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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a similar spread - 25 months. It was great. [/quote]

Mine are 26 months apart.  I can't lie, it was HARD.  I think a lot depends on the temperament of your older child, which you have probably just only started to get to know.  It turns out mine is pretty emotionally intense!  She was a very easy infant and 1 year old.  But oh hell, after turning 2 (while I was 8 months pregnant) the wheels really fell off.  Of course, I can't know how much of this was just *her* and how much was her emotional reaction to a new sibling.  She got VERY hard right as we had the new baby.

I'd say it was like that until she turned 4, so almost 2 years.  Of course not ALL hard, there was plenty of wonderful in there too.  But I was bone tired exhausted.  I didn't even realize how tired I was at the time.

But now?  Now it's pretty awesome.  They are 3 and 5 during this pandemic, which are pretty good ages for staying home with your parents.  They can watch tv, they are pretty easily entertained, and they sort of thrive on boredom in a positive way.  It's still hard for sure, but a much more manageable hard than the first 2 years.[/quote]

Mine are 23 months apart and 4 and 6 now I'd say the same thing. It was incredibly difficult for the first couple of years just on every aspect of my life - my job, my marriage, my health. It was much harder than the transition to parenthood. But then it got easier, and now they're good playmates for each other and they're more independent, and I'm glad we had them close together. (But I do wonder, if I'd had them further apart, if I'd be up for #3.)[/quote]

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