How many years between your kiddos? Poll

jab4ever

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kms34

Ours are almost exactly 2.5 years apart.  We are less than two weeks in but it's going well.  Evan loves his little brother.  He's shown no jealousy so far.  It was pretty easy to prepare him for a baby due to his age.  He understands why babies cry and that they can't do/eat/drink the things he can.  He likes to help get diapers and put Zach's bottles in the sink, etc. 

Originally we wanted them to be closer to 3 years apart but we got pregnant sooner than we thought we would. 

OxAMYxO

Thats a straight up lie Kendra. Tiff and I saved baby Zachary from a 3ft fall when his non-jealous brother tried to pull him off your bed

brynners

Ours are 3.5 years apart.  We've decided to try for a 3rd, and I think we'll just let nature take it's course.  I wanted ours to be closer to 2 years apart, but it took us a year to get PG with Isla.  I don't want our 3rd to be really far apart from E, so we'll just see how it goes.  I would rather have Isla and #3 close together than have 6+ years between E and #3, if that makes sense.  

Teresa

2.5 years over here, too.  There was no rhyme or reason as to why, we just knew that we wanted to have 2 and the timing was not considered at all.  
2.5 years apart was good, and NOW that #2 is almost 3, it?s really good.  But I think even closer together would have been fine.  I just appreciate that they will play together.   I was also in the no spring chicken basket so I?m glad all the being pregnant and baby stage is over and done with. 

kms34

OxAMYxO:

Thats a straight up lie Kendra. Tiff and I saved baby Zachary from a 3ft fall when his non-jealous brother tried to pull him off your bed

Motherfvcker! I forgot about that.

Okay...maybe a smidge of jealousy

SuperCuteBenz

2.5 for us. We knew we didn't want them more than 3 years apart, so it ended up working out perfectly. "If" we decide to try for #3, it will be towards the end of the year. Ideally, 2 and 3 would be 2.5-3 years apart as well. I would have liked it to be 2 years, but I am in a wedding in September.

ETA: Obviously, my math sucks, because I would have to get pregnant next month to hit 2.5 years apart. So, yeah that isn't happening.

Haven1

Well, mine are 45 seconds apart.

We probably would have gone with 2.5 years apart had we not had twins. My sister and I are 6 years apart, and it's way too many. DH is 4 years younger than his sister, and he felt that was too many too. The boys are 1.5, and I would could have handled being pregnant now if I wanted more.

luvjon

22 months apart.  I never really thought about how close or far they would be apart, just something clicked when DD turned 1 and we knew we were ready for a second.

njh514

Our kids are 2 months shy of 4 years apart. FOR US it was perfect. I never wanted two in diapers. Owen is old enough that he can kind of entertain himself while I deal with the baby if needed. There are times that are still rough, but for us it has worked really well. Owen absolutely loves Amelie and I think that's so cool. He likes to do things to make her laugh, but on the flip side always reports and hounds us if Amelie is fussy. He wants us to DO SOMETHING RIGHT FREEKING NOW!!! (can't say as though I blame him, but sometimes kids are just mad and you have to just let them be mad)

cubluebride

Our kids will be 23 months apart when #2 is born.

DH is 38 & I'll be 34 in March.  We want more than 2, so we had to get going, esp. since it took 16 months to get pg with DS1.  It took us about 5 months to get pg this time, and interestingly, I was pg the month after I stopped BF.

sroby

E and Ian are also 3 months shy of being 4 years apart.  It is a nice balance for us.  She is old enough that she can entertain herself and is getting pretty self sufficient.  He already loves his sister.  I hope they have a close relationship.

indomesticbliss

We wanted the kids 15 months apart, but we knew we were changing insurance policies and I had a waiting period for maternity coverage, so we wound up with. 18.5 months apart.

Personally, I love it! A is super scheduled (mostly by his own doing) and B fits right into his schedule. A loves his little sister and he's still young enough that he needs nap time and quiet time, so staying around the house more with a newborn doesn't bug him one bit.

I can say that the transition from one to two has been much easier than going from none to one was for us, despite some major health issues for B and I. 

robynlynn83

P and B are 26 months apart, B and M are 18 months apart and M and J are 29 months apart. The gap between Berkeley and Mara was the easiest despite Berkeley not digging Mara at first but I blame most of that on Mara being in the NICU for 18 days and Berkeley not getting to meet the baby or get used to her at first. I like ours close together--I don't get out of tge habit of diapers, diaper bags and naps. I am from a family with big gaps between kids and we are not close at all. I didn't want a gap between kids and it works for us.

+ShannonB+

J and D are 22.5 months apart, D and #3 are 2.5 years apart.  We wanted the kids about 2 years apart, for a couple of reasons:

- We knew we wanted 3-4 kids and if we waited longer, I'd be having kids FOREVER!

- My brother and I were 4 years apart and not close growing up, DH is 10 years older than his siblings, but his siblings are 2 years apart and super close.

- I start to get baby fever, when they turn 1, so bad that I almost threw "the plan" out the window and considered another Feb/March baby (we already have a crazy run from Christmas to my b-day in April!).  But the rational part of me held out, so I wasn't pg on my 30th or on my trip to Vegas!  :-)

♥SUM♥

Mine are 17 mos apart. They could have been 11 mos apart but it took 6 mos to get pg with S. I prayed for twins the first time, and when I didnt get them we knew we would start right away. I would not change it for anything. I LOVE how close they are and did not want them far apart. Everything flowed nice!

dimake

Mine are 22 months apart...  it was rough to have two in diapers, but it felt timed just right that the younger was in "calm baby" stage when the older one hit temper tantrum time, and now that the younger one is getting to be a difficult toddler, the older one is a helpful preschooler...