Age gap between babies

Our kiddo was born January 2020, so she's 16.5 months old. We've decided that 2.5-3.5 years is the gap we want to aim for, so we'll start trying in October! I've read a LOT of posts and talked to so many people about their opinions on age gaps, and that seems to be the sweet spot!

My oldest is now 2 1/2, the middle one is 1 year 5 months, and we have a newborn (born 05/18). So far its easy because my first 2 are kinda independent and help out with what they can and new baby just sleeps all day.

We aren’t sure if we are going to have #2, but if we do we will wait awhile longer. I am 4.5 years older than my younger brother and it was kind of great growing up. We were far enough apart that we never competed for anything. I was pretty self sufficient and helpful when we was born, which helped my mom. And despite the age gap, we are very close, and as adults I still consider him one of my best friends.

My December baby and his little sister are just under 16 months apart. It’s been difficult trying to manage his tantrum stage and trying to just deal with the baby. But he’s always loving on his little sister. I think if he was any older he might have been jealous, I got real lucky there. It’s been the perfect age gap for us

We have been trying since my daughter turned 8 months old; the first time i got pregnant they would have been 18 months apart but I lost that baby at 9 weeks, I got pregnant again 6 months later and that baby would have been born the week of my daughters 2nd birthday, my due dates were a day apart, but unfortunately I lost that baby as of Friday at 10 weeks. As soon as I can I plan to start trying again but the midwife told me Friday after two losses in a row that I should see one of the doctors in the practice and see what they say about why it has happened and how to help me have a successful pregnancy again.

Different opinion I hate it 🥴 seems like the crying starts back to back as well as diaper changes. My one year old seems to be reverting back and crying more now since having a new baby. Also very clingy no matter how much attention I give him, which is very hard because it’s always at the time the baby needs to be feed or burped or changed. I didn’t chose to be pregnant so soon I definitely would have spaced out a bit until my youngest was more independent and potty trained.

36+1 right now with baby #2! Baby girl is 17 months old so they will be almost exactly 18 months apart.

Due my second in 3 months! Apparently it’s great when they are this close in age but I’ll let you all know 😂😂

My kids are about 2.5 years apart. I got pregnant a month and half before my sons 2nd birthday. Well I guess I should I say I found out I was pregnant a month and a half before so at that point I was almost 4 weeks. My son just turned 4 Saturday and our daughter will be 18 months on June 10th. It can be hectic at times but honestly I love their age gap. Our son was old enough to talk and communicate and could be slightly independent. He didn’t need as much help from us for things which made it easier caring for a newborn. He was also old enough to slightly understand what was going on and even now he’s such a big help with her.

Our oldest just turned 5yrs old and Tinsley is almost 18months… so 3.5yrs (ish) inbetween them. It should have been 3yrs but I MC that baby before we got pregnant with Tinsley. I honestly love the age gap. Having a newborn and a 3.5yr old was not as bad as I thought it would be… she’s always super helpful and nice to her sister, but since she’s older can go be independent when need be vs being. 2yrs and dependent on me a lot still. I personally couldn’t imagine having two under two… but people do that all the time and say they love it! I think it really depends on your needs & family dynamic. We wanted so long with having our 2nd baby because our first was horrifically hard. She cried 24/7 unless she was asleep and hated everything. She got up hourly at night until she was 13.5months old. She was HARD. Plus we have no family help. Night and day with tinsley… she’s so much more easy going. We might have tried sooner if our first was that “easy”!!