Well, our little guy is 8 months old, and my husband is eager to have another one. I always thought that I'd like my kids 2 to 3 years apart. My brother and I are 5 years apart, and that was too far for us.
How many years between you and your siblings? How many years between your kids? Are you happy with the results?
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My son was born in March 01 and my daughter in January of 04. My son turned 3 two months after our daughter was born!
My daughter was born in 1998, my son in 2000. She turned 3 when he was a month old. She was out of diapers already and that was great, I didn't want 2 kids in diapers.
I know people that have their kids 12-13 months apart and enjoy having kids that close. I don't think I could handle it. 2-3 years was good for me.
for my kids 2 1/2 - 3 years apart, good for them but wears ya down, once ya get done chaseing one down, a little break of sleepless nights and start chasing another one, I survived the toddler years , I suggest taking mom's night off, I didn't do it wish I had though ..LOL :))
My hubby and his older brother are 11months apart. Then his sister is 3yrs younger than him.
I only have one child so far. But we are sort of trying to concieve right now. not really trying that hard but not preventing and just letting it happen. So then if we were to concieve in the next few months it would be about 2 1/2 yrs between kids.
Children: 3 1/2 years - worked out really well for us and (they tell us) for them
I hated it, my older brother was in my class and nothing but trouble.
My kids 1978, 1978, 1979, 1980,1981
no twins, just that birth control wwould not work on me and I had to get tubes tied to stop having children.
All premature, about 7 1/2 months apart each.
I loved it because all the kids were just about at the same stage of life so I didn't have to worry about too much with them.
I hated it because they were very close as young kids and would not tell me who did things, MR. NOBODY visited our house for about eight years. grrrr
I think 2-3 years is great spacing. The only downside is for the parents. It is very tough but it becomes easier over time and the benefits are tremendous.
My kids are 26 months between the 1st child and 2nd child, 2 years and 15 days between 2nd child and 3rd child:)
Thank God, i cant have any more darling Angels..lol
takes alot out of ya...
So much happens the first few years and I didnt want to miss any of it. If they were closer, I may have missed something because I was tending to the baby when my oldest was doing soemthing new.
As for my own children - my daughter turned two this past January and were we financially stable and living in a larger place we would be trying for number two, but since we are where we are that is being put on hold for now. :( I think ideally 3-4 yrs between kids so you don't have two in diapers at the same time and that they each can have their own individual bonding time with the parents on different levels.
But I know people who have kids within 2 yrs of eachother and think it is great because all the diapers and restless nights out of the way all at once.
My 2 biological children are 2 1/2 years apart. They got along really well before age 8 or 9. After that they had different interests and different friends. When our daughter was 25 and our son was 28, we adopted an 11 year old girl. 6 months later we adopted a set of twin girl age 10. The 3 of them got along fairly good (a few cat fights) and they were about 15 months apart in age.
If you ever read the Birth Order book, the author (Leman??) states that a 3 yr gap is ideal.
I'd say wait a few months at least, but ultimately, it's a decision you two both need to be comfortable with.
So that is 4 children in 3 different decades... with my girls born almost 21 years apart...
Oh, yeah, adopted the last one when he was five but he was still 7 years younger than the next older one.
My children are 18, 13 and 6, they are way apart in age.
I was one of nine kids; all about 3 years apart give or take a few months. My oldest sibling was about 18 when I was born and I have one younger sister.
My sisters and I were four years apart. That almost seemed like a generation gap between us!
My older brother and I were right at 2 years apart and my lil brother was 4 years younger than me.. I like the 18-2 1/2 years apart.. not too bad but fun cause they play together and have fun together and are cute!