Children born close in age... Tell me your experience and ups and downs...
By crissy92
@crissy92 (91)
United States
October 26, 2012 10:59am CST
My son and daughter, soon to be 6 and just turned 4 years old. What a trip. Having them so close together in age has it's good points and, of course, bad points. Granted, they both have a "playmate" that will never leave them lonely for the rest of their life, they also have times when they get on each other's nerves! And mine! hahaha! I grew up with 3 older brothers. The youngest brother tortured me just like a big brother should. And the older two brothers took me under their wing like they were a parent. I see both of these characteristics in my son towards his litte sis. Along with that, I see the jealousy, the competitiveness, and the sneakiness (like they're Bonnie and Clyde), but they are all in all good kids. Thank God! I might have a few more gray hairs from them, but it's totally worth it to snuggle up and watch a movie at night and see their little faces as they talk to each other about the movie and laugh together.
3 responses
@sowkrish (42)
• India
2 Nov 12
usually they say that if there is a big age diference between children they will get on
good. But my sister had two kids. The second one was born when the first one was 10. But the two kids always keep fighting, because the first one was a pampered child. So I think I if the children are brought up correctly, they will not have the felling of jealousy when a new baby comes into the family.
@GemmaR (8517)
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26 Oct 12
I think that it can be good to have children close together because it means that the oldest one can't really remember what life was like without their sibling, and therefore wouldn't get as jealous when they were born. However, it can mean that there is a lot more work because you would have two young children at once. But, on the other hand, this also means that you would be able to have your family younger and they would be grown up faster so that you would be able to get some aspect of your life back when they were 18 and old enough to look after themselves.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
26 Oct 12
My oldest son and middle son are a year and 1 week apart. It was as if they were twins, what one wouldn't think up of , the other one would!
I was always on my toes! Being that close in ages and being both boys I could pass down the hand me downs, they had a playmate and even being grown up now they are still very close. Now my third son was 5 years younger than the middle son, that was like having a complete different family.
I was always on my toes! Being that close in ages and being both boys I could pass down the hand me downs, they had a playmate and even being grown up now they are still very close. Now my third son was 5 years younger than the middle son, that was like having a complete different family.