Children's age differences...

I don't have any children, but I am a middle child and I have abrother who is four years old than me and a sister thats 9 years younger. My brother and I were a lot for my mom to handle when I was a baby, but by the time my sister came along, she had permanent help!

I have a 2yr old born on 12-22-04 and a 1 yr old born on 4-13-06 and the next one is due 10-5-07 and then we are done. My brother sister and I are 1984, 85, and 87. The spacing works great for me. My oldest is at the point that she is trying to teach my youngest to talk and helped teach her to walk.

I only have one child so far, but if ever I decided to have another one, I would want them to be 2 to 3 years apart like yours. I have 3 siblings and our age difference is between 2 to 3 years as well. Having another one is still far from my mind because although I'm having a great time with my baby, it's also difficult to watch and take care of her. I can't imagine having a newborn and a toddler at the same time. I don't think I can handle it all by myself, I might need a nanny. Just thinking of it is driving me nuts!

I only have one daughter. My husband has a brother and they are 10 years age difference. They are very close and do things for each other. I think my husband looks up to him since he is older. My mother for example when she was born her oldest sister was in her 20's I thought that was wild. My grandmother had my mom when she was 46.

My daughter is 12 going on 13 next month. My stepchildren are 6 and 7. They dont have much to relate to each other on. The two youngest are almost like twins. My oldest watches them more than plays with them when she spends time with them. She tries to interact with them and play with them but she often loses interest unless they are watching a movie together. The age different is vast for children at t hat age. it is hard to relate to kids that much younger than you. She feels more like a mother hen than a sister sometimes. LOL

We have a boy who will be 6 years old next week. We would like to have another child at some point, but our financial situation has not enabled us to do so yet. I'm guessing that maybe we will be looking at having another child either next summer or the summer following, which will mean there will be a 7 or 8 year difference between our two kids. For a while I really worried that we should have kids closer in age, but I think it all is working out well because our son has been able to have a lot of individual time and we do a pretty good job of making sure he has friends to play with on a regular basis so it isn't like he is lonely by being an only child right now.

I have 3 boys 25 21 and 12. Yes it makes a huge difference in their relationships. My First born, sometimes can hardly tolerate the middle son. My Middle son is jealous of both the first born and the youngest. My youngest looked up to both of his brothers with pride and a sort of hero worship. When the first 2 were young it was a terrible struggle to stop their squabbles. They still have a go at it, but now they have to work it out with out me.

i have three children. they are growing up fine. they are sharing the same interests and they can converse well and relate well with each other on almost everything. my eldest is only about a year and a half older than my second child. the youngest however was born eight years from my second child. it will be no wonder why my first two children are the best of frineds, they grew up together. as for my youngest, it was so lucky that he came at a time when he was so desired by my first two children. they had always wanted another baby by then.

I have 6 children of my own born within just under 11 years! The baby is almost 7 months old, #5 turned 2 in April, #4 turned 4 in March, #3 will be 7 in August, #2 will be 9 in July and #1 is 11 1/2. The smallest age difference is between #5 and #6, they are 18 months and 18 days apart. The biggest age difference is between #3 and #4, they are 2 years 7 months and 6 days apart, although it's close to the difference between #1 and #2 because they are 2 years 7 months and 5 days apart! #2 is 2 years 19 days older than #3. #4 is 2 years 1 month and 19 days oder than #5. They all get along well with each other. There is always someone to bridge the gap between an older one and a younger one. My two sisters were born less than 11 months from each other and then I was born 7 years later. They were very close to each other but I never had much of a relationship with either of them. I haven't even spoken to either of them in over a year.

I have 3 children and I'm expecting my fourth. My son is 18, my daughter will be 14 in 3 weeks and my younger son will be 5 in 10 days. My two older children got along amazingly as little children and now again as a young adult/teenager. My son was very attached & very bonded to his sister and she worshiped him. They had a little rough spot in their relationship when they were around 13 and 9; my daughter suddenly developed her own opinions that weren't always the same as her brother's and it caused some friction. Not very bad, just a little bit. But overall, they've always been very close. The little guy is so much younger than they other two they don't have the same sort of sibling relationship as most children. The older two spoil him and he treats them like adult. It seems almost more like how aunts & uncles treat nieces & nephews than like siblings to me.

My two boys are 20 months apart...it was a good difference so that they were close enough to be friends yet far enough apart to have their own interests. My daughter has a big age difference so she barely knows her brothers...there is 16 years between her and the boys. She grew up basically like an only child. She did get to spend time with both brothers for they both moved back home with me for different reasons. My youngest son stayed for four years while he was in college and my oldest stayed for about four years after his divorce.

We only have one child right now. We tried for another one when my daughter turned one but we only had one month to try so we were not successful. We will try again when my daughter is nineteen months and hopefully it won't take too long. I want our children to be fairly close in age so they can play with each other. My sister and I are two years apart while my husband and his brother are four. My sister and I are very close and did tons of things together growing up. My husband and his brother really don't even know each other. I read a study somewhere that said if you have your kids more than five years apart it's like raising only children because they don't interact with each other. Interesting, huh?

I have three kids they are ages 9,5 & 1 they are all almost exactly four years apart. It is great because they all get along really well.

I have 3 right now and are planning number 4 in the near future. My kids are 6, almost 5, and 6 months old. The older two are 17 months apart and I loved it. I preferred to have them in diapers together and then to be done with them for a little while. They are the best of friends. Now, I have a 4.5 year gap between numbers 2 and 3. It is also nice because I have 2 extra helpers around and they dote on the new baby. Number 4 (likely he last) will (hopefully) be close in age to #3 so that I can raise them together (going through stages at the same time or very soon after) like the first two were.

Well I've had 3 kids and I have a stepdaughter as well..the ages go like this Son = 13.5 (14 in beginning of Oct) Daughter = 12 Son = (deceased) wouldve turned 8 in March Stepdaughter = 26 the ages with my kids has worked out beautifully for me really..no complaints at all nor any troubles

I have 2 boys that are 2 years 9 months apart in age. It can be stressfull right now because they are both so young and still need me a lot, having my second one this close to the first can be hectic. But I love how close they are, even now they love to be with each other and play side by side. I hope the closeness means they will grow up to be very close.

My oldest two are only 16 months apart, my son is now 25, and my older daughter is 24. They grew up like best friends, and as hard as it was, I am glad I had them close together. My youngest one is only 17, and she is growing up like an only child since the other two are grown and moved out.

I have three children who are all two years apart. My daughter will be 17 in July. My youngest daughter would have been 15 this upcoming Sunday and my son is 13 1/2. The age difference of 4 years between my son and oldest daughter has been difficult.

I have only one child, and hoping to have another one in no later than two years. I want my lo's to be pretty close in age.

Well my oldest brother is in his late 40's, then I have another brother who is in his mid 40's, a sister in her early 40's, another brother who is 39, another brother who is 38, another brother who is 25, and then I'll be 22 this year. All the ones who are older except the 39 and the 25 year old, I don't really talk to, not because of the age difference, but because we have different mothers. We all have the same father, except the 39 year old, but they don't talk to us much.