Second baby : 5 reasons why dealing with him is different

Why is having a second baby can be different?Giving birth to a baby for the first time is very challenging, it changes a mum’s life. no matter what anyone tells you, it’s not enough to prepare you for that reality.

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Having a second baby is much the same because the dynamics of your family change every time.
However, we can not ignore the fact that there are some differences between the first experience and the second one…

1.Less worry with the second baby

when you deliver firstborn and leave the hospital into the real world, suddenly you find your self in front of a responsibility that you can not run from, a role that leaves you with no choice of resigning.
Frome that moment your worries start rising, you worry about every little thing. You worry about every little cry, feeding, sleeping, playing schedules. You worry about creating bad habits that will see your teenager still sleeping in bed with you with a dummy. And you worry about them hitting the milestones at all the right time.
With the second birth is different. You are more confident, you have more knowledge from your experience with the first child. you don’t get stressed about when your baby starts crying and keep doing what you doing because you know that being there for him is all that matter, regardless how you approach that

2.Marvelling at their cute tinny bodies (and your first child has  grown)

when you are with a newborn you can’t stop looking at him because you can’t get enough of his cuteness, every part of his body is so tiny and you constantly wonder on the miracle you bring to the world.
But in the second time, things are different, you seem to forget how small is a new baby because you’re used to your eldest one an then you keep wondering how a tiny thing can suddenly become so big.

3.Becoming more confident

It’s so difficult for mum to face the unknown especially when she arrives home with her first child, so it’s only normal to look for a source of information like books or websites.
With the second baby, it becomes a little bit easier because you’ve seen it before.
You trust your gut instinct and have confidence that you and your baby will be fine, and you find your own routine and approach. You don’t need to consult any other sources of information – in fact you avoid them whenever you can.

4.No more sleep!

Nobody can deny that true pain lies in days, weeks and even months of unregular sleep. Struggling from one day to the next can feel nothing short of climbing Everest, and remembering how to boil the kettle and put on clean pants signifies a successful day.
Second time round? You already know that you’re going to feel and look like a month of hangovers in one day. You accept the fact that your baby is not being ‘bad’ or ‘difficult’ when he wakes in the night. And you understand that at some stage he will sleep through.

5.Time goes on

in your first motherhood experience the time feels eternal, so you start questioning when you’ll get your life back and actually move further than the sofa. Will you ever sleep again? Will this baby ever get into a routine? And will you ever feel and look like something other than an extra from a Michael Jackson video?
and all of a sudden your child is a grown-up kid, and then you start wondering “when did he become that big?”
So with the benefit of hindsight, parenting second time round is easier – because with every bad moment, deep down you know that all is going to pass. Because it really does go quick. And while those bad moments will pass soon enough, so will those newborn cuddles.
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