To have a 10 year old, 8 year old and… a newborn??

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DH and I would both love to have another child. We have two daughters already who are 10 and 8. We don’t know anyone IRL with this sort of age gap so would be interested to hear from anyone who has this age gap and can tell us how it has worked for their family.

Would it be unreasonable of us to have another with our existing children being older?

I know plenty of people with a much bigger age gap, if you want to try then just do - your biggest issue may in reality conceiving, depending on your age, it may not be as straightforward.

From a sibling perspective, I was 10 and my sister was 8 when my brother was born. It was/ is brilliant. I loved helping in the baby/ toddler stage and watching him grow up. There was no falling out as the age gap was too big. As he grew up, we stayed close and are great friends. We are very close now 30 years on. He’s often my confident and support even though he’s the younger one!

I have an 11year old and I'm currently pregnant. Also have a 19 year old step dd both are very excited and want to be fully involved.

My brother and sister are 10&8 years older than me and it's not something I ever would do. If you had two more then maybe but I absolutely hated being so much younger and I had a totally different childhood from my siblings and have barely any bond with them.

Mine are 28, 20, 12 and 10. They are all really close except the 12 and 10 year olds who can't even stand to be in the same room as each other!

I was a surprise final baby, so big gap between me and my siblings (my next sibling up from me is 12 years older).

I think a lot depends on the personalities of your children, but for me I think it was lovely to grown up in a family with older siblings and as an adult we’re close. At times as a small child I was a bit lonely but I’m very happy with my lot!