How hard was the transition from 1 to 2?

This sounds like me 😂 I’d love another baby, yet our daughter is very strong willed and I’m wondering how I’d manage. Would she calm down or be worse as she wouldn’t have our full attention 🙈 x

Hi Lena, I just had my second baby. My son is very as you described your son. He turned 5 just before my baby was born. I have to say, going from 1 to 2 was a lot easier than 0 to 1 children. You already have a routine that you just have to carry on following and the second will need to go along. I said, if you are feeling it, go for it.

It was easy. I had my second when she was 2 years old. She knew baby was coming sk she was involved a lot. When baby arrived although she didn’t talk to me for a while lol. But now they are best friends

My baby just turned 1 and my older daughter is 4 in March. I agree that the transition from 1 to 2 is sooo much easier than 0 to 1. You already know what your doing! I find its very much, 'if it's not one, it's the other'.. there's always one of them that's not happy or not sleeping well 😂 But omg the pride of watching my big baby fall in love with her little sister, how gentle and kind she is.. it's so worth going through the baby stage again. I don't think there's anyone that truly understands you like a sibling, they go through every stage together.

I had my May 2021 baby when my eldest was 3.5. I’d say I definitely found the first few months challenging adapting to a new routine with 2 and their different needs but we found our groove. My 3rd has just turned 1 and I’ve found it so much easier going from 2-3 than I did 1-2. The way I see it, those odd hard days outweigh the worries and negatives! ❤️❤️

Thank you all for sharing your stories! ❤️

Going from 1 to 2 was sooo much easier for me personally than going from 0 to 1. The little one is just along for the ride, and they love it, they have the constant entertainment of an older sibling! My daughter turned 3 when I had my baby so it was a tough year (hello threenager) but she's 4 now and it's pretty dreamy to be honest. I think by the time your little one would be along if you went for it, then your son would be out of that tricky phase. Good luck 💜

It has been hard at times, especially at the minute as we're going through 4 month regression. My son's behaviour was challenging in the beginning but he's much better now and he was never angry/horrible towards his sister. I still don't often go out with both on my own - we go to playdates or my parents but other than the school run I go with my husband or a friend. Don't let it put you off, you all just adjust. My son understands sometimes I can't do things straightaway because his sister needs feeding

Transition was actually a lot easier than going from 0-1. I knew what to expect. The first year wasn’t easy. My son was 2y9m when his sister was born. He regressed massively and became jealous and clingy and very difficult to handle. Now he’s almost 4, she’s now 13 months and they just adore eachother. In fact if she’d have been born now I don’t think he’d have been as jealous etc as he’d have understood better

It’s basically the same but less sitting down. Like if your a mum that clung onto the naps for as long as possible or gets pissed off that you don’t get to sit down for longer than 5 mins then your gonna have an adjustment but if your already a potterer then you’ve nothing to loose. If you love being a mum you 100% should have another. The joy of seeing them grow togther and look after eachother is just so precious. It fills me with pride every day. There’s a difficult hr every now and again but mostly good days, overall they entertain eachother a lot. But omg sometimes there’s just too many voices asking for things hahaha. We have taken a lot of care to not make the older one feel pushed out ever. And put a lot of emphasis on how much of a blessing a sibling is, listing all the amazing things that they bring and it’s payed off massively. We can’t even say okay bye to get the little one to follow coz the bigger one starts kicking off about leaving her. It’s amazing the bond. Go for it