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Are you a first time mom or second or more?
How is sleep? Good or non-existent?
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I'm a second time mom here from Europe. I had my second girl in late July, so in two days we hit 2 months! And I cannot believe my little newborn baby is growing so quickly - but on the other hand I feel she's been here a lot longer! 🙈
She's a much better sleeper than her older sister. I'm already getting 4-5 hour stretches at night. She's a terribly eater however. We've had a ton of challenges but long story short, she's now full formula fed.
We did go visit an osteopath (I think it's called) and have had great succes with that! Better sleep and regularly pooping (The first few weeks she barely pooped)..
Seeing my oldest wanting to help her baby sister makes my heart melt! She's so loving and careful. All reaction she's had to getting a sibling has 100% been to me or dad. It's perfect!
And I'm enjoying the baby phase much more. Perhaps because I know she'll be my last. It's wonderful and awful at the same time 🙈 😂
She started smiling and talking a lot recently! And she's rapidly getting better at lifting and holding her head. She's also slowly starting to accept tummy time 😂 Which feels weird because my oldest almost only wanted to be on her stomach from day one 😅
All in all, life is pretty great. I'm doing a whole lot better compared to my first. And it's really nice! 😊

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Doing well! I have a 3.5 year old and a 19 month old as well. We've got a routine. It's weird, but it works. She takes one short morning nap, one long (4 hour) afternoon nap, and an evening cat nap. Then she sleeps 5-6 hour stretches at night. She only wakes to feed and then goes back to sleep. We moved her to her own room next door last night. It's the earliest we've ever moved a kiddo, but she's our best sleeper by far! She nurses well. Frequently and on demand during the day. My period just returned at 6 weeks postpartum, so my supply is struggling, but we're getting by. We've adjusted well and this has been the easiest transition so far.

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I’m from the states and this is baby number 2. We had a few health concerns in the beginning but everything has resolved itself and little guy is happy and healthy! This time around I feel much more relaxed and confident, my boys are 15 months apart and it’s going much smoother than I expected. Both sleep great and the baby already sleeps through the night (10-11pm to 5-6am) so I feel very lucky. It’s just going by SO fast, which makes me sad knowing this is my last baby. I’m doing all I can to soak it all in💕

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I am from Ontario Canada here! Went from a first time mom to a mom of three real fast! Our son was 14 months when the girls were born so we just jumped right into it. My girls will be 2 months on Saturday and my son will be 16 months tomorrow. Time has definitely flown by I cannot believe it.
We are doing pretty good over here. One day, 1 is fussy and not eating and the next it’s the other one. I don’t think we’ve ever had a day where both were just overall great which is kind of funny but thankfully that means that also haven’t been fussy at the same time either. 
We have established a nighttime routine which I believe is helping them understand that it’s their longer sleep period. They bath and eat around 7:30-8pm and then their next feed isn’t until 1am and then again at 4a and back to 8am. We are keeping them on the same schedule so when one gets up at night we wake the other so we aren’t up all night long. So far it’s going pretty good.
Biggest hurdle is say is getting our son to be gentle with them. Now he adores them and always wants to hold them it’s amazing! We have our good and bad days but overall the transition hasn’t been too bad! Thinking we might even have 1 more 🙃

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I'm a 3rd time mom from the us.   5his is my rainbow baby.      She has been very much like her eldest brother.    Very strong very very active and just ready to go.   She smiles and coos.  Shes been able to hold her head up from the day she was born (shocked every dr and nurse)   shes a decent sleeper but is pretty discontent while awake.   They suspect some reflux and are testing for it this week.   I'm doing pretty well. Just tired.  Lol.   3 4 and under is a challenge at best but we are managing

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Hi! I'm a 3rd time mom living in Ireland while my husband is in med school, but from Ontario Canada. 
Our baby has been fairly easy this time around. She is 5 weeks today. Sleeps how you expect a newborn to sleep 🙃 not terrible but I'm also looking forward to when she gives me more than a 3 hour max stretch. She has an older sister who will be 4 in a couple of months, and a brother who just turned 2 at the end of June. They adore her! She loves to be on her tummy, has held her head up since day 1 like her siblings, and is on the verge of smiling and cooing! 
Overall the transition to 3 has been easier and smoother than I expected. It's hard to be away from family as there are definitely days I wish I could have help from our moms.

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Hi! First time Mom & Dad here! We are doing well, our daughter hit 4 weeks yesterdya! Time is flying. I guess it’s been a roller coaster of emotions, so much joy, many tears (from us all) yet so so amazing. It’s our first and it took us 6 years of infertility, miscarriags, failed IVF transfers (5 actually) to finally get this miracle baby and it’s honestly all a blur now looking back, little Zoey was meant to be ours. I never realized I’m kind of a control freak? I can’t stop analyzing every little thing to be like is this normal? When she’s sleeping a long time I’m like “is she ok?” And when she’s up for too long I’m like “please sleep!” Lol. And I find the information on the internet good and bad! There’s SO much conflicting info and basically it’s hard to know what to believe or if you’re doing something right or wrong. I’m just trying to trust my instincts, also realizing baby wants me 98% of the time / day and husband has his own pressure to keep our house clean and meals down as also works and every minute is doing a chore or two or doing her diapers. I feel bad when she cries and wants me back. Soooo ya wanted to say my piece wondering if it’s just me!

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