Would you class 2years 10months a small age gap?

[37andfree]

Just that really.

Nope I have 13 month-18 months between all mine and i would only see 13-15 as short

Average neither small or large. Too small for me but not small- small is less than 18 months imo

It’s normal. 2 years is standard.

I have 20 months between my two and I might say I have a small age gap when referring to the fact they’re one school year apart, but really I’d say below 18 months is a small age gap.

No. I have almost exactly 2 years between dd1 and ds, then 22 months between ds and dd2.

I don't feel like I had especially short gaps, though 3 under 4 was challenging. MIL had 16 months between dh and bil and I think that's a short gap!

No, bang on average I’d say. To me, close is under 2 years or 18 months really.

Not at all.

I'd say it's average. There's 13 months between my two I would class that as a small gap

No.
Just that really

I'd say it's quite big but in my family we have form for popping them out quickly.

My sister had twins, 15 months between my 2 and 17 months between me and my sister.

Average gap

Pretty standard

That’s exactly what I’d have said too.

Anything between 2 and 4 years is pretty average. That said, these days I think lots of people are pushing the gap to latter half of that range so 3-4 years, not the 2-3 years that was more common when I was a child, probably because of the cost of having 2 in childcare means it’s preferable to wait for the funded hours if not school age for the eldest.

I had three under three and a half that was interesting! But they are all good friends now at 19, 18 and 16 🤪

I have 2 years 9 months between my last 2 and it seemed a tiny gap to me personally compared to my first gap of 10 years but it is very average amongst my children's peers and lots of our friends have the exact same gap.

Nope. I would say 2-4 years is fairly normal. Less than 2 years I would see as a small age gap and 5+ years a bigger one.

No. Mine are 20 months apart and I think that's small, mainly because my son was not talking and still in nappies (therefore still a baby really) when my daughter arrived. I'd go for what I would call a normal or reasonable age gap if we have a third i.e. verbal child and probably potty trained... so I would aim 28 months plus.

Not at all.

My sibling and I are this age difference to the day

Pretty standard age difference in our friendship groups.

Nope, sounds average. I have 13 months between 1&2, and will have 15 months between 2&3, with a total of 2yrs5months between 1&3.

No, I’d class around 18/19months and under as a small gap.

Agreed.

Not at all, that's nearly 3 years, has someone said it is?

No, I’d say that is average.

I would say anything under 2 years is a small age gap. 4 years+ is bigger.

No.

Why do you ask @37andfree ?