5 year age gap

[Friedseasalt]

If you had a 5/6 year age gap between kids, how was it? What did it look like.. My son is an only child atm.

My daughter is 5 and a half years younger than my son and they are 21 and 15 now and it works out great. They definitely did argue a lot when they were younger like all siblings really but they had so many sweet moments and I think DD felt proud to have a big older brother!! They're super close now and don't argue whatsoever. As a sidenote, I also have a 7 year old who they both argue with like a life hobby 😁

We have a 6 year age gap - it was great when little one was a baby as the big one helped and loved doing it, we had a difficult couple of years where they were fighting a lot but now they are both a bit older it’s great we have a ready made babysitter and the older one has thrived because of the responsibility and even helps with the little ones sport although finding days out activities can be difficult often when we go places like theme parks we split up however as the younger one gets bigger this is also getting easier

We have a six year gap. Conceiving and second pregnancy was much harder due to me being six years older. Easy as only one toddler at a time! Greatful we will only have one teenager at a time too. No real issues from the oldest when baby was born as they were old enough to understand a baby's needs take a lot of time. A bit helpful but refused to change any nappies! Difficult as interests and needs are quite different so split into two twos a lot to give them both what they need. Youngest is still a toddler. Youngest has been much easier going. They get on well with a bit of bickering. Lpts can be passed on as they are fully done with things like the pram before next needs it. Looking forward to the older one babysitting the younger one!