S/O Babies

Temp103605875001677 · February 2011

How far apart would you prefer your children?

Asking because one of the ladies on my month board is 6 weeks pregnant. Her son was born 12/6/10.

ashleemw · February 2011

we want 2, and we'd like them to be about 3 years/grades apart.

JJ and his brother, and my younger sister and I are and 3 years apart. we both feel it's close enough in age that we can be friends and feel like we can talk and have things in common.... but also apart enough that when activities, school and college begin there is enough space financially to manage as parents.

JackieB0129 · February 2011

My sister and I are 4 years apart and it was just enough to have not much in common. Id like them to be 2-3 years. We want 2 and DH really doesn't have a strong opinion on how far apart they are.

Temp103605875001677 · February 2011

I am 2.5 years older than my sister and 8 years older than my brother. I would like any future children 2-4 years apart. DH isn't concerned about ages between them, but we have some goals that we would like to accomplish before the next LO.

Kristin&Kelly09 · February 2011

We decided 2-3 years apart if we decide to have more kids.

LoveBeingAWife33008 · February 2011

2.5 to 3 years apart. Closer if my husband wasn't in college.

luckyinlove11902 · February 2011

2 - 3 years apart. I'm 3 years older than one sister, and 5 years older than the other. I'm very close with the 23 year old and always have been. I fought a lot with the 21 year old and then we grew much closer as adults. Any more of a gap and I think it would have been even more difficult to become close with my youngest sister.

gullterre · February 2011

It seems like we all have similar ideas! I would say 2-4 years apart! My sister and I are almost 4 years apart. We fought a lot when we were young, but we were very close after I went away to college. As I think about this baby I am just so excited to see him that it is hard for me to think about the next one. We def want a sibling because DH was an only child, as were BOTH his parents, so he wants Jamie to have a bro or sister.

Soon2BMrsSikes · February 2011

One and done for me!

jacmdb · February 2011

If we decide to have another one I would like them 2-3 years apart. I think there is a good chance we will only have one.

ClaireDunphy · February 2011

4-8-06:

Asking because one of the ladies on my month board is 6 weeks pregnant. Her son was born 12/6/10.

DH & BIL are 11 months apart. Indifferent

I'd like 3 years.. if we have a second kid.

jodippls · February 2011

If we decide to have a 2nd child I would want about 2-3 years max between the two. My brother and I are 6 years apart and it was hard for me when he was born since I had been the only child for 6 years and we weren't always close growing up.

Mrs_Link · February 2011

Probably 2 - 3 years-ish

My sister and I are four years apart, and we were BFFs growing up, although that had more to do with the fact that we moved all the time and I was always a little young for my age.

LXLX · February 2011

We're not sure. If we had two I'd like 2-3 years apart, but I just can't see us being able to afford two kids in daycare. Or wanting to make enough sacrifices to pay for two kids in daycare. So we'll see.

cakenbake · February 2011

4-8-06:
Asking because one of the ladies on my month board is 6 weeks pregnant. Her son was born 12/6/10.

Is anybody else trying to do that math in their head? Holy cow!

DH and I originally wanted our kids to be right around 2 years apart. We had planned on trying for #2 around March 2010 or so, but ended up with a surprise HPT positive in October 2009. So the boys are 21 months apart. A bit close, but once we got over the hardest part of the newborn stage, it's kinda cool for them to be so close. They're already best buddies.

IF we decide to have #3 (DH wants to stop, I'm on the fence because I want a girl but not sure I want to take that risk), there will likely be a much bigger gap just because we're not ready yet. We have placed a July 2012 deadline on it, though. So if we're not pregnant or want to be by then, we've agreed to stop.

duncanpowers · February 2011

I think I'm all good with one.

My brother and I were 4 years apart and that seems like a good width to me for the mother, and we got along just fine. And clearly now it doesn't matter at all.

JenCrabbe13 · February 2011

I would like them to be 2-3 years apart.

I would like to start trying in the Fall, but someone is going to have to get another job with more money before that is even a consideration.

Mrs_W_Pookie · February 2011

About 2.5 years.

summer08bride · February 2011

jodippls:
If we decide to have a 2nd child I would want about 2-3 years max between the two. My brother and I are 6 years apart and it was hard for me when he was born since I had been the only child for 6 years and we weren't always close growing up.

This! My brother and I are 7 years apart and it was crap growing up. We are now getting closer and have been the last 5 years, but I would have liked to be closer!

Kristin&Adam · February 2011

Three years is looking good to me

Our original plan was to start TTC when B turned 1, but there was no way we could afford 2 in daycare then so we had to put it off until we could. We started TTC last April, just a bit before he turned 2.

brittjoy84 · February 2011

3-4 years, I want my kids to be close. I had no siblings remotely close to my age growing up and I feel like I missed out.

mon.petit.chou · February 2011

My brother and I are 9 years apart which is a biiiig difference. I'd like my hypothetical children to be much closer, maybe 2 years between each. But of course that's assuming that we have any kind of control over that kind of thing. Also, if I space them too far apart I will be in my late 30s, even early 40s before you know it (if I have more than 2 I mean).

KappaUCF20 · March 2011

Considering we're only planning to have one kid, I haven't really given this a lot of thought. As far as how close of a relationship siblings have and how well they get along, age difference has nothing to do with it IMO. It has more to do with each child's personality (my cousins are the same distance apart as my sister and I are... they're best friends while me and my sister can barely stand each other lol. The difference is that my cousins are very similar whereas my sister and I are two totally different people). Same sex siblings also fight more than opposite sex siblings (at least that's what the studies show). If by some chance we do decide to have another, my age might play into it. I don't want to be having kids past 32 or 33 (just a personal preference) so depending on how old I am when we have our first one, that would probably be the deciding factor.

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