How far apart are your children and why do you think the spacing was good/bad?

Answer 1

My children are 19, 17 and 9.... the older two are 22 months apart I was shooting for about 24 months apart .. Who would have thought the first time we had unprotected sex since the first was born would get us the second... I thought it would take at least a few trys :)

There are 7 years 7 months between the middle and the youngest... Not planned... I had cancer and was told I couldn't have anymore children ... Boy, were those Dr's wrong...

I have enjoyed each of my children but I have enjoyed the youngest the most... I was much older when I had her and having her all alone in the house while the others were in school was wonderful... If I had it to do all over again I would probably space the older two out 3-4 years instead of having them so close together ...

However I can't really say it was good or bad it's just how it was...

Answer 2

I have and 8 year old, 6 year old (22 months apart) and now an 11 month old.
I think either the close age gap or the large age gap both have advantages. On the one hand, having babies closer together gets the harder work over and done with sooner and the children grow up with a playmate (and someone to fight with everyday!) but the large age gap is great too because I have more time for the baby now that the others are older and more independant....however now I wonder if my little one needs a playmate too....

Answer 3

My kids are 6 1/2 and 7 years apart. The biggest mistake I ever made was having the second one that late. His sister was so jealous! She did everything she could to harm him without my catching him. At one point, she threw him out with the garbage while I was in the shower, and I just beat the truck to the curb. The others aren't so bad. My doctor told me that the worst ages for new sibs are 6-8 and 14 -18. and he should know he had 8 kids( half adopted).

Answer 4

My boys are 3 years apart. I think it works out really well. They're still interested in a lot of the same things. And at the same time my older one was "big enough" to be a little independant when my younger one was born.

My sister and I were two years apart, and while that is fine now we fought HORRIBLY growing up.

Maybe it's just because boys are easier, but mine don't fight bad at all and they're 11 and 8.

Answer 5

We have a 3 1/2 year old and a 7 week old, daughters. I like this spacing because our older one is old enough to understand how to act around a baby. She understands that babies are fragile. She is learning appropriate ways to touch and play with her sister. I still feel that we are constantly setting rules (no touching the face, no touching the head, don't force her hands open so that you can put a rattle in it...etc.) She is still learning, but the fact that she is capable of understanding is the key. The jealousy issues are still there, but there are ways of channeling those feelings into positive outlets.

Answer 6

I have a 22, 20, 19, 9, 5, nothing wrong with the spacing. If I didn't have my youngest two I would have them all out of school. That is life I guess.

Answer 7

i have 6 children and there is about 1 1/2 - 3 years age gap from one to the other,, ages are boy 10 ,girl 9 , boy 6 , girl 4 , boy 3, years & girl 7 months ,i find this fine, i am glad i had them close ,the older ones love having the baby around too,,i find the 1 1/2 year age gap fine..

Answer 8

I have 3 daughters, Two of them were 3 years apart which was quite nice as they could play together and still do now they are 12 and 10, My third daughter is 21months and we have decided to try for another as we feel although we all play with her as much as we can its not quite the same as a sibling of a similar age

Answer 9

my daughters are 11 and 8. they was 3 years apart and i thought it worked out great my oldest at the time was always wanting to help with the baby. when i taught my oldest something she in turned tried to teach the baby that. it was cute. and as time went on they are very close. they like the same thing. so 3 years was great for me

now i am expecting my 3rd in awhile. i am not sure how 8 years will be, but both of the girls are old enough they want to be involved in my whole pregnancy. from picking out things to it's name. i don't think 8 yrs will be that bad.

Answer 10

My son will be 3 the day after Halloween and my daughter is 8 months. I thought this was perfect because they play with each other. They love to do all sorts of things together and if there was a big age gap it would have been different. This way they have someone else to play with, they entertain each other, and they are really happy to have someone to be around.