[risen_joy]

Ok, I know I won't die...but I would still love some advice! Ds will be 1 1/2 when this baby comes - and he is an AVID nurser! Nights are ok, 2-4 times, not so bad. But I am wondering between him and the newest one, how I will get to sleep at all during the night??

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Has anyone else dealt with/done this?

 

[mom2owen1]

i haven't had the opportunity to deal with both kiddos at once, but i am in the middle of pregnancy number 2. i was quite worried when i got pg about my very high demanding nurser. he nursed every 2 hours, day and night.

what has happened as my pregnancy progressed is that he has cut back his nursing tremendously, on his own. there has been no trauma, no tears, no frustration, etc.

i think i was around 17 weeks pg when he went from the every 2 hour thing to a few times during the day and not nursing at all at night. now he nurses for a couple minutes at nap and a couple at bedtime. he would probably nurse more at these sessions, however it is really painful right now so i limit them. which, oddly he is fine with too.

your dc1 is a little younger then mine (who will be 24 months when baby arrives), but he may surprise you.

congrats on your pg!

 

[Mama Poot]

I just gave birth last Saturday to my second. My first turns 1 on the 10th of this month

: While DS#1 is not currently nursing, he still wakes up 1-3 times a night for a bottle/comfort/whatever. If I am nursing baby brother and Paddy wakes up, unless Paddy is REALLY upset I try to wait and see if he will go back to sleep, otherwise I just finish nursing the baby, wrap him up and make sure he can't roll off the bed, and go take care of Paddy. I think your situation will be made easier if you are co-sleeping with both children. If you're not, you might want to try to get the older baby to sleep with you or at least sleep in the same room as you. I'm going to assume you plan on tandem nursing, so if everything goes well with that, you might even want to try to get your older baby's night feedings to coincide with some of the little one's nursings- two birds with one stone, kwim?

 

[risen_joy]

Thank you mamas! We aren't cosleeping right now - ds is in the room right next to ours (we have a door seperating, that's it). But I was planning to cosleep with #2 at least for the first few months. I'm still worried about dh rolling over in the little one when I go to take care of ds...arg.

Thank you though - it does help to know others are/have done it! And maybe he will wean but it will make me sad too!!