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[quote=Anonymous]Would love to hear from anyone with a large age gap between kids.

We have an 8 year old, 6 year old, and just turned 15 month old. The first 9 months were hard because well babies are babies, but at least the baby was fairly portable and pretty good on the go and just going with the flow. Around that time a switch flipped and he just won't nap anywhere but his crib anymore and since he started crawling only wants to be moving around and not confined to a stroller or baby carrier.

Logistics have gotten trickier with our older two who have sports and friends and activities, and a baby who is on a totally different schedule and is not easy-going or flexible at soccer practice or on days like today where we spent a big chunk of time at a friend's get together until I had to leave and take the baby home because he was melting down.

I know this is par for the course and there isn't much to do, but our family seems divided because at this point it's so much easier for one parent to take the older two someone and one to stay home with the baby. DH and I do trade off, but I definitely end up spending more time with the baby and he's with the older ones. It feels like I am missing out on a lot with the older ones, especially on some of the more fun activities.

I guess I would just love to know when it gets better and the gap is less of an issue. Maybe when the baby no longer naps? Or maybe it's still an issue because they will always be in such different phases? Just feels so hard right now.

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