Ok, who has a short age gap between their children? Meaning you got pregnant whilst already having a young baby?
Just curious! :D

9 days under a year between my youngest 2, 16 months between number 2 & 3

How did you cope with a newborn when already having a baby? Was it really hard or did you just get on with it and cope?!!

Yeah you just get on with it. It was quite hard as i could never leave the baby alone with the 1 year old, not even while i went for a wee. And the elder one didn't walk til she was around 15 months or more, so getting them in and out of the car was a pain and took 2 trips, leaving baby in the house as she was strapped into the carrytot thing but i dont regret it. With number 2 & 3 i found it harder, as i didn't drive back then and getting on and off buses with a tandem pram, and a 4 year old was no easy task. By the time I had 4 & 5, I found it much easier to get around with having the car. Apart from the fact that I'm an older mum this time around. I was only 26 when i had the 2 boys, this time around with my little girls I'm now 36, and they're almost 3 & 2.

There are 15 months between my youngest 2. My sister in law has just 11 months between her youngest 2.
If I'm honest I thought it would be really hard work and yeah at times it is but not half as bad as I thought. Maybe that's because there both in a really good routine which helps, also when my youngest was born my son was never jealous which was a great thing. Not sure how they will both cope when no.3 arrives in July though???

I know someone with 8 months between! :o (her second was a premmie)

A girl I knew (who is the same age as me) had her first child within a week of her 16th birthday (I can't remember whether it was a week before, or a week after.) Seven months after she had her first, she had her second, (yes, he was very premature) and then she managed to have a third baby, ten months after baby number two arrived.

So there she was, seventeen-and-a-half years old, with three babies under 18 months old. That was going some.

My daughter in law had five babies within the space of six-years-and -two-weeks. Eldest turned 10 last week, and the youngest turns four next week.

I know someone with 27 weeks between babies and also a couple who had fraternal triplets, followed 13 months later by a single bay, followed 11 months later by fraternal twins.

I know someone with 27 weeks between babies and also a couple who had fraternal triplets, followed 13 months later by a single bay, followed 11 months later by fraternal twins.

Crikey! busy people! :D there is 2 1/2 years between me and my next sister down, and almost 14 between me and the youngest. My aunt went 13 months between my cousins' births. (April 1965, and May 1966.)

OMG!!!! I have a 3 month old and am struggling to know how these people even found the time to conceive the next one!!

Thanks for all the replies:

I have a 6mth old son and have just found out that I am 5wks pregnant with number 3, to say I am cacking it is an understatement! We are excited but also nervous at the prospect of managing with 2 very little ones!

My daughter is nearly 6 months. I can't imagine thinking about another baby just yet!! For me this is because I want to enjoy the 2 I have before thinking of another (if we do!). But when things happen I think you always find you cope somehow and I'm sure you will. Congratulations and good luck x

Well it was a bit of a shock, I have been breastfeeding so not had a period but for some reason I had a funny feeling I was pregnant again, so I've now done 4 tests and they all say the same! I'm going on holiday next week and seeing midwife when I get back when I will be 8 weeks gone.
I'm sure we will cope and luckily my OH has a good job and has 2 good payrises in the next 8mths so it will mean I can leave work for a couple of years. Think I will need to be at home to take care of everyone! I am lucky that DS1 is nearly 8 yrs so he is pretty independent and a really good help with the baby.

aawww congrats Claire :D You'll be fine, don't worry.

Well it was a bit of a shock, I have been breastfeeding so not had a period but for some reason I had a funny feeling I was pregnant again, so I've now done 4 tests and they all say the same! I'm going on holiday next week and seeing midwife when I get back when I will be 8 weeks gone.
I'm sure we will cope and luckily my OH has a good job and has 2 good payrises in the next 8mths so it will mean I can leave work for a couple of years. Think I will need to be at home to take care of everyone! I am lucky that DS1 is nearly 8 yrs so he is pretty independent and a really good help with the baby.
nearly same as you my son is 13 month on sat im due 4 wk on sunday. i wasnt bf but because i hadnt come on yet thought i was safe wont be making that mistake again

11 months between mine. baby no.1 was nearly 3 months old when i found out i was expecting again. i dnt even remember how hard it was, it was all a blur! cnt have been that bad though, weve had another since who's 15mth, and he's just such a little character thats brought so much joy, i definatly will have another at some point, but i want to enjoy him 1st.

oh yeah an i knw someone who was 23, she had a boy then a year later another boy, 2 yrs later twin girls and shes now about to have another a yr and a half later. crazy work.

Haha I just realised my sister in law had a few minutes between the birth of her twins (c sect) does that count?
To all those expecting quickly, it'll be hard work, but nice that your little ones have a playmate!