My wife and I found out 2 days ago that we are pregnant with our second child. Our daughter will be a 1yr in the beginning of August. Having a 2nd child is something we both wanted but last night the two us ended up staying up a long time, talking and wondering about how much work a 2nd child may or not be, what it'll be like to have 2 babies instead of focusing on just one.
Is adding another child to the family a big stress factor?

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I have a 3yr old daughter(end of august) and a 3 week old daughter and I will tell you sometimes it does get a little stressful but it is well worth it... I love em both and my 3 yr old loves her little sister. It gives the older child someone to play with later on and to help with while the 2nd child is still young. I'm not gonna lie there are some long nights and when one gets a cold the other does and so on and so forth but like I said before it is nice having 2 children. Hope all goes well

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All depends. If your a stressed out person, then you'll be stressin', if your laid back then having another won't be a problem. Plus, when you have two, they will play together. I know, b/c I have 5. Ages 18, 17, 14,13, and 10. I wish we had more!

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The age difference between #1 and #2 was 12yrs so i didn't have that much of a problem but the age difference #2 and #3 is about the same one you'll have between your two children.
At first it was overwhelming because we hadn't settled into a pattern and schedule, but after a few weeks, it started to get easier. My son (#2) was still in diapers and needed my attention a lot. He wasn't a big fan of the new baby with her constant crying and taking my attention, but he liked to help me with her (handing me diapers and throwing things away). I made sure though that each day I he interacted with the baby and I had some alone time with him. I think the hardest part was trying to potty train him and getting him to sleep in the toddler bed since we gave the crib to the baby.
Every family is different: some get really stressed out, others handle it better. But think about this: if this task really was extremely difficult and a huge stress factor, would there be as many people as there are today with 2+ children? You'll adjust just as you did when you had your daughter, and personally, I think going from a couple to 1 child is harder than going from 1 kid to 2.
I wish you the best of luck and congrats!

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It can be for the first child.Let the child know there's a baby in "there" and that is a little brother or sister.I wouldn't say anything until the mother is somewhat showing or the baby moves.Then let your little one feel it move and watch her belly grow.Telling the child all along the baby's growing and pretty soon the doctor will take it out.Stress how important it will be for the older child to "help" and how excited you are to have another baby to love.Make sure you say things like I hope the baby is beautiful like you etc.
On you as a couple it may not be much of a stress or it may.Depends how you are as a couple.My stress level was fine with the children.It all depends on a HUGE sense of humor while you raise kids.Believe me.

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by the time you have your second, your daughter will be all about "baby" and helping mommy bring a diaper or take one to the trash, handing you a blanket.... give her (at that age) ''big helper'' jobs and praise her often so that she doesn't feel rejected or resent the new baby.

newborns sleep so much in the beginning anyways... the transition isn't actually as sudden as it seems.

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It can be as easy as you make it and it can be as hard as you make it. If you go all out and adapt by figuring out just what needs to be done and rolling with it you could be just fine.

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