Labor & Delivery: Toddler, Elmo

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9 Months Pregnant with a 14 Month Old.

I am due any day now to have my baby boy. I already have a darling girl who is 14 months old. I have tried to find advice on how to handle two kids so close together, but everyone I talk to has their kids spaced more apart. My daughter isn't quite old enough to prepare for a new baby. However, she is old enough to know that she is no longer the center of attention when my son is born. Has anyone gone through this? Any advice is welcome. (Also, any tips on how to handle the impending chaos would be welcome.)

Water Birth

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17 Month Old Not Talking Much

I have two boys, my oldest is 2 1/2, and the youngest is 17 months. I notice that my youngest is not developing verbally as quickly as my oldest. By 17 months my oldest was speaking in short sentences, and could name all sorts of animals, all our close relatives, say please and thank you at appropriate times, etc. With my youngest, I don't doubt that he is intelligent, and I can tell that he understands us because he follows instructions and responds mostly with "uh huh" or "uh uhh" and shakes his head accordingly. He says mama, dada,...