What is the age gap between your children?

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What is the age gap between your children and what have you liked/found challenging with the age gap?

3 years and 11 months.
I find the age gap just right, my son was able to be a bit more independent when baby arrived and he was fully potty trained etc which massively helped. He’d also settled into nursery routine really well which I found soooo good because he got a break from baby sometimes and I got a break from having two. ;)

As they’ve aged (14 and 10), I find their relationship to be absolutely beautiful. My son is quite a young 14 and happy to play with younger children. My daughter is quite an old 10. They have an amazing friendship on top of being siblings.

Would not change my age gap for the world.

1 year and 9 months.. the 1st year was intense having them close together but they are 4 and 5 now and its lovely to see them growing up together.

20 months
It worked for us. I was still in baby mode, so second DD slotted in. They are good friends. Same stage of life. I think lockdown was easier with a pair.

Cons... Childcare was unaffordable. Pregnancy was hard. Teenage years could be fun

8 years between 1&2 8 years between 2&3 then less than 2 years between 3&4. I found the age gap between ds3&4 the hardest. They are now 10 and 8 and fight constantly which none of the others did .

Ds1 and 2 have a really good relationship as do ds2 and 3 even though the age gap is so big

Ds4 has asd though which makes things more difficult. Lockdown has bern really hard. I think it's made the relationship between ds3 and 4 worse.

14 years and it's perfect

8 years between DD1 and DS and then 14 months between DS and DD2. It’s so hard some days as the little ones both need me but as they are getting older it’s beautiful to watch their relationship develop.
I found the eight year gap the hardest as I had forgotten how to parent a needy baby!

4 years. It's worked well for us. Eldest was in school nursery when youngest arrived so I had mornings with baby and when baby napped had one on one time with the preschooler. Some years the age gap seems larger than others e.g at 3 and 7 they were into the same things, at 9 and 13 they were worlds apart, but they've always got along well and are close.

1 & 2 : 5yr, lots of jealousy in early days, eldest not bothered for others now as a teen.
2 & 3 : 16.5mth so sweet young but now fight a lot
3 & 4/5 : 2 month shy of 3 years, get on mostly. The twin bond is awesome.
4/5 & 6 will be 6yr 5mth, little ones are excited to meet baby.
Number 2 is our only boy.

23 years

18 months. Hell the first year but lovely afterwards.

12 months between my two. They are both preschoolers so largely we treat them the same. It's ok but I feel I'm always in demand

3 years exactly between DD1 and DD2. 2.5 years between DD2 and DD3. The only friction is between DD1 and DD3 who seem very different in age currently 13 and 7. I wouldn't have have wanted a larger gap than there is.

3 years which worked well for us and used to be recommended. There are 6 years between me and my older sister and she was instrumental in introducing me to books, music, theatre, make up and the facts of life. There is 10 years between her and my younger sister, A huge gap when we were growing up but age doesn’t matter now.

3years 9 months

Haven’t got no. 2 yet but assuming pregnancy goes well I’ll have a gap of 2.5 years.

I’m nervous because my sister in law has the same gap and said it was a nightmare because she was trying to potty train her eldest with a newborn, and also her eldest dropped his nap when the newborn arrived.

4 years between my 4 Dc. Love how close they all are, how great they play together. Many challenges along the way.

19 months, first year was relatively easy. It all went downhill when youngest hit toddler stage

3 years. Really pleased with how it’s worked out. Baby days weren’t too stressful and now at 3 and 6 they play very sweetly together.

My first is almost 2.5 years and trying to decide when to have our second. Is there an ideal time? I’m not sure there is. From what I can see you make it work to suit whatever the age gap.

Three years and one month. It works well for us. Close enough to play together but big enough that the eldest can understand and have the patience to wait, ability to help etc. DS1 was a strong willed toddler and I can’t imagine coping with him at 2yrs old and a baby.

Exactly two and a half years. I wish it was smaller to be honest. It was very hard work initially with a toddler and newborn but in the long run I think smaller age gaps are easier and better for the kids. I'm currently a bit sad though because my ds is now a teen at secondary and my dd is still at primary and they have little in common and he seems so much older.

20 months. Crazy hard in the beginning but as they've grown older I'm glad they are so close in age and have similar interests. They're both girls.

18 months. The first year was unreal hard. But once the second one was up and walking it's honestly amazing. They're like best friends. I think of them like twins as they do literally everything together. They're my little team.