Age distance between your children?
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My son & daughter are 3 (soon to be 4) and 2...they are 19 1/2 months apart : )0
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My two children our 2 and a half year apart. How ever I know have a 5 year old brother. My mom decided to have a second family late in life so it runs like this 31,30,(27 deceased) 24, then 7 and 5 . My daugher is older than her aunt and my son is 1 month younger than his uncle. Even funnier my sister , mother and I were all pregnant together . My niece and my son are 4 hours apart :blushing:0
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I think it has more to do with how YOU handle it than anything.
My kids are 2.5 years apart. So are my brother and I. DH's family, on the other hand... they are 39, 35, 28 and 25. The first two were adopted, the next two were biological. He did find some downsides to the big age spread; he was in junior high when the youngest was born, and he was in college while his younger siblings were still in grade school. So he found it hard to really develop a relationship with them until they were all older. But I think that has more to do with a family's unique dynamic more than any general rule.
One option could be adoption, if you do want more kids but don't want such a big age gap. They have a hard time finding people willing to adopt kids older than 1-2 years old, because it seems everyone wants a baby.0 -
Well since I have no kids I can say there is quite a distance between me and my brother!
I am 20, turning 21 this year and he is 10 xD
He has a shirt that says "class of 2020" lol!!0 -
I have a 23 year old and an 11 year old, so my oldest daughter was 12 when I had my youngest. Honestly, if I would have waited one more year, and found out how hard having a 13 year old was, I wouldn't have had another..LOL
I hear you!! Mine are 10 years apart and having an almost 6 year with an almost 16 year old, well some days there just isn't enough Calgon!0 -
im 18 my sister is 14 my brother is 11 and my other sister is 2, its not really that big an age gap0
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my son is 6 and my daughter is 20
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3 children 3 years apart.......I miss having had more children I would of if i could. they are 28, 24 and 210
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I have 6, 8, 14, 16, 18, and 2 20yr old twin boys. 1 grandchild who is 2!!! I wouldn't base my decision on having another child on the worry of them being too far apart, adult children offer a tremendous amount to younger siblings!0
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18 months between #1 and #2, 20 months between #2 and #3.
It's a lot of work, especially since #3 is only 4 weeks old, but I wouldn't have it any other way. My oldest two are best friends and love playing together. They were holding hands while we were shopping the other day and it was the sweetest, cutest thing ever. They absolutely adore each other and they already love our newest baby. Once she's old enough to play with them the cute factor is going to be through the roof!
I couldn't imagine having a bigger gap between them. Even waiting 3 or 4 years felt like it would mean starting over for us. While having two in diapers isn't always easy it's nice that we haven't gotten out of the "baby phase" yet. There's nothing we have to re-learn, things don't change that much in 3 1/2 years.0 -
I've got 14 months (unplanned) between my two boys. Hard work at the start, but definitely worth it now they're 2 and 1.0
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I'm not a mother, but I'm 19 and my sister's almost 3 years younger than me and then my brother is six years younger than me, and then my sister is 3 years older than my brother.0
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hiya
my oldest child is 23, next one is 19 and my baby is 10 years old0 -
I have twin boys-Age 8 and a daughter that is almost 4. So about 3.5-4years age distance...0
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I have a 14 y.o. boy and a 3 y.o. girl and it is the best situation! I do not think I could have had them close together. The oldest helps out so much and my daughter adores her big brother. I would not stress about the age difference b/t your children. Big age gaps can be a blessing!0
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15,12,5,1 Girl the 12 yr old loves the 1 yr old but wants to strangel the 5yr old and the 15yr old likes no one!
LOL how true!0 -
My stepson is almost 19. My husband and I have been tryign to get pregnant for 4 years. If you and your husband ar eon teh same page I think startign over could be great. But I have only been a mom since my son was 13 so I don't know exactally how you feel. My husband and I hope to have 2 more. I plan to start trying for my 2nd 6mo after I have my first. Burt we'll see.0
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I only have 1 child but my sister is 14 and Im 26 and its just us0
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I have 5 children this is their ages 24, 20, 15, 6 & 2. So 22 years between the eldest and youngest.0
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well I'm 20, bro is 24, sis is 31(or 32), half sisters are (37, 39)0
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