Siblings

Its so so hard! Its been two weeks for us and things are finally getting better. At the start I had NO patience from feeling so awful after birth it was a nightmare, and then I would cry with guilt, and absolute rollercoaster. Toddlers are so demanding and running on fumes makes it so hard, everybody needs us! No advice except to try and keep some normality if possible, give yourself grace and just live day to day until the dust settles x

It is really challenging! My toddler is really enthusiastic about her baby brother and can get a bit rough with him. And when her dad isn't around and I'm the only limited parent resource, she gets really demanding. Add on top of that the normal two-year-old emotional rollercoaster! Crying when baby is crying is so overwhelming 😞 All I can hope is that things get easier!

Our boy is 2y5m and we have a 5 days old girl. I think in general he's been very loving towards her and very excited, like he will go up to her and want to hold her and stroke her (and sometimes poke her eyes as you do). But we definitely had a problem with her crying, as my boy would just start crying too.. it is definitely getting better, yesterday he did actually tried to comfort her instead. We are doing the same thing, telling him why she's crying and that helped massively. Yesterday he also tried to get my breast out saying that he's a baby and he wants booby 🤭 the thing is he hasn't even been breast fed for long, only couple of months because I really struggled with supply, so I don't think he even remembers 😂😂

I have been really surprised by how well my 2 year old has been coping. When I got back from hospital after 4 days away he was grumpy with me and didn’t want to greet or cuddle me. But when he saw his sister it was like all was forgiven and he understood. I haven’t been able to lift him post C-section so haven’t had both children alone yet. I suppose that will be the next challenge as so far he has had his dad or a grandparent who is able to keep him centre of their attention whilst I care for the baby.