5 year age gap

Hi ladies, has anyone had a 5 year age gap between kiddies? If so how did you find it?

Thanks heaps

It's great! Big kids especially big sisters adore babies & now they are playing together as well. I can safely leave them to play knowing there isn't too much mischief afoot.

Plus the best bit was that A went to kindy & then school during the day & I had all the time in the world for C.

I've had them sleeping in the same room, we just travelled to Oz for 2 weeks & it was great, she was big enough to go on the rides with one of us so we took turns.

Only downfall I found was the mid day sleep & that sometimes I have to wake him to get his sister from school but that was just routine that we had to fit around. He's certainly been a mobile baby in that respect.

I also find that C is really clued up about worldly things as he's copying his sister so he's been doing stuff that older kids have been doing from really young.

Monikah, I love that my kids are into different things, means less fighting over one kids toys because the other wants it too (no way would my almost Mr 7 want to play with Miss 1's pram and doll etc, and Miss 1 is not interested in transformers and bikes) There is 3.5 years between my sister and I and it was really annoying having her take my stuff all the time as a kid... another year or 2 and I wouldnt have cared as I'd have been on to the next thing by the time she wanted anything I had lol!

Agree with Kel on the naps and routines making things a little difficult, its not something you can really work around as school finishes at (or close to) 3pm, so regardless of whether #2 is asleep, or needing to sleep... school pick-up needs to be done.

Also, shes gotten used to sleeping with noise as my oldest isnt the quietest of kids! Means she will sleep really well when we are out and about which is awesome. Especially since DP comes from a long line of avid speedway fans... DD (and this one coming) have no choice but to get used to lots of background noise!

I personally have found the 6 year age gap between my 2 girls quite hard. Maybe it's cause I'm in my 30's or maybe it's because my nearly 7 yr old is just used to being the centre of my universe and spoilt and an only child. She does have some developmental delay compared to most children her age and I must say I've had less energy for her these days and my DP(who is not her Dad, but is babies Dad) has changed towards her, which sux. I do have PND which probably doesn't help. She is a lot like her Dad and the not so great parts of him, my older DD. I guess it is hard with a child from a previous relationship though, well at least in my case. I hear of a lot of people whose DP's are much better then mine.

Hopefully for you though, the age gap is a positive experience for you, as for many people it is a good thing, just wasn't so much fun for me.

Edited by escadachic

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escadachic wrote: I personally have found the 6 year age gap between my 2 girls quite hard. Maybe it's cause I'm in my 30's or maybe it's because my nearly 7 yr old is just used to being the centre of my universe and spoilt and an only child. She does have some developmental delay compared to most children her age and I must say I've had less energy for her these days and my DP(who is not her Dad, but is babies Dad) has changed towards her, which sux. I do have PND which probably doesn't help. She is a lot like her Dad and the not so great parts of him, my older DD. I guess it is hard with a child from a previous relationship though, well at least in my case. I hear of a lot of people whose DP's are much better then mine. Hopefully for you though, the age gap is a positive experience for you, as for many people it is a good thing, just wasn't so much fun for me.

Im sorry to hear that you're experience hasn't been so good ...hopefully as the girls get older things will get better
My daughter is from a previous relationship and i've been very lucky with DH as far as hes concerned SHE is his first child, first daughter, even tho this baby coming is a girl too.

5yrs is the minimal age gap between my brothers and I.

TBH it's super hard work. I doubt my mum would change a thing though :) But I'm the only girl, and the oldest by 5yrs, so I felt it was my responsiblity to be a second mum, they probably resented me for that. Two of the younger ones are 7 and 13, and when they play rough and tumble it can be a bit tough too.
Yeah. Idk - I always wish I had a sibling closer in age.
It's cool for my 7yr old brother though, he's been an uncle since he was 5 and he thinks that just the bomb!