Do you think sibling relationships are "set" at a very early age

[diplodocus]

Was just wondering really. For those of you with older children, if they have a generally good relationship with each other (I know there will always be some disagreements etc. between siblings), has this always been the case? And alternatively if there is a lot of friction between them, did you find that it has always been like this (jealousy of a younger sibling etc.), or have there been major changes in the quality and nature of their relationship over the years?

I hope so, our DCs get on really well unless they are overtired.

But I don't think so. My relationship with my brothers was always changing. Still is to a certain extent, sometimes closer to one, sometimes the other, even though we all live in different countries.

Yes, I suppose the question was rather wishful thinking on my part as my two generally seem to like each other. On the other hand my brother was very jealous when I was born, and we never really got on as chidren. We get on OK now, but still aren't close.

I don't know about my own children - they're still a bit young. DS (24mo) loves dd (5mo) but I'm waiting for the jealousy to set in.
With my sister - 2.7 years younger - we went through a million phases, and I remember loving her and wanting to guage her eyes out at the same time. I reckon that if your children are close, they'll get on and fight in equal measures.
Fighting's good - it teaches you how to debate stuff. It took years for my dh, an only child, to be comfortable with confrontation and know the difference between a disagreement and an argument.
My sister broke my arm once, but we are close as can be now.
What's the age/sex of your two?

2 years exactly, phlossie

my older 2 have always had a love/hate relationship.theres only 11 months between them but dd1(9) has alwasy been the jealous one if ds1(10)gets any attention.

ds2(4.5) and dd2(2.3)have a very similar relationship,with the excpetion that ds2 is very protective of dd2(which will be handy in 10-12 years).dd3 is almost 1 and she likes everyone and everyone likes her

my sister is 3.5 years older than me,and we were fairly close growing up(as long as i did what she told me without question,and took the blame if she did owt wrong),but we dont even speak now.

Blimey, Divastrop, I lost count of how many children you have!
I love the idea of having a house full of children.
How do the older ones get on with the younger ones?
My sister and I both get on really well with our little brother - 5.2 years younger than my sis and 7.9 years younger than me. Age and sex doesn't seem to make much difference...