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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people think that smaller age gap is harder/worse for the first few years and that it’s easier later on when kids play together, go to same school, have same friends/activities/schedules, etc.

I have both a 2-year age gap and a 3.5-year age gap. While the baby years were easier the second time around (even though I already had 2 older kids), now that kids are 8, 6 and 3, it would have been much easier had they been 8, 6 and 4.[/quote].

Can you say more about how it would be easier if it were all 2 years apart now? I see this said a lot but few people give concrete examples beyond same school, same friends etc. [/quote]

In my case with 3 kids it is not as obvious because even if my third was born 1.5 years earlier, he would still be 4 years younger than my first. 
However, for families with 2 kids, having them close in age means that the kids are more likely to be on same developmental stage… especially since (like in my case) the second usually does everything earlier than the first did. My girls are 2 years apart and play together 24/7, they watch the same movies, they take the same swimming and tennis lesson, etc. Had they been 3 years apart, I doubt this would have been possible. Once kids are in elementary school, schedules get really crazy between school, sports, activities, play dates, birthday parties, etc. having the kids doing some of this together is a big help.[/quote]

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