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[quote=Anonymous]My brother is 4.5 years older than I am and my sister is almost 3 years older than I am. Growing up I adored my brother. These days I’m closer to my sister. I loved being about 2 years apart and always wanted that, but my kids (2 girls) ended up 4 years 4 MOs apart. The little one is almost two and a half, her sister is almost 7. They adore each other and play together a lot, but there is also a lot of apart time. It’s a balance.

Yesterday: we went to the zoo as a family. They crawled around in the grass pretending to be animals and then had each other in stitches blowing bubbles in the bathtub. Today: the older one was mad the younger one was trying to play with her toys, then they snuggled and held hands watching cartoons. I took the little one to the grocery store while the older one played with her toys, then I took them both swimming. After swimming and lunch the two year old napped and I took the older one on a special outing. We hired a sitter who took them both to the playground from 4-6 so we could get some things done, and then ate as a family. My husband got the toddler ready for bed while the older one went bike riding and had s’mores with neighbors and then both girls went down around  8 (since the 6 year old doesn’t nap). So, some time as a family and some time apart.

I was really sad when we were trying our children were going to be further apart (if it happened at all) than I’d hoped, but it’s amazing so far. My closest fried from childhood is 4 yrs older than her sister and they’ve always been so close. She wanted her kids 4 years apart, but got married in her late 30’s so ended up feeling like she had to have them back to back.

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