Two young children close in age

Two of my cousins are very close in age...a year apart. When they were born, carriers weren't used in India. Since most of us from the family lived close by, we all took turns taking care of the two babies. I was around 15 or so at the time..and was the official babysitter of the family. And my younger cousins would also pitch in to take care of the two of them....even when we travelled...we usually did as a big group and the kids were carried by one of us.

I also know someone who have kids in close age. She gave birth to the older one in August and after 5 months she is pregnant again. It has really been hard trying to take care of her children. She have her husband carry and take care of the older kid around while she takes care of the younger one and do house chores. No pushchairs use, just bare arms and hands there! Really exhausting I must say.

i don't have children yet at the moment... but my age and my elder brother's age is also very close... we are only 1 year 10 months difference... i find that having a brother who is so close in age make us closer as we can communicate better... i have many church friends that their children are close in age and it is so cute to see them together... take care and have a nice day...

The brother's children are one year apart only. It is not healthy because the children are not given full attention each that they deserve. And it is not good for the health of the mother, too. So it is really advice to have spacing when giving birth or having a children. At least 4 years gap.

My first two children were really close in age. I had a double stroller, which is I assume you call a pushchair. It has a sitting seat in the front and another seat in the back that can be pushed up to be like a chair or can recline so a baby could sleep. The younger one who is more likely to sleep goes in the back. It was a nice stroller, it was really long though and it was hard to go shopping with.

Hi. Yes I had a baby boy in January of 2007 and then I had a baby girl in December 2007. They can be a handful because I also have a 6 year old. Even though I dont know what I would do without them. The two babies they are like twins. My little girl acts the same age as my little boy. She is learning at a remarkable speed because of him. They are the best babies anyone could ask for. And as for transportation that is hard. I have two strollers so either A friend walks with me or if not...well I used to put them both in the same one...but we wont be doing that this year. With it being as cold as it is I hate to take them out ever. LOL. Happy MyLotting

hi maximax! oh wow! that is tough...how did her body cope with having one child after another.? anyway, i also intend to have another child soon. but maybe after a year and a half, so that my body had fully recovered from my current pregnancy. i will be having our first baby next month. so far, i have a cousin who has babies who are close enough in age, but not this close, so i could only imagine what the family has to go through. i wish them well. take care and God bless you! happy mylotting! :d

There were twenty months between my two boys. In those days, we used to have the big, sprung prams, and could attach a seat over the top of it, for the older one. By the time the younger one got into a buggy, or pushchair as they were called then, the older one was walking quite well. Needless to say, we never caught buses places in those days, because of the size of the pram. We used to walk everywhere. Brightest Blessings, my friend.

I know some people having cheir children close in age. Not many with only one year between, but many with 18-24 months between their children. I have 22 months between my two oldest and the older one walked everywhere we went. It's also a possibility to carry one child in a sling and the other one in i stroller. I didn't even use a stroller for my youngest when she was a baby - I just carried her all the time.

Yes, my fiance and his sister are extremely close in age. His sister was born on May 16 1984, and my fiance was born on May 11, 1985. They're a year apart. Or as they put it, they're 361 days difference.

My four children were each two years apart - but I did have a big pram which had a little seat you could slide over the handle. When I had the second baby, the toddler sat in the seat and the baby rode in the pram. It was excellent, and the pram had really good suspension so it was easy to push - not like the weird strollers available today! I tried pushing my daughter's stroller a while ago, and the silly wheels kept swivelling all over the place and it was a most annoying and cumbersome thing to operate!

yes i have friend like that!the baby is not even one year and then she deleivered the baby.it was like magic when she get pregnant.she carried it like pigs.and not they are all sick the 5 kids she regreted it that she did not think to use pills.

My brother was born only one month after my first birthday. My mom says she got pregnant shortly after i was born. I dont know how she handled it. Especially since i had colic.

yup, my niece is 3 yrs old, and my nephew 1 yrs old, thats the nearest age gap i have seen so far.. It not really difficult to bring them out, my elder sister dont uses a pushchair.. Since my niece knows how to walk, just make sure her hands is being hold.. as for the baby nephew, a cloth can be used to tie him to my elder sister body.. Cheers Happy Mylotting..

Hi, One of my aunt have 3 kids and they all are of almost same age. One is around 7 and the next one is 3 and the third one is around a lil more than 1.5 years,lol. They all are so cute and whenever thay come to my place, they make a mess. How their mother carry them is some thing i really dont know. The older one walks and the the smaller one is always in her mothers arm. I feel pity for the middle one really. She is neither small nor big,lol. I guess she walks too like her older sis but she is only 3 . Or may be her daddy lifts her in his arms, if he is around. Usually we dont use push chair here in India. People here like to lift their kids on their arms and there is one belt like thing i have seen, which is really cute where a baby can hang. I would recommened my aunt to buy that belt so that the middle one keeps hanging, lol. Cheers, Tutul