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my kids are all 2-3 years apart, but my sister is 10 years younger than i am. it was just the 2 of us. as the older, i got stuck with a lot of babysitting, and it was a huge pain. i mean, i was willing to help out, but dragging my 5yo sis on dates was... yeah. no. not cool. fortunately, DH was very understanding!

i suppose that the spacing doesn't matter too much, as long as you don't end up relying on the older one(s) to take care of the little one(s) too much, ykwim?