What is a good age between siblings to have another one?

Answer 1

2 years is good, 3 years is terrible.

but also a gap of 5 years can work as well.

Answer 2

2 years

Answer 3

3 to 4 years

Answer 4

In my opinion the age between siblings doesn't matter at alll what so ever as to how your children interact with one another. My oldest sister is 12yrs. older than me and she is the one I am closest to. All in all everything traces back to the raising of the child and or children. The most common mistake is one sibling being so much older that they end up with some of the guardian responsibility. The this is easy on the parents because they figure they have a built in babysitter. One of two things happen then younger child feels bossed around or the older feels tied down. You also want to consider what kind of lifestyle you want and how long to you plan to be raising children. The facts are that your children should get al;ong no matter what age they are.

Answer 5

I agree with the people who say two years - my first two are 22 months apart and we had no problems with jealousy.

However, my sister and I are seven years apart - I saw that a couple of other people said the same and that they were never close growing up. That was not our experience - I was thrilled to get a sister and we had a lot of fun. We got a bit out of touch when she went away to University in another country, and ended up getting married there. But these days we email and try to see each other as often as funds allow.

So I think that you either have them close or at least seven years apart. I have seen more jealousy in siblings who are about four years apart.
Depending on how many you want, it can be fun to have two close, then about a six year gap and have two more close!

Answer 6

I didn't plan any of my pregnancies, but my kids are 6, 4 (almost 5), and 2. the first two are 18 months apart and 2 1/2 yrs between the 2nd and 3rd. My only sister and I are 5 yrs apart and we both felt that was too far apart. We didn't have anything in common until we were both married and having kids. I think 2 yrs is the best gap.

Answer 7

I would recommend 4 or 5 years. That gives you good quality time with the first and s/he will be mature enough to deal with the newcomer when it arrives. At 3 or less, you end up with two babies on your hands, and it seems that neither gets enough attention. At 3 kids can be haywire, you never know what they're going to do. Age will not affect their future relationship that much. My kids that are 4, 5 and 9 years apart are closer than the ones who are only 14 months apart.

Answer 8

1-3 years apart are perfect.

with this age gap they can literally 'grow together'.

the main problem is the younger one will always feel 'left out' if the elder one is more than 5-6 years old - especially in teenage.

if the younger one is say 12 and the elder one is 13 or 14, they can be close and share things / feelings but if the elder one is 17 then he / she will definitely not like to hang around or share with the 12 yr old one!

its the young and teenage years when siblings grow close generally and keep the bond for life...

Answer 9

I am 28, I have 2 brothers. One is 26 (26 months younger) and the other is 25 (42 months) and we all get along famously. We are all extremely different from one another but are pretty close now.

We fought like crazy as kids but also had the best of times.

Mom had 3 in four years

Answer 10

It depends on how your pregnancies are. If you suffer badly from morning sickness, as I did, wait until the second is out of nappies. My own children are 3 1/2 years apart for the first two, then a gap of ten years, then another gap of 3 1/2 years. Worked well for me.
I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. My brother and I were 10 months apart and we hated each other. My little brother is 10 years younger and we still hate each other.

Answer 11

My 4 children are all 2 years apart. I think that is a good age because you are getting one out of diapers at the same time as you are getting one in diapers. (budget really doesn't change much on that part). The older ones like to help out with feeding and getting diapers and all around help.