Does anyone else have a big age gap? 7+ years

[Ostryga]

Planning on ttc next year, but worried about the impact on Dd, really don’t want her to feel like a second mum, or pushed out since it’s been us for so long.

How do you navigate this when your first is older?

Just wanted to share from a different perspective. I am the oldest of five children and there are seven years between me and my sister (the youngest). Us two are actually the closest despite our age gap. When we were younger I loved looking after her from time to time, and now that we're older (29 and 22) it's me she comes to for "adulting advice" as she calls it.

I can't comment when there aren't more children in between but just wanted to share it's definitely not all doom and gloom with larger age gaps.

Ten years between mine!