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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, my family choices really aren't impacted by an 8 year olds opinion.  My kids are 6ywara apart and adore each other.  The older one remembers being lonely and waited and waited for my younger one to be able to play.  Now at 3 and 9 they love each other. [/quote]

What do they play together?[/quote]

I'm a new poster, but I also have children 6 years apart.  Two girls who are currently 2 and almost 8.  Just got back from the beach... they had a blast digging and burying each other in the sand.  At home they play together in our blow up pool in the backyard and run through the sprinkler/splash pad thing together.  They do kid yoga videos and dance parties together.  My older DD reads book after book to her little sister.  They color together at our little art table.  Older DD makes up all these cute games with letter magnets to help my 2 year old learn her letters.  They build with magna tiles together.  They build forts together.  They do gymnastics "routines" on DD1's gymnastics equipment.

Obviously they are not as good playmates as children closer in age would be, but they actually play together plenty.  And they don't fight like closer-aged siblings tend to do!

They adore each other...DD1 is the first one to go into DD2's room in the morning and they spend like ten minutes in the crib giggling and squealing with delight about who knows what while I finish my coffee.  It's lovely.  DD2 gets quite mad if anyone else in the family goes in there first.  She begs for "seeester, seester".  Oh my heart!

Older DD has a full and busy life with school, camp, gymnastics, friends/playdates.  I make sure not to deny her an activity she wants to participate in or an event she wants to go to because of the baby.  With only two kids, organization, and the right child care set ups, it's all very manageable.  She obviously gets less attention now, but that's truly a GOOD thing -- much more so at age 6 onwards than age 2 or 3 when most younger siblings tend to come along.   [/quote]

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