Age Gaps

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what age gaps you all have between kiddies.
Our wee girl has just turned 4 months old. Before having her we decided we were going to wait until she was 3-4yo before we start trying for #2. Now that we have her, we are thinking maybe we will start trying in a few months so they are close together. We are only going to have 2 kids so think it would be nice for them to grow up together iykwim. I'm one of 6 and there is 5years between each of us and it's only now that we are older that we have really started hanging out together. It was harder when we were little cause for example, when I was 10, my brother was 15 so was 'too cool' to play with me, yet my little sister was 5 so too small to understand the games I wanted to play.
So I was really just wanting to hear your experiences. The pros and cons of both close and wider age gaps.
Thanks in advance ladies

I have a massive age gap between my oldest and youngest... and wouldn't recommend 11 years LOL but I do like that I got to spend lots of one on one time with both my kids when they were/are little... My DD2 will be 3 when baby No.3 arrives which I think is a really managable age gap... and means when she goes to school I'll have 3 years with No.3.
My sis and I had 5 years between us, and although she was a right pest when I was young, she is my bestest friend now... and the age gap is nothing now!

i have 13 months and love it!!! i know it wont stay as easy as it is now but i love they DS1's clothes will go strait to DS2 without needing storage or going out of fashion or season. they will (within reason) like the same toys, movies, activites etc... obviously different personalities will create differences but i have a close familt member with a 5 year ago gap and the kids are so different they struggle to do anything at all with them. i know ppl with big age gaps who havent had that problem at all but the continous sdcreaming terrified me into having my 2 close together just in case. lmao.

90% of ppl i spoke to with small gaps said the first few years were hard but worth it. i couple of ppl said it was terrible so it may be luck of the draw. so far its been really easy. long may it continue. lol

I love my 5 year age gap. They play 90% of the time & the older one is old enough to reason with & give ultimatums re arguments.

Hate my 14 month gap between me & my older brother, we just used to fight all the time right up til when I moved out of home. Slowly we are getting better friends but I prefer his wife to him! I don't think that I'm overly close with him but we do have lots of contact.

Theres a 4yr 1mth gap between jacob and isabella but thats because it took a couple mths to concive isabella, about 8-9mths after coming off pill. I wanted a 3year age gap, but waited till we got rid of our hps b4 trying. didnt think it would take ages to fall preg.

We have a 16month gap and just love it. Obviously they are still young at this stage, but most people told me it was the first two years that would be awful. I have found the last 6months great!
I am going to be studying for the next 3years and then we plan to have another 2 and won't use contraception between them. We are hoping for about a 12month gap :)

We have a 14 month age gap!

I fell pregnant with Isabella when Caden was just over 5 months. It wasnt really planned! The plan was to TTC when Caden was about 10 months old lol

I'll be honest - It was bloody hard work to start with, ajusting to having two kiddies so close together, Caden was still a baby in so many ways when Bella came along. I had an emerg c section with Caden, so ended up with an elective for Bella, so it was hard afterwards as Caden still needed to be picked up and stuff, he was still so dependant on me.
I had DH home for 3 weeks so that helepd a lot, but it was still quite hard.

Then Bella got bad reflux which made things even harder, but we got through that bad patch and now I LOVE LOVE the age gap! They are so cute together and play really well and are just the best of friends

If I could go back I wouldnt change anything though, once we got through the first 6 months things got so much easier If Bella hadnt of had the reflux those 6 months would have been a lot easier though!

With our next it will now be a 2 or more age gap, cos I need a break lol!

I have 17 months and I love it! We were always only having 2 kids, so love the way that our family is complete and we can get on with our lives. DH hates that they grow up so fast, but the kids are getting better everyday at playing together etc

The first year was kinda hard, but now that they sleep well (most of the time) and eat/drink the same stuff it is pretty easy.

Isla was 11lb 8oz so if #2 is anywhere near that size theres no way I'd go for VBAC lol. And to be honest, I just found C-Sec recovery so easy. I've talked to friends who have natural births and complained so much about the pain and recovery afterwards. I had none of that with C-Sec.
It's funny cause before I had her I was so anti pain relief and C-Secs but after my hideous 32hr labour I was screaming out for an Epi! Then ended up having the C-Sec. Was so much easier than I expected and am quite happy to put my hand up for another next time round, doesn't worry me in the slightest if I don't give birth naturally. I know I know, taking the easy way out but that's just my opinion. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by not wanting to give birth naturally.