https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:52:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1845037 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:28:26 +0000 regberadaisy 1845037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far much easier! She's also a much easier baby than big sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844941 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:40:51 +0000 Dandelion 1844941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>easier. I'm definitely more relaxed and laid back. I'm not as rigid on schedules, eating, sleeping, etc. I know what to do and what to expect. Also, the older kid is 7, so actually helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844930 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:35:10 +0000 LuLu Mom 1844930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>following, I really hope it's easier since it should come back tom e...I hope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844902 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:24:07 +0000 cascademom 1844902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following. Our daycare lady mentioned that we shouldn't be freaked out by it since we've done it before. I'm hoping that's true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844751 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:20:40 +0000 Mamaof2 1844751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Much easier - I think because I was more relaxed since I had BTDT!</p> <p>Also I kept DS in DCP so I didn't have 2 kids to watch during the day - so I got to snuggle and sleep with my DD.</p> <p>Night waking though still sucked as bad as the 1st time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844113 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:49:14 +0000 autumnlove 1844113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easer! I knew what to expect with sleep, feeding, crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844108 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:39:34 +0000 Lindsay05 1844108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The middle of the night waking were just as terrible. I think as a whole its less overwhelming so the stress level was lower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1844093 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:25:26 +0000 kimbed 1844093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I echo everything that Yin said. My experience to a tee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843926 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:27:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1843926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my mom this question- she has six kids! She said that some things were easier- but not the exhaustion. She was always so tired every time. She said certain a things were easier, but yeah the overal tiredness never got easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843923 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:25:35 +0000 luckypenny 1843923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second was a much more difficult baby. Sure I didn't worry as much, but now I was also taking care of a toddler. So when the baby woke up every 1 1/2 hours for three months and my toddler needed my constant attention. Maybe if I had the older one in daycare it would have been fine but I think it was just plain hard </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843910 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:46:11 +0000 Andrea 1843910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 2nd baby is easier, but then you have 2 kids so it's more work overall anyway. Sleep deprivation was worse for me the 2nd time, though. DD2 was a good sleeper, but I just did not enjoy the wake ups at all! :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843896 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:59:03 +0000 lamariniere 1843896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easier. But I also had a much easier baby the second time. She never nursed for more than 10 minutes and did nothing but sleep the first 3 months, total opposite of her big brother! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843893 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:39:47 +0000 yin 1843893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easier! I was much more relaxed and took it day by day. Recovery was a breeze, and I barely experienced any baby blues, which both helped ease my way into the newborn stage. I wasn't able to breastfeed LO1 (EP'ed), and I was afraid of trying it with LO2. Everything just clicked, and the lack of bottles and pumping helped a lot for me. My body learned quickly to function with little sleep. I acknowledged that each crazy phase was simply just a phase. Also helps that LO2 has been a fairly easy baby. </p> <p>The hardest part is caring for two kids. LO1 had to adjust to having a baby around, and I had to determine how to give everyone the attention they needed. While challenging, I managed to get through it one day at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843883 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:22:05 +0000 candymum 1843883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1000 easier. I spent the whole 9 months pregnant to my second one scared about the baby coming and was so shocked about how easy it was. No crazy hormones , no tears no weird emoticons. But I must say I had a horrific<br /> Birth with my first so having an elective Cesar for the second was better. But one thing I was completely shocked about was how<br /> Hard it would be looking after my toddler. I feared the newborn but didn't realise my toddlers behavioral change would<br /> Be the challenge. After a few months he went back to his sweet self but he was very hard to deal with at times. Understandably. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843849 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:16:31 +0000 Boogs 1843849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This time next month I'll be able to report. But, I expect it to be harder just like a second pregnancy is harder, mostly because of having to take care of LO1 so you can't just rest when you want/need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843837 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:35:31 +0000 lemondrop 1843837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I was much more relaxed. There were definitely rough days, but I felt less sleep deprived and had more tricks up my sleeve. What I wasn't prepared for was that my #1 would take the adjustment so rough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843831 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:29:21 +0000 BoogieBea 1843831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easier. I was overall more relaxed or just didn't have time to worry too much since I had to chase after a toddler at the same time. My second was also a better sleeper so that helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843829 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:19:04 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1843829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, much easier, but I also had an easier baby that never cried just for "no reason". The sleep deprivation is still tough though... but knowing what to expect since I'd been through it once before definitely helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843753 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:16:27 +0000 HLK208 1843753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! And the third time is even easier for me with the newborn stage. My oldest has gotten more difficult but I'm sure it's because I haven't experienced meltdowns like his before so hopefully my other two will be easier for me at the same age just because I've dealt with it before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843752 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:04:01 +0000 Canoli 1843752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As other people said some moments are easier and some harder. With 2 neither my husband nor I get a break, however, we have more confidence and experience that works in our favor. I found the first month to be really hard and stressful and I doubted myself as a mother of 2 but than it just got easier. I keep telling myself that we did it before and can do it again. You don't have time to dwell on every little thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843749 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:59:25 +0000 Mamasig 1843749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Much easier. Sleep deprivation wasn't as bad either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843744 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:56:10 +0000 matador84 1843744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easier...all the mistakes I made the first time I didn't make the second time. Ds was still in daycare while I was home with dd. If I had been a sahm I think it would have been harder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843740 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:47:08 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1843740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was harder because I couldn't pass of LO2 to my hubby if I needed a nap (since he was taking care of LO1). It was also Hardee because LO2 had bad reflux and colic, so until the reflux was under control, she was crying if she was awake. But actually caring for her was easier the 2nd time around because I had a general idea of what to expect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843736 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:38:22 +0000 T-Mom 1843736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843733 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:30:49 +0000 MrsStar 1843733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843722 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:17:27 +0000 autumn865 1843722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please say it is "easier"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843720 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:14:53 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1843720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it was way easier for me. i pretty much slept in the glider or in olive's room on the floor because i was nursing. even though she woke up, i slept through a lot of it. i was so much more relaxed the second time around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843718 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:13:44 +0000 Bao 1843718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was and it wasn't. I could never lay down and take a nap like I could with just one LO. However it was easier for the fact that I wasn't as nervous about everything and felt like I knew what was going on with her most of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843714 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:12:19 +0000 knittylady 1843714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>following in hopes that 2+ moms say its easier!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-the-newborn-days-easier-the-second-time-around#post-1843713 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:09:04 +0000 mrsjyw 1843713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You never know what to expect as a FTM, but seriously, the sleep depravity of the newborn days I think hits every FT parent like a ton of bricks. No matter how many things you read or try to prepare for it, it's a whole new world actually living it! </p> <p>So, was it any easier the second time around since you knew what to expect? I'm hoping that my body just sort of remembers if/when we get to that point with future baby dos, you know, like riding a bike? You kind of just learn to survive on zombie mom mode? </p>