Welcome to the DAD.Info forum: We are not open to new posts at this time
Our forum aims to provide support and guidance where it can, however we may not always have the answer. The forum is not moderated 24 hours a day, so If you – or someone you know – are being harmed or in immediate danger of being harmed, call the police on 999.
Alternatively, if you are in crisis, please call Samaritans on 116 123.
If you are worried about you or someone you know is at risk of harm, please click here: How we can help
I felt a lot of sympathy with this thread by pauldredge because my own eldest daughter is two and getting a bit terrible; it seems to have come at the same time, too, just when our second child has come along and seems connected with a bit of mum-envy...
...especially when walking anywhere (we live in a small town, pretty lucky I guess) - even short distances e.g. to the shops; she rarely settles down into just walking along unless we let her run free (not usually an option even in a small town, there are still roads and cars...) or if we put her in the pushchair and the new baby stays at home... we tend to walk on a daily basis as the eldests' nursery is really close and it seems crazy to drive...
Anyone else been through this and found a good solution? I'm going back to the office soon after paternity leave and I worry about leaving my wife to handle the 2 year old and 2 month old on her own... It would be great to hear there's some light at the end of the tunnel or at least commiserate 😉
There is always light at the end of the tunnel. :unsure:
A buggy board helped us with the whole "sibling in the pushchair what about me issues"
Our first never wanted a pushchair until the second came along and was sitting in the pushchair, then pushchair wars started 🙂
The buggy board helped until the second was old enough to appreciate the buggy board but still too young to walk far on her own, then buggy board wars started.....
thanks Zaden!
We tried the buggyboard - although it's nice and our 2-year old likes it for a bit, she soon gets tired and wants to walk again...
...at the moment we compromised with the baby in a sling and the toddler in the buggy...
it's pretty exhausting for my wife but i've agreed to do 50 push-ups for every day she takes the kids on the slightly longer and harder but safer route 🙂
- Samaritans – call 116 123
- Shout – text the word ‘Shout’ to 85258
