First, congratulations!!!! It's great news, no?

Second, mine are 8yrs. apart so I cannot offer firsthand experience, but I have a friend who has an 9yo., a 5yo. and a 4yo. Life can be kaotic sometimes & her house will probably never be clean again, but she says she wouldn't have it any other way. Another friend has a 3yo. and a 20mo. She says they drive her crazy, but when they play together it brings tears to her eyes.

Lastly, my husband and his brother are very close in age. They've always been best friends. His brother now lives in OR, but they still talk on the phone almost every day & are still very tight.

It's probably overwhelming, two in diapers & on bottles/in a crib, but your oldest will never remember what it's like to ever be without his little brother or sister & that can work to your advantage I suppose! Good luck :)

My children are 2.5 years apart and then 3 years.... so I too, cannot speak from direct experience. However many of my friends and my sis-in-law who have kids about 16 months apart will say that the first 2 years is really, really tough. But most of them would not have it any other way because once they got past the first 2 years, the kids are so close it's great. They play together, can take many classes together.... and once they are through potty training... they are all done.

I have 3 girls with birthdates of 11/03, 03/06 and 07/07. The only adjustment was going from 2 to 3 little ones. I have to admit it's not always easy, but since they are so close in age you get a lot of things out of the way at the same time.

Yes, it's hard not sleeping for the past 3 years, but then I think that it could be worse, they could all be having their periods on different weeks and driving us even more batty!!

I do remember that when I found out I was pg with #3, Sophie was only 6 months old and I got sick, not morning sickness mind you, but sick because I didn't know how we would manage.

Not to sound cliche, but things always work out. It will be tough going in the beginning while you are learning how to balance things, but you have all of us here to lean on, scream at and get support from.

No matter what the test results come back as, congrats!

I have 2 children under 2 who are 20 months apart. I love it! They were both domestically adopted at birth (so I would have been thrilled to have had a pregancy test come back positive - but this way works too!) Life is crazy, but good. We are struggling right now with the placement of 2 cribs (oldest one just turned 2 yesterday) and the other one (will be 4 months tomorrow) isn't sleeping in a crib yet due to reflux. We have a smallish house and don't want to give us the 3rd bedroom where the growing toy pile lives. But if we stay here, we will probably give each child their own room. I have to admit, I can't wait until the second one is off bottles and the older one really gets potty trained. But there is something to be said about the nights my husband and I are able to sit side by side on the couch and scoop each of our girls into our arms for a big family cuddle. We are truly blessed.

Just remember that by the time you have this baby your 1 yr old will be almost 2. Things wont be the same as they are now.

My oldest boys were 20 months apart. I know exactly what its like to raise two close together. There are pros and cons. Would I do it again, absolutely. Were there times I wanted to pull my hair out, yes! But I loved every minute of it. I loved it so much I had another child at age 41 who will be 1 year old in Dec.

The main thing is to get yourself organized before the baby comes, because it will make things easier with a newborn and a toddler in the house. It is great to get the diapering over with. Once they were both potty trained, it was pretty easy. Then it got difficult during their middle school years because they were both boys and very different interests so there was lots of fighting (verbally and physically.) Honestly the middle school years were the toughest and I am glad they are over. I don't plan on having another baby at this age, so hopefully I won't have to worry about two that close together again. But if you need any specific things answered or want advice, please send me a message. I will be glad to help! Hugs, Fern

dont feel to terrible i am pregnent with my 3rd and in feb i have 3 kids under the age of 2 lucky me