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What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?
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Anonymous
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Mine are a little over two years. It was hard the first year or two but now it's great. They are 4.5 and 6.5 and they play together for long stretches and often. Not sure if it's
"ideal"but it works for us. |
Anonymous
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3! Old enough to help, but still young enough to play with each other.
Saw what my friends went through going 2 years a part and was thankful we waited. |
Anonymous
| I think 3 years would be ideal, followed by 4. I only need one child who isnt potty trained at a time. In reality, I am likely looking at a 4-6 year difference. |
Anonymous
| I love two years. We had first, then waited two years for second, and another two years for third. I grew up with one sibling 5 years older and hated it, so I always wanted kids close in age. |
Anonymous
| 3 to 4 years is perfect. Enough time w/ the first to really enjoy. Then the first is old enough to be in school p/t when #2 comes, isn't so needy and already has some very basic discipline in place. I've seen some tough behavior problems in families w/ closely spaced kids and I think partly its b/c parents are so harried w/ the baby they don't really have time to teach the older one good behavior...its putting out fires, not fire prevention. That plus its supposed to be idea from a health POV. Not just mom's, but healthier for the babies, too. |
Anonymous
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Two years.
There are two years, six days between our first two, and then another two years two months between our second and third. |
Anonymous
| Ours are 3 years apart and so far so good. |
Anonymous
| Five years! |
Anonymous
For me? An eternity. One and done. 
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Anonymous
| I think it depends on the older sibling. Ours are 2.4 months apart and it is ideal. My DD has helped take care of our DS since he was born. They are now almost 3 and 5 and they are best friends. Play together for hours, share a room, help each other with everything. For us, this is absolutely perfect. But I think it depends on the kids. Some will never be close no matter what the spacing is. |
Anonymous
| PP here - 2 years and 4 months apart! |
Anonymous
| Ours are 2.5 years apart and I wish I'd waited a bit longer so DC#1 would have been potty trained and a bit more mature to deal with getting a sibling. She's been quite jealous so far (only 2 months in) and it's been really hard. I hear/hope it will get better... |