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[quote=Anonymous]Mine have an even bigger gap (almost 7 years) and it is wonderful. They are the same sex, so they even share a room (at the older one's request!) and #1 doesn't mind "playing down" AT ALL for her little sister. It is a bit of a little Mommy situation, as she loves to push her stroller, feed her, etc (and #1 is quite the tomboy and never played with dolls, so this surprised me!). It's pretty amazing to watch them together. I'm mindful of giving #1 her own space so that the baby doesn't knock over her lego structure or intrude on playdates, etc. My friends with kids close in age (a.k.a - everyone!) truly admire our set up.

I've been so much more relaxed through the whole transition. I also found that I really found my footing as a parent before #2 came along. I have more patience, more hindsight, am well rested, my marriage was totally back on track and weathered the 2nd infant stage in a much better fashion. Financially, it was so much easier. Granted, we obviously started younger since we were able to have such a big gap, but not having 2 in daycare at once was HUGE for us. We make a TON more money now in our careers than we did with #1 and are more savvy with what to spend it on for the kids. Also won't have 2 in college at the same time (we hope to pay cash for each of them, so this was big in our planning). We've been able to sock away more money early on for retirement as well, since that extra few thousand/month went to investing instead of daycare.

Also - I like the fact that we'll have a kid in the house for a longer period of time. I really love being a parent and was kind of sad at the thought of an empty nest so soon.

I'm rambling now, but you'll really enjoy the spacing. Great families come in all ways :)[/quote]

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