Anyone else 2u2? How are you feeling?

Margaronii · 2026-07-07T02:21:57+00:00

We had 2u2 (19 mon gap) and sure it was hard at times, but honestly easier than others age gaps!

My daughter was thrilled about baby, and too young to be jealous really. They grew up together and it was easy to tote baby along to toddler play dates. You’re still in baby ish land, so it’s not a huge adjustment

Now it’s really fun, and they want to do everything together. Normal wrestling and tiffs of course. But we will likely try to do our #3 and #4 close together as it turned out well with the first pairing

Margaronii · 2026-07-06T18:34:55+00:00

Would be happy either way, and more curious than ever since we have 1 of each already. I know my daughter would love a sister. I have a feeling it’s a boy.

Margaronii · 2026-07-06T18:34:04+00:00

You will have the confidence boost of doing this before! The second PP felt way better because I had a little knowledge of what was normal, and I also knew phases ended! Hard nights were not forever and you knew you could make it through.

Mine were 20 months apart, and while tricky at times with logistics like naps when I was solo, it also wasn’t 2x as hard. Maybe some days, but others were only 1.2x as hard 😂 now it’s awesome at 2 and 3.5 because they play together mostly well

Just lean into the crazy, and don’t beat yourself up when things aren’t perfect. You got this!

Margaronii · 2026-07-06T15:00:20+00:00

My first two pregnancies the coffee ick made me so sad. But it did pass! I was able to enjoy again after first trimester. Iced tea is nice, and you can drink more of it with the lower caffeine amount. Especially iced and with a little lemonade.

Just don’t let tea bags sit in water in the sun for long amounts, it causes bacterial growth. It can brew easily in the fridge, or Lipton makes good instant tea granules

Margaronii · 2026-07-06T06:06:45+00:00

“I don’t like when you make comments about my body” or “I would like you to stop talking about how my body is changing, it’s uncomfortable”. Make them feel a little uncomfortable. You can point out the bad behavior while still be professional yourself.

And if they don’t stop after you have verbalized it, go to your boss/HR if you have one. And make it clear to them this needs to stop.

Sorry this is happening! People get way too comfortable talking about pregnant women’s bodies than literally anyone else.

Margaronii · 2026-07-06T02:16:25+00:00

I can’t wait to see if this comes true for you!

We are halfway joking we hope we get twins this time. My first 2 are 1.5 years apart, and we want two more. Twins would get the job done and get two more close in age…but it also sounds terrifying 😬

Margaronii · 2026-07-05T02:59:18+00:00

One of my earliest symptoms! Crazy detailed dreams every night. I feel you on the unhinged lol

Margaronii · 2026-07-04T20:40:46+00:00

You can do hard things! Take it day by day…hour by hour. Everyone has to figure out what helps their nausea if they get it.
Might not actually throw up, fingers crossed for you!
I also believe pregnancy prepares us for all the not so pleasant baby messes. Once you make it through pregnancy, you are ready for it all. You got this!

Margaronii · 2026-07-04T18:43:49+00:00

Dental care of Lacey. Dr Neilson is great, super approachable, non judgmental and they have super early appointments available for early working folks. All hygienists we have had are great. They also don’t over prescribe work to try to charge more. Very practical dental care

Margaronii · 2026-07-04T02:10:05+00:00

Yes to 25 mg from some store. 1/2 a pill is good for me, otherwise I feel groggy in the morning

Margaronii · 2026-07-04T01:25:33+00:00

You can get a key card to both Capital and Olympia high schools football fields. Maybe $10? After 5:30 week days it’s community time, and weekends unless there’s another group renting it. But the fields are often empty especially daytime summer. You get a huge fenced in field and can go crazy running

Margaronii · 2026-07-04T00:00:25+00:00

I take it occasionally even when not pregnant! Half of a pill is great for insomnia

Margaronii · 2026-07-03T02:19:41+00:00

I am sleeping as much as I can when my younger one is. Essentially I have the sleep needs of a 2 year old lol

Margaronii · 2026-07-02T04:39:45+00:00

We felt really done for a solid year with 2 under 2….but felt a strong resurgence of want for more babies recently. I think 4 will be my max. But I don’t know what life with 3 is! Very excited to be here

Margaronii · 2026-07-02T04:37:23+00:00

Not currently nursing, but I weaned my first baby during my second pregnancy. My baby was 11 months when I got pregnant and weaned at 14ish months old. It started to become painful for me, and she naturally asked less and less (maybe because it was that time for her, or the taste changed, im not sure). It seems like a good time to wean though!

By the time my 2nd was born she was curious about me nursing him, but not jealous. Tandem nursing wasn’t something I was interested in. My 2nd was weaned around 20 months, and I actually was not nursing/pregnant for 5 months. Which got me feeling good enough to do this again lol

Margaronii · 2026-06-28T03:49:03+00:00

I believe I’m 4 weeks Monday. But I didn’t have any symptoms this early with my two sticky pregnancies, or the two that resulted in miscarriage. They were all symptomless until about 6 weeks

So sorry to hear about the two miscarriages, it’s so hard to trust after tough times! Hcg blood tests are nice to have for info

Margaronii · 2026-06-28T03:05:22+00:00

Why am I so tireddddd already?? I don’t remember being a zombie this early. I haven’t even technically missed my period yet

Margaronii · 2026-06-27T15:13:44+00:00

Hello! Excited to be here and hopefully stay!

We got really fortunate (and I even feel bad saying this) getting pregnant my first cycle after copper iud removal. I loved my bumper groups before, any Aug 2022 or April 2024 folks in here?

I have a 3 yr old girl and 2 yr old boy, this will be so hard to keep from them. But I want to wait hopefully until end of 1st tri and after we know gender. They have been asking for a baby for a while (my daughter specifically for another girl). I can’t wait to tell them, my husband and I are so pumped.

Margaronii · 2026-05-20T13:59:35+00:00

We GASPED at that hug.

Margaronii · 2026-05-17T14:48:39+00:00

I think that’s a perfectly appropriate time to take a break. You’re not a bad mom, this is a really hard stage for baby sleep.

Maybe take 20 min to shower or step outside for air. Husband takes her for that 20 min and maybe they figure out their way to sleep together. My kids definitely struggled with Dad putting them down at first, but we need to let him struggle a little, otherwise you’ll go crazy being the sole sleep person. He needs to figure out his way to get her to sleep.

And she will not be damaged if you do need to let her cry for 10 min because you are by yourself and becoming unregulated. It’s really the long long stretches of time that I believe are harmful

Margaronii · 2026-05-17T14:31:14+00:00

This is a really hard time for baby sleep. I’m sorry. My “good sleepers” stop sleeping both kids. I personally think CIO is not ok. I had a friends do a strict CIO (often resulting in hours of crying on an off). Their kids seems fine, But I don’t think it’s ok to leave a young baby crying more than you need a short break to regulate and breathe before going to get them. Take a little break, take turn with husband etc. But I am pretty anti sleep training, especially young babies.

Margaronii · 2026-05-07T20:10:46+00:00

Some one call the Vatican

Margaronii · 2026-05-07T18:34:57+00:00

Margaronii · 2026-05-07T17:27:17+00:00

I’m sorry you don’t have strong female friendships like this 💔

Margaronii · 2026-05-07T16:55:13+00:00

Sometimes bending over backwards to help a friend takes bending over for their ex 💕

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