crying, we need check on her” and “here you go baby sister, dis make you happy?”, “haha mommy it make her laugh!”. The baby is almost like a living doll sometimes 😂

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