Overwhelmed & guilty

I have a 2 and half year old girl and a 9 weeks old girl .. it’s tough but now the weathers better my 2 year old is going outside so I can sort the house out and my 9 week old chills on her play gym … night times are my downfall but I get through it and it at the end of the day you have both little ones who are happy and healthy and I think that’s is all that matters xxxx. Your doing an amazing job 🩷

I have a 6 year old girl and a 12 week old boy and I thought that it would be a bit easier since the age gap is a bit bigger but it has been such a struggle trying to find the right balance! My girl has felt that we pay more attention to her brother and that broke me to tears but we are slowly getting our balance back. So don’t worry you will get there and find the right balance for you and your little ones 🩷

I have an almost 3yo, almost 2yo and a 7wks old. It’s not easy but I do implement things to make life a little easier. We have a steady routine, I have a safe space for my two older boys with toy rotation, I do shopping and weekly meal prepping on Monday’s when they’re at daycare. Deep cleans on Tuesday (again at daycare). We go for regular walks and activities. At night the older two have a bath together. Massage, dress, read a book (or ten) while I feed baby and then me and the older two have snuggles till they fall asleep. In the morning they let themselves out of their room and jump into my bed for morning snuggles before we sit down and have breakfast together. It’s not perfect or fool proof. We all have our moments but it’s perfect for us. They love their sister, and give her kisses/cuddles & gentle head pats. They try help me change her and even though I’m breastfeeding they try and help with that too 🤣 When they’re all asleep is when I do daily clean/tidy up, load of washing

On so it doesn’t pile up. Again it’s hard at times. But focus on your littles, the house will get clean eventually and get messy just as quick, you won’t ever get this time back with your babies. Rely on whatever supports you might have. Spend one on one time with your older and then with the older & baby together. I say things like “baby is smiling at you, can you say hi baby” just to get them positively interacting with each other. It’s a short time and it will pass, their bond will be something else. Soon you’ll be seeing them grow, learn and play together and the difficult times will be so worth it