Newborn and a 4 year old
Mommas who have had a new baby with a toddler! I’m looking to ease my anxiety a bit. I have a 3.5 year old step son who we share 50/50 custody of. I’ve been in his life since he was 1 and love him to pieces. He’s truly been my first baby and we have a wonderful relationship with his bio mom. He’ll turn 4 about a month and a half before I’m due. He’s quite the spicy one and I’m nervous about the transition to having a newborn in the house. I’m mostly nervous for night time. He has a decent sleep schedule but has a really hard time going back to sleep if he wakes up in the middle of the night and becomes rather aggressive kicking his door and screaming if we don’t let him out of his room after trying to console him.
How do I handle a crying newborn who will likely wake the spicy toddler?
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Another thing we did was put them far apart. Our newborn is in his own room down the hall, and our toddler is in the room near us. It gave our son the quiet space to sleep in, and our toddler is close by to quickly console her and get back to bed.
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My 2yr old is like this. She wakes up in the middle of the night and cries unless we go to console her. We brought it up with her dr and they told us it's due to co-sleeping or helping her fall asleep as an infant. We have to gradually move further away, to help her sleep on her own. If you notice your newborn sleeps a few hours a night, like ours slept for 7hrs. Don't wake them. Later on, this will be their sleep schedule and it gives you the room to still console your toddler if need be.