3.5 year age gap
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Topic: 3.5 year age gap
Posted By: RoSee
Subject: 3.5 year age gap
Date Posted: 06 March 2012 at 5:17pm
DS will be three and a half when number 2 is due, just wondering if any of you have kidlets with the same age gap and how you find it?  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 06 March 2012 at 8:40pm
| Me, it's great most of the time. He was old enough to understand mummy had to tend to the baby and was able to entertain himself while I fed the baby etc. And now that #2 is 17 months they play together all the time even with the bigger age gap. |
Posted By: millemama
Date Posted: 06 March 2012 at 9:03pm
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Fantastic, they understand whats going on and find bubs interesting, and can empathise with mum to a point, lol, great little helpers too, just remember to give them some special time with you. ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 07 March 2012 at 7:14pm
DS1 was 3yr & 10mths when DS2 was born & it was a breeze compared to DS2 & 3 as DS2 was 17mths..that was hard work 
It also meant that I had 1 on 1 time with each child & DS1 was not at a needy stage. He was also quite into his little brother & was able to share well also which helped. I think you will have a lot of fun
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 07 March 2012 at 7:55pm
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Thanks for starting this post. DD will be 3.5 yrs old too when DC2 arrives. She'll will spend some time in daycare so that I can have some alone time with bubs, and I'll try to find the right balance so that DD and DC2 are both getting enough attention. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 08 March 2012 at 7:43pm
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DD was 3yrs3months when DS was born- she loves babies was very excited Mummy had a baby in her tummy etc, so
I thought it would all go really well when he was born. I had seen a lot of my friens have 2 under 2 and thought that we would have an easier time with DD being a bit older. The first 6 weeks were terrible- she was old enough to know that when baby was awake mummy was stuck feeding him and dealing with him and as much as I tried to include her, ghet her to help etc, she would turn awful when he was awake and I was busy with him- throwinng stuff, breaking stuff, not listening etc etc. She was an angle again when he was asleep. It made me upset and made me wonder what I had done to my darling girl by having another baby. It got better tho, she got used to him and that he needed me a lot, and she helped more and was happier. She was in childcare 3 full days 9-3pm and I dont know how I would have managed otherwise, even tho I didnt really want her to be there for that long. I was very conscious of the fact I had very very bad depression after having her, so we did what we had to, to try and stop it happening again, and having her in daycare was one of these things. Although those first weeks were very hard, as DS got older started to smile at her etc, it soon became very evident that having another baby was the best most precious gift we could ever have given her! The love each other so much- they are 5 and 2 now and they are great mates. It melts our hearts when they hug and kiss each other when they wake in the morning, and when we catch them playing/reading/watching tv while cuddling each other ,...awwwww!! |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 08 March 2012 at 8:25pm
we have a 3 year gap between the youngest two, DD2 REALLY REALLY loves DD3!! so much so that she'll pick her up by the neck and carry her, gently place blankets over her face, feed her solids when she wasn't at that stage etc etc... so I have had to really watch what DD2 is doing with HER baby  . But she does really adore her, and now a year on I just absolutely love watching them play together or snuggle up in bed together - they are just adorable together  ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 08 March 2012 at 8:45pm
| Lol- all those things happened here too - we call it "over-loving"!! |