How? Just how?

Question

How am I going to cope with a 17 month old and a newborn? 
I’m sitting at home alone, watching my 13 month old play with his blocks, thinking how the hell am I going to cope with another baby, when I just had the biggest fight with this one to simply eat dinner?!
How am I going to have the time to play with my little boy when I’m stuck with my little girl? How am I going to cope if she’s a terrible sleeper - VERY opposite to this one who sleeps 12-14 hours straight! 
How...just how will I cope when my fiancé does NOTHING to help?! 
I’m sorry for the rant, ladies. I’m just so depressed right now. 😭
I know it’s a bit too late now, but it’s only just hit home for me. 😓

Answer

i was really scared about having my second child. taking care of 2 when I'm just 1 seemed like a daunting task, but you manage moment by moment and before you know it you've got a good rhythm going. i was also worried about losing myself in the shuffle because i wasnt going to receive much if any help from my husband. i quickly realized that i wanted and deserved a partnership, that it wasnt solely on me to take care of OUR home and children. we went to marriage counseling during my pregnancy and thru the exercises she had us work on both separately and together we have become stronger and closer than ever.

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I was trying to get placement of my cousin's daughter that was in foster care a month after she was born I found out I was pregnant. When you're already a parent I think sometimes you don't think about things because you're so busy. all of a sudden I am hugely pregnant and I realize I'm going to have two babies at the same time oh my gosh! My kids are almost exactly 9 months apart and they are very close they play all day. The huge thing that really helped us is we already had a strict routine because my oldest son is learning disabled and he needs that constant routine.

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My daughters will be exactly 12 months apart. We also have a 9 year old boy. My daughter sleeps 12 hours every night and is an extremely good baby! Doesn’t cry went you put her down and very independent. I’m terrified that our third is going to be rough. I think these are normal fears though. I’ll adopt a new routine and just go with the flow. I’m more worried about having 2 babies to drag around with me to all of my sons activities. He has something every day except Friday. 😳 He’ll probably have to cut back a little so I can manage everything. My husband works 60 hour weeks and I work 40. I’m definitely going to have to wake up even earlier to get 2 kids ready versus one for daycare. Now I’m getting nervous writing about it 😂😂

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I think it’s a bit late to be worrying about that now! There will be 14 months between my two when my little ones born and I’m sure it’ll be bloody hard, but it’ll only get easier. Expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised! I’ve heard a lot of people say that going from no baby to one baby is a lot harder than from one baby to two, so I’m hoping that’s true!

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