Sibling age gap..

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What do you think the best age gap between siblings is?

Can you afford nursery times two?

my friend’s “second” was twins and she had 3 under 2! (15m gap)
so careful what you wish for!

I read this article when I was pondering the same question!
https://www.nct.org.uk/pregnancy/having-another-baby/whats-best-age-gap-between-siblings

I thought it made excellent points, so on that basis decided to go for the medium gap. I also spoke to a mum of one of my sisters friends who has looooads of kids and she told me the closest ones were the ones with a gap between 2-3 years, so I decided to aim for that. My son is only 6 months so can’t really comment yet, but so far it’s been lovely. My daughter loves her little brother and is thrilled to be a big sister. (Age gap is 26 months)

The biggest benefit for me has been getting the baby stuff all done at the same time: I’m not a fan of the baby stage so I’d have hated getting through nappies to school and going back and doing it all again. Also anticipating them playing well together is exciting: can’t wait to see them at 2 and 4!

As others say though, I think you end up appreciating what you have! Maybe review the list and weigh up the pros and cons depending on what’s important to you? As I say, I found it very helpful.

We have 14 months. Planned but not expected so quickly.

i see it as everything was done in one go, pushchairs/nappies the lot gone! They also don’t know a time without each other.

I think most people will just vote for what they have. Ours are 20 months apart. First year with two was very hard work and then two in nursery was very expensive. But after a year or ao then they were mostly best friends (when not trying to kill each other) and played together loads. They had the benefit of ready made company and we definitely got time back for ourselves. It's also been great that they have both enjoyed similar holidays and days out.

How are you getting on now ? what are the sex of the kids out of interest? Xx