Questions for those ppl who have had 2 or more children?

Question

What is it like to have 2 children ? I have a daughter who is 8 months old, and I may be possibly pregnant again .. (sooooooooo excited) I hope so!. I would love 2 have another child. i am just wondering some experiences with having children close together

Answer 1

well i have a son who is 3. i have a son who is 16months and i have a daughter who is 4 months. my kids are really close together. i'm also a single mother as their father went to jail. its hard and frustrating at times but they are growing together. if u have an 8month old and if u jus finding out u pregnant it shouldnt be that hard. the older one will be walking and more self sufficient not needing as much attention. i dont know your situation but if u are by yourself when 3 cry at the same time and need u it can be rough but if u have someone heping you its not bad cuz its one on one. Good luck and i hope this is what u looking for. but reading over it kind of looks bad. i love it. its wonderful watching them interact with each other and when they are older they will be closer as friends than siblings years apart

Answer 2

My experience, my daughter got jealous when my son was born. Then when I had daughter number 2, my son got jealous. So you might expect a little bit of jealousy at first. Just make sure someone gives them attention.

Answer 3

I have had three children and now currently preg. (due in Nov.)

My first passed away at 3 weeks but my other 2 are 4 & 1 1/2

they get along pretty well most of the time my youngest didn't have a voice until recently (& it's still not a voice!-He just takes & runs!!!!!) My take on it is you might have your times but they will be close and good friends!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 4

It really depends on how you raise them . For example don't  make them fight for your attention let them know you acknowledge them and not  run them off.They  both rarely fight  and love each others company when my daughter goes to grandma my brother tells me to pick her up because he already misses her, so does she. I myself am the same way with my older brother who  is a year older and my younger siblings who are  10 and 13 years younger . I love my siblings , we have a good relationship  and are their for each other. Again its all on the way you bring them up to be .congrats if you are .

Answer 5

My daughter was 9 mos when I got prego with my twins.

Be thankful that your girl is the oldest.  My girl was a huge helper, even at 18mos old when they were born.  She was the perfect big sister.  Maybe she is a little mature for her age but she would give them binkies and sing to them when they were upset.  She absolutely loved her new role and it was a huge help for me too!  

If you find out you are, make sure you play babies with her so she understands better what to do when the new baby (or babies) comes.  

Now that they are older (shes 4, they are 3), they all go off and play together - she is the usually the dictator of what games they will play, but it works!  They really are best friends, theyre teachers at the daycare center they go to tell me all the time about the break downs when they have to leave each other after playing together outside.  =)  Whats funny is that because the boys grew up around her - her toys and movies have been passed on - they all have the same interests too, like Dora and playing with dolls.  They even ask for these things at holidays and birthdays.  I think its adorable.  

Good luck!

Answer 6

my children are 18 months apart. My daughter is 3 and my son is going to be 20 months old in a few days. I would say it was pretty hard at first, I tried to teach my oldest that I had a baby inside my tummy and she would piont to my tummy and say "baby" and I read her books about becomming a big sister and let her meet her cousin who was an infant at the time but I think she was just a little to young to understand what was going on. She seemed interested in him but when I had to feed him she always wanted to be in my lap and it was hard for her to understand that I needed to tend to my son at times. Then, when my son could crawl and pick up toys my daughter went through the "MINE!!" stage. Everything my son touched my daughter would take away and say mine. Even toys she wasnt playing with, or toys that were bought for just the baby, she still took them. So we had to teach her not to do that. Now it's great, they are really close and play with eachother all day long. They help eachother out, and my daughter looks after him. If he is getting into something he shouldn't be, she will come tell me, or if he cant find his juice, my daughter will find it for him. It goes both ways, if my son finds my daughters juice, he will pick it up and bring it to her. It is very cute watching them play, but I thought that the day would never come. It was a long few months to get to this piont where they are at now. My daughter is at an age now, where it is easier for her to communicate, and she is willing to help. She wants to be a "good helper". Aslo now she is much more interested in babies. Like I said it was really hard at first, in the last months of pregnancy, when the baby was born, then when he started crawling and being able to grab things, but now they are best friends and it's great.