Mothering › Forums › Parenting › if you have kids 2.5-3 years apart, how do you like the spacing?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

if you have kids 2.5-3 years apart, how do you like the spacing? - Page 2  

post #21 of 26
10/1/07 at 12:35am
Its perfect! The 2nd pg was brutal, I don't know how folks do it w/closer spacing, but the big payoff has come. My dd's love each other, they are so close it's beautiful to watch them play.

Looking at how busy my dd2 is at 2yo, I can't imagine how I was brave enough to consider having another one but perhaps my dd1 was an easier kiddo at that age??
post #22 of 26
10/1/07 at 1:41am
my kids were 3yrs 2months and if we did it again I'd space them a bit more apart. dd was still quit a baby then. She also weaned because of pregnancy pretty early which I think hurt our relationship and made parenting her more difficult.
post #23 of 26
10/1/07 at 7:52am
2.75 years apart here and it's been great. They really enjoy each other's company and although dd is quite strong-willed, she's been very nurturing with ds.

It helps that ds is a super mellow little guy. Now that he's starting to assert himself more, I anticipate more friction! (He's 19 months now.)
post #24 of 26
10/1/07 at 8:10am

bs"d

My first two are 3 years and a few days apart. It was difficult for me, but I think that it would have been difficult even with a longer or shorter spacing. They play together well now (at ages 5 and 2), but they do have their share of squabbles.
post #25 of 26
10/1/07 at 8:14am
30 months apart here, and it worked out really well as far as I'm concerned. He was old enough to be able to do get around really well on his own (so I didn't have to carry 2 kids), and play on his own for a little while, but not so old that he was used to being the 'only' for too long. Any younger and I would have been crazy with a newborn and a toddler who needed more physical help from me, and any older and I think he would have had a harder time with a new sibling. I'm very pleased with our spacing. They're thick as thieves these days, and she can totally keep up with her big brother most of the time. I will be completely honest, the first 3-4 months were pretty hairy logistically coupling the sleep deprivation of a newborn and an energetic non-napping toddler , and the personality challenges of an almost 3-yr old, but we made it through and are all in a great place now.
post #26 of 26
10/1/07 at 4:34pm
this is good to hear. Dd1 will be 35 months when the new baby arrives, and while I anticipate the first part being rough, it's good to hear it works out eventually! We do have an advantage in that I am not pg this time and will still be nursing our very high needs dd1, and my dw will be nursing #2
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Parenting
  • if you have kids 2.5-3 years apart, how do you like the spacing?
This thread is locked  
Mothering › Forums › Parenting › if you have kids 2.5-3 years apart, how do you like the spacing?