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futureherder
01-09-2010, 15:38
Calling all natural parents...

True to my nature I am planning way in advance, lately I have been thinking about the future with DD and #2. I am having to make some decisions about education I want to do before or after #2 is born. My decision keeps coming back how I will be coping with more then one child.

I was hoping you could please talk to me about how having two has changed the way you do things, the negatives and positives, it doesn't have to be specific to natural parenting.

Is there any words of advice? what do you love/hate about having more then one...what tricks have you learnt.

TIA

trishalishous
01-09-2010, 16:11
this is something I'm interested in too!

peanutbutter&jelly
01-09-2010, 16:49
For me, its a challenge. Especially with a clingy 1st born (personality from birth :laughing:), who was 20 months when I had my 2nd.
Day to day... we co-sleep (at the moment with DF not in the bed, we're getting a new bed so we all fit!! :laughing:), I have 2 cloth bums. I tandem baby wear, and *wish* DS hadn't have self-weaned early, it would make feed time so much easier when he's got his cranky pants on!!!!
I spend a lot of time walking to the park lol with someone strapped onto either my front or back, and lots of time 1:1 with my 1st born.
DD is currently going through that separation anxiety stage, and attached to me only it seems (DF just had a busy month away with work, for 3/4 weeks last month :( ) and DS has always been very attached with periods where it was worse, but always very clingy :/
Lots of learning while cleaning too :laughing: