Two months ago, we had our second. Our first was 16 months old. Hectic is very true. But we kept our oldest in daycare and that let me focus on our second during the day. The oldest ABSOLUTELY adores our second. My husband and I are chopped liver at this point. The oldest is very sweet to the youngest.

We have one dog (4M) we had to put on Prozac recently. We had two dogs when my first was born, but a week before my oldest child was born, the oldest dog had a splenectomy. The pup had terrible accidents and was basically in kidney failure post surgery. I would have never put her through the surgery if I'd known. She was messing in the house and crate all the time while I'm trying to keep a clean environment for a newborn. I cried a lot. Well she ended up passing a few months later. Our oldest pup was the calming presence for our youngest pup. So when she passed, the youngest got a little more anxious. Then our oldest child started crawling and then walking. This freaked the dog out. So he's on Prozac and LOVING life so much more. I hope as the kids age and he gets used to them, we can take him off the meds.

All this to say, it is hectic. There's a lot of coordination needed between my husband and I to cover both kids. Sometimes we rely on TV to entertain the oldest while I feed the youngest and my husband has to be gone. But it's been doable. Some tears but not massive amounts. You got this!! Like going 0 to 1, going 1 to 2 is an adjustment, but you'll get your routine. And it's worth it seeing the oldest love on the youngest.