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Ima2
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 Mon, Nov 19 2007, 3:18 pm
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Ever since I've had my 2nd baby, I feel like I am neglecting my 2.5 year old. I used to pay so much attn to her and play with her a lot. Now I find myslef either too tired (physically and emotionally) to play with her the way I used to, or having to take care of my 3 month old. What's this 2nd child syndrome thing, it's more like 1st child syndrome if you ask me! Most of the time when she asks me to play, I either have to feed the baby, keep her happy, put her to sleep, change her etc... I try to include my toddler as much as possible, but there's only so much a toddler can help with without me losing my mind! I think that she has also attached herself more to my husband now b/c of this (which isn't a bad thing) b/c he plays with her like crazy and she LOVES it. But I feel like a bad mother that I can't balance giving both my girls the attn they deserve! Any advise?
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cdawnr
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Mon, Nov 19 2007, 3:54 pm
Chin up., We all go through these feelings. There will be cycles in your family's life where different children get different amounts of attention.
Maybe you could work out with your husband that a few times a week, when he gets home he takes over the baby and you take time with toddler without doing anything else. Its hard. Start maybe with 10 minutes when you are n't with baby or cooking or cleaning and just sit and read her a book. 10 minutes may seem like little to you, but it is huge to your toddler.
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