Your second pregnancy

Preparing and bringing home a second baby

Your second pregnancy often brings with it the hope of doubling the joy you felt when

you had your first child. Most parents try to have at least two children and the nature of

the completion of the first baby brings to family life of their eggs they quickly the second child.

However, do not base your decisions on whether or not you are ready for a second question on the things that have influenced you to bring your first baby.

Your life will change dramatically the gap between the first and second child and the sooner you recognize this the easier it is for you.

Of course, there are some practical concerns here, your responsibilities have increased significantly since you became a father or a mother and bring a new family member would certainly add to that.

 Also keep in mind that your first child will not be ready to accept that someone else in his little sphere of things, someone who will obviously take some amount of attention away.

Management of two children can be a rigorous task, no matter how you are traveling with children in general.

You might be willing to dare but you would be better advised to set up properly before the arrival of the new baby.

Facing a second child generally tends to be more demanding than dealing with the first.

 This is because most of us have busy schedules and with the arrival of their first child, we try to draw and place it in a form that could suit us.

 With the second child so all causes tugging and pulling at our schedules stretched to their elastic limit. Unfortunately, newborns have the slightest consideration for adults specifications about scheduling or timing.

So make sure you're ready for fluctuation eat and sleep at least for the first eight weeks after the birth of your baby.

The fact that you've done everything you need to do with your child once already helps a lot. Your level of confidence in what to do and not to do is higher and you know the little details about his useful burping, feeding, etc. This is a great wee advantage that there seems.

This means that you will not pay attention to false advice given by your neighbors and friends and make your own decisions if and when the need arises. Of course, this reduces the anxieties of parenthood to a large extent.

The arrival of a new baby can often leave you exhausted, especially if you have had a caesarean section or a particularly traumatic childbirth. In case you are breastfeeding ready to feel ill and tired especially after the evening sessions. In case you feel tired consider hiring a "doula" at least for the first few weeks.

 You can leave your baby with a doula during the day and take adequate rest. do not worry about your child's well-being; doulas are trained to treat infants during the first weeks of their lives.

Remember the arrival of a new baby is a big change for the first child. He / she may experience a range of emotions during this period. If the first child is still young when along comes your second stay alert for changes.

 He / she may start sucking their thumb with the arrival of new baby, or perhaps now want to drink a bottle or forget their housetraining.

If the first child is much older ready for intense sessions of malice, unusual temper tantrums and general attention seeking behavior.

You can of course keep these behaviors surfacing at all if you just talk to the child before the birth of her brother.

 Allow / participate in your new found joy, they hold the child, spend time with him / her, cuddle and play and fall in love with the generally small. All this will help / get used to this new family member.