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[quote=Anonymous]Agree nanny and night nanny, drop daycare.

I also think that having a bit more space between the two kids would really help.

Ours were really close together (19 months) and I really couldn't take care of both of them together until the baby was about 4 months old. Basically - you go from the sleepy newborn phase where nursing takes all your attention because baby is still figuring it out, to having rock the baby to sleep in a dark room - not compatible with having a toddler around! At 4 months, we sleep trained, and then were able to care for both at once, and then things got manageable. I'm sure there are other people who have figure out how to square that circle of a newborn plus a toddler, but I never did, and it honestly seems impossible to me. It meant that we played the kids man to man for the first four months and thus got NO breaks. That was really really hard. I think with your husband working such long hours, I would wait until your older kid can play independently in his room for 30 minute chunks 2 or 3 times a day, with you in a different room. That would make all the difference. [/quote]

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