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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are 5.5 years apart, by choice. Honestly, it's been great. DC1 was super excited to get a sibling, and never really lost that excitement--they've always been happy to have a sibling. DC1 did try to act like a parent at times throughout their childhood, but DC2 is very much their own person and from a very young age looked at DC1 as a peer--an older and (sometimes) wiser peer, but a peer nonetheless. They have always gotten on well together, with occasional spats, and now at 18.5 and 24 are quite good friends.
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Me again: I also want to say that I've also enjoyed this spacing. I loved having one baby/toddler at a time--I feel like they both really got a lot of attention from DH and me. I like that DC2 got to do his teen years outside of DC1's shadow (as DC1 was off at college). I also really liked having them be at different stages. A rational, reasonable 8-year-old is a breath of fresh air after spending several hours with a tantrumming two-year-old. And a still-sweet and cuddly 10-year-old is a real psychic balm after having your umpteenth argument with a prickly teenager. [/quote]

Aww thanks for this. I’m not OP but about to have a baby whose next closest sibling will be 5.5 years older. [/quote]

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