From the article: Surviving Pregnancy with a Toddler
During your first pregnancy you have it easy and you don't even know it. You feel tired, you go take a nap. You're too tired to cook, you don't make dinner. But when there are other children around, you can't just go lay in bed for hours on end. Your toddler doesn't care that you have morning sickness or can barely keep your eyes open. So what's a mom to do? Share Your Advice
Routine is key
- 32 weeks preggers with a 2 year-old little girl here. Hubby and I work full time during the day while little girl goes to daycare. Kinda hard as I am constantly battling guilt from not being with my child and exhaustion as I am with child. Anyway somehow it works, bills get paid and little girl is socialized. She looks forward to seeing her friends at daycare and enjoys a full hour each with mom and dad in the evenings. However mom and dad barely has any "couple time" apart from the daily breakfast runs on the way to work. Weekends are golden and cherished definitely after a mad week! Not sure how to keep up once little boy is born though. Two kids in daycare is just too expensive! We'll see how it goes and just roll with it...
- —Guest KiT
second trimester with a 10 month old
- I'm 4 months pregnant and I have a 10 month old son at home with me who is crawling and teaching himself how to walk. When ever I feel over exhausted I grab some toys and a book along with the 10 month old and relax in my bed with the t.v on. Lots of times my son tires and we both get a nap in.
- —Guest angela
just go with the flow
- I'm a mom of 5. Ages 8,7,5,4 my latest one was a stillborn 3yrs ago. I'm almost 16 weeks with our 6th..This baby came as a shock since I had my mind set on NO MORE after we lost our last baby. With all my other kids I felt great but with this one I was hit hard by morning sickness & extreme fatigue! I'm lucky my kids go to school & youngest to preschool otherwise I'd be in bad shape. My husband helps a lot when I ask. I don't know what I'd do if I was in this alone. My respect to you single moms. Just don't over do it and remember its the little things that count with your kids. 20 mins a day that's just for them is awesome for them. Involve them in helping do things for you. Kids love to feel needed & don't forget to praise them.
- —Guest Dee
Pregnancy dragging now
- You all seem to be coping better than me, 35 weeks pregnant. I have a 21 month old, an 8 year old, behavior problem 9yr old who doesn't sleep and a 12 year old who is slower due to having meningitis. I move a week today. I still have lots of packing and feel drained by kids and husband . We are moving 70 miles away for his work. But I know it will be good in the long run as bigger house and the 3 girls will no longer need to share. I guess our instinct is to just get on with it, as we as mothers hold the fort.
- —Guest Chelsea
14 weeks pregnant with a 4 year old
- I'm about 14 weeks pregnant, am still suffering on and off sickness and nausea and feeling very tired and worn down by it. Have a little madam who will be 4 in a couple of months and who is still going through quite serious temper tantrums. I work and am doing a home study degree...oh and am living alone - father of this child and I haven' t found a house to live in together yet and obviously me and father of child number one no longer together...upshot is, I'm shattered. Feeling a little down but cannot wait for the little beauty to arrive and us all to be living together like one big crazy happy family!
- —Guest Diane
18 pregnant with number 2
- I have a princess who will be 2 in novemeber and I'm 7 weeks pregnant. My lil girl is very active and never stops to breath! Its hard running after her and doing my college work at the same time as feeling very dizzy and sick and tired also cooking and cleaning but wouldnt change my life at all. They both have the same dad and although we are not together, I'm proud to say I'm a mum. I'm bit worried about when this baby is born and how I will cope but I'm determind to make the best out of my children and be the best mum I can.
- —Guest amiliear
My kids kill me softly
- I am 16 weeks with my 2nd child. I have a two year old already and he breaks everything. I am a single mother but have they have the same father. Sad part is he is in Texas and I have to take care of my son with a semi big belly because I'm small framed and stressed and tired all the time. It's taking a toll on me but I always think about the good things that come from a second child for one my son won't be lonely at home as a only child bad part on me is he will have a partner in crime. They are a blessing though because not everyone can have a child, so thanking God is a must.
- —Guest tatiyana motherof2
Thanxs God for my husband!!!
- I have a 6 y/o, and I'm in my 16 week... This pregnancy has being so different to the 1st one, my morning sickness, I feel tired all the time, and my reflux... But my husbnad to the rescue!!!! He takes acre of everything the kid, the house.... He has being very supportive, he just want me to take care of myself, to eat well and get a lot of rest... My kid understand it he is so mature he just want to meet his new baby brother!!!
- —Guest Mariana
i am so nervous
- i am a mom of 10 yrs old boy and a 4 yrs old girl and am 14 weeks pregnant with baby number 3. I am so nervous, I don't know if I will cope. but since this far my husband and the kids are very supportive and they are more excited than me about the new born and they are already planning for the arrival. So I have just told myself to relax and take things slowly and it helps a lot...
- —Guest selinah
Second pregnancy
- Its not easy to care for one and carry another one, but the first thing every body has to think about is to calm down and really understand whats important... For me the most important is my first child, he is 2yo, I do have to feed him, play and overall be around. And when he gets enough of quality time with me, he is playing by himself and I can take rest... And everybody is happy;)
- —Guest Irena
It will be ok!!!
- I have 3 kids ages 7, 5, 3...and I'm 14 weeks pregnant and wasn't happy about it but my kids are so very well behaved and they help out so much, even my 3 yr old. I can do this and I will and only time will tell how many gray hairs I get...good luck ladies!
- —Guest lisa
No Time On My Hands LOL
- I have a 21 month old and am 11 week with my sec one its hard I'm sleepy all the time but I know I've got to get up feed my son then bath time for baby. He gets out of bath then time to brush teeth then, its play time. Mommy just loves it when 2:30 gets here because then its nap time. We get up from nap and time to play again. It's great tho because we talk about the baby and my son says baby we told him names and asked if he wants a brother or a sister he says a boy. It's so cute and I just keep going and know that soon we will have two babies, then the real fun beings.
- —Guest Sara
Help!
- I have 2 children aged 3 years, and 1 and a half, I am 8 weeks pregnant with my 3rd and feel so awful. I'm tired i feel sick all the time I have no energy to do what I used to do with them. I have never felt like this and my partner just doesn't understand I feel like I'm going to faint all the time, I hate myself for not being able to play with my babies. I think I am becoming depressed. I want to enjoy my kids and pregnancy. :(
- —Guest victoria
Sometimes we just can't be superwoman
- I have a 2 1/2 year old boy and am 14 weeks pregnant, the first 8 weeks I was miserable with morning sickness and lack of energy. My first pregnancy was just perfect, if I did not feel good I would just go and have a nap, not cook or clean, but having a toddler around, it was a real challenge! I just felt like a terrible mom and wife, because I just could not get out of bed to care for them, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! We decided to enroll our toddler in a fun and full of activities preschool 3 days a week...It has been the best decision we've ever made! when I pick him up I'm back to being myself, recharged my batteries to take him outdoors or the library and make dinner for my hubby!!
- —Guest Morales
Nanny comes in handy....
- I have a 4 year old and 18 weeks along with my second, I am working so I have a live-in nanny at home, my son goes to school so it's a lot easier to get things done around the house. My only problem though is, I still come home from work tired so I don't really get to play with my son and do the things we used to do, also, I have become very moody and short-tempered, I just lash out on him and I later regret it.
- —MissLoh
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