5 or 6 years gap between your children?

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I left it so late to have a no 2 that there will be such a big gap between my kids. Positive/negative experiences?

dd3 is exactly 5 years younger than dd1 ( I did sneak another one inbetween, lol)
that gap is fab - dd1 is great with her, sings to her, can hold her without me worrying, is happy to read to her, entertain her. She has her own little life going on, and just made room for dd3, go for it!

in my family, the kids are 3years aparent, then 8 years, then 2 years. 3 year siblings have most issues.
I know a few people with 5 year age gaps - all have been really positive about it

My brother is almost 5 years older than me and we have always got on really really well.

5 years 8 months between my brother and I-he looks after me.
4 years 9 months between dd and ds dont see any problem at the moment

8 years here - it's fine, the older one helps the little one alot but they do clash sometimes, like any other sibilings i imagine!

any more?

there is nearly 6 years between ds1 and ds2 (ds1 is 7 in nov, ds2 is 1 in august) and it is a fab age gap ds1 is so patient with ds2, loves playing with him and ds2 thinks he is great! i can leave ds 2 in another room with ds1 and know he will tell me if he's found a choking hazard etc etc. and ds1 is at school so it's a bit like only having one during the day. honestly can't recommend it enough

having said all that there is only going to be 14 months between ds2 and no3 due in nov, can't imagine thats going to be quite so easy

8 years between ds1 and ds2 and will be 4 years between next one - so far fine, no com petition ds1 on occasion just about tolerates ds2 - ds2 has learnt how to wind up ds1.
DS1 helps alot!

exactly 5 years between dd1 and dd2
dd1 gets miffed with dd2 sometimes at the mo because she is 2 and quite annoying but on the whole they get on great

Five years and two weeks gap between my two. It works really welland always has. When dd was born, ds was in Reception and they made a big fuss of him. He has always protected her and been really proud from the very beginning, even though he wasn't impressed when he found out he was going to have a sibling.

They are now 9 and 4. Most of the time they play together really well. I'm not saying they don't argue - of course they do, but it has advantages. dd loves it when ds reads to her. At the moment, she is in awe of him as she is about to start school and he tells her all about it.

ds is 10 and dd is 4...it's a lovely age gap. He's protective...he giggles at her and with her...they play pretend together (he pretends he's humouring her but he's enjoying it just as much).They are each others best person

6 yr gap between mine (different husbands) and it's lovely. They're v close, it's great.

We have nearly 5 years between DS2 and DS1 (now 14 and nearly 19).

They get on brilliantly now, and were OK when DS2 was a baby, but not so much when DS2 was a toddler/pre=schooler; he was very cute and DS1 was quite jealous.

But they are very fond of each other and look out for each other. I think it's always a bit swings and roundabouts at different stages.

HTH

thankyou, off to tell dh.