Tell me about your 3-4 year age gap...

[GuybrushThreepwoodMP]

... and why you love it.

Due to a mmc and not being ready to ttc again yet, our planned less-than-3 year age gap will now be bigger. I want to hear all about how wonderful it is to have a 3-4 year gap please!

Thanks

4 - nearly 5 year age gap between my sister and me, and then a four year age gap between her and my other sister, and a 3 year age gap between her and my brother. My mum was young when she started having kids (22), so she was able to do this. It was fantastic, we all have a really nice bond - the next one down from me is close enough in age to me so that we have things in common, but not close enough in age so that we have any real sibling rivalry at all. With the other two it has been a big help for my mum having me so much older as it meant I could help out with them and be almost like a second mum. I think it is a great thing.

3.5 yr gap here too and it's worked really well for us for very similar reasons as other posters.
DD has just turned 4 and she entertains 5 mth old DS beautifully while I get on with things. She's also a brilliant second pair of hands if DS throws up and I don't have a mussie near by etc.
Also I'm finding I'm appreciating the stages more because the two of them aren't in it together so I can enjoy the pre school years fully with my DD and the baby stage with DS as there isn't any cross over. E.g. DD can fully feed herself and clear herself up so I can concentrate on weaning DS without feeling like I'm pulling in a hundred directions. Or I can put DS down to kick around while doing a craft activity with DD without having a toddler clawing at the stuff.
My only thing is that due to their birthdays they are 4 school years apart and that feels like a lot to me and the only draw back at the moment (but it may turn out better then I think!)

Three year age gap, but four school years. Girl then boy, no sibling rivalry but then the age gap has meant that they have led fairly separate lives, never attended schools at the same time due to age gap and gender at secondary stage. They didn't play together much as little ones due to one being at nursery then school whilst youngest at home, and even now eldest is at uni and goes to the pub whilst the youngest is still stuck at home . They like each other but don't seem to have anything in common, I'm Hoping they'll get closer once the age difference becomes less obvious. I have amongst friends though that when the boy is eldest the age gap doesn't seem so vast.

3.6yr age gap, DD2 is only 3 months old but so far it is going well and seems a good age gap. DD1 is reasonably independent, can take herself to the toilet, eat her food without help once it is cut up, will play by herself for a while, has a bit of understanding that sometimes I can't do what she wants immediately because of the baby though she isn't happy about it. She goes to pre-school 3days a week so I get time with DD2/ to catch up on jobs or sleep/ to sit on the settee watching rubbish daytime TV like I did on my first maternity leave.i don't know how people cope having DC2 while DC1 is still a baby. The girls adore each other. DD1 says that when DD2 is old enough they are going to share a room and have bunk beds, but I expect that will change as DD2 will be a lot more annoying to DD1 once she is mobile.

Happy dd1 keeps telling me that she and dd2 will be sharing a room and bunk beds too dd1 is now mobile and very cheeky. She likes to yank her sisters hair and nip her but dd1 still adores her