spaces between babies?

My second son will be born in November when my son is 18 months old, it wasn't planned but I think it is going to be a great age gap. It will be hard for a couple of years but in the long run I think I will be glad I did it so quickly.

My neice and nephew are 3 and a half years apart, and I don't think that age gap works very well. Just when the toddler is blossoming into a child, along comes a baby, and in my nephew's case, his behaviour got really bad he was waking up all night crying and throwing tantrums which he had never done before, he even started being really fussy with his food, and acting very spoilt.

He is now 5 and a half and is not such a pleasant little boy like he used to be before his little sister came along!

My son will never remember a life before baby came along and at that age, everything is new to them, so they are very adaptable.

After our first was born, we debated having a second only because our first was such a difficult baby and we didn't know why but when she turned 1, we pat ourselves on the back because we survived the first year and decided that if we can get through her, we can do it again so she was 12 months old when we decided to start trying for a second. 12 months later, baby 2 arrived. Our first was 4 days off turning 2 years old herself. A week after her birth, we got our eldest's diagnosis of Williams Syndrome. This explained a lot for us and made having our second so much easier. We wanted them close together so they could grow up close as friends as well as siblings. Our 3rd was suppose to be conceived a little later but things I guess happen for a reason. Between our 2nd and 3rd is 22 months and so far watching them all grow up has been wonderful. Our second has taken on the roll of big sister and watches her older and younger sisters and is just a wonderful child. Honestly if I had a chance to do it all again, I would change a thing. The age difference between them all is just perfect for us and watching them play together is wonderful. Granted, they still have "cat" fights but hey, what siblings don't?!! Sweetie, you'll know when the time is right. At first it may be a little scary when you first find out you are expecting another child but in time it will all work out just fine otherwise it wouldn't have happened in the first place. Good luck and all the very best of wishes.

I often wonder about this myself. I know that I want to have a second baby. I get the itch every few weeks to be pregnant again. But then I think about how much fun it is just having one. She's 15 months now and it's so easy to just take her where I go on a moments notice. We have fun and have a really close bond. While I know that another baby will fit into our lives just perfectly, I sort of want to give my daughter as much time as possible with just her. My husband would LOVE for me to be pregnant again ASAP. So , we aren't doing anything to prevent a baby and just taking it's as a happy surprise if it happens.. if not, we'll start trying in March . This way, our kids will be 2 years and 9 months apart.

Good luck!

my son is 3 1/2 and my daughter is 15 months...they are about 25 months apart and I like the spacing. I think they were born with just the right amount of time between them. My son was just old enough to "help" out with his sister, he is a really good big brother to his little sister.

We are hoping to have 3-4 years between our kids. My son just started sleeping all night at 13 months old so I'm not anywhere near ready to do it again quite yet. I can only assume that the next baby will be a bad sleeper also. I need my rest before I can handle doing that all over again.

I wanted my kids to be a year a part. I have not had any luck conceiving my second child though and it has been hard on me. Having the children close together will help them grow up playing and having a connection. I think 22 months is great.

My 1st is 9, my 2nd is 6 they are 3 and half years apart just how I planned it, my 3rd is 1 my 3rd and 2nd are 4 and half years apart I didn't plan for it that way but it took me a year and half to get preggo with the third. Start trying now cuz you never know how long it will take. Good luck.

My son was just over 3 years when we had our daughter. I love the spacing between our kids. It works out well because my son was able to do most everything on his own by the time we had our daughter. It is a big help that they can somewhat fend for themselves while you are on bedrest (I have had bedrest for both pregnancies and knew going into the second one that I would be on bedrest for a time).

I have 5 week old corrected age triplets, ranging from 2-5 minutes apart in age!

They were born 15 weeks ago, and we would love our children to be close in age. We will let God guide us, but we would love to get pregnant around November, or December.

Well my first is about three and out twins are one. They are about one year and seven months appart. It is good for us beacuse we wanted our eldest to have the responsibility of being an older sibling. To me 22 months is a good time between kids.