how is it like having kids close in age..

so i had mydaughter 5 month ago and though i knew i wanted more children and that i want them to be close in age i didnt want another one so soon after having my daughter so i got the Mirena. 2 month later my fiance started talking about wanting another one, i thought he was crazy, lol but now he is sort of winning me over and tonight he tells me that he would like for me to get the mirena taken out so that we can ttc again and i gotta admit, i am considering it and what he says does a lot of sense (raising them together and being don wth rather than waiting years to have another)the reasonwhy i didnt want to be pregnant again was because i wanted to go to schoo for my nursing degree, which would only take me a year but now that is going to be a year and half and by that time my daughter will be almost 2 years and if i wait until i graduate to have another, they will be almost 3 years apart and i am not sure if i want that many years in gap between them. anyhways, i am here to ask those of you that have more children than just one to tell me, how many years/months are your children and how is it like raising them...what are the pros and cons of havng kids close in age vs. having them 2.5+ years apart. any advice?  

I wanted to ttc in August, but I'm going to school instead, life is easy with 1 kid. I'd go to school its only 12 months and it gives you more alone time with your oldest.

i have two kids. One born May of 04 and one born May of 09. Its nice.. I got to spend a lot of qaulity time with my older son. He is good with his brother. He understand I cant just drop everything for him. I didnt think i wanted kids this far apart.. but im actually appreciating it now..

My daughter will be 5 in september and I just had my son June 10th. It is nice not having two kids in diapers and having to carry them both. However I would like to have another sooner rather than later this time around but I still want to wait at least a year so I can give my son a lot of attention.

My brother and I were a little over two years apart. I hated it:/

I didn't get enough time to "be the baby".
He came along and it was almost like I was forgotten.

I know we STILL get insanely jealous over eachother and he's 18 & I'm 20.
Idk, I think it is better to have them farther apart. I believe it is recommended to wait until the first child is in school?

Two in diapers would not be fun IMO.

Quoting ♥Lucy Lu♥:“ My daughter will be 5 in september and I just had my son June 10th. It is nice not having two kids in diapers... [snip!] ... sooner rather than later this time around but I still want to wait at least a year so I can give my son a lot of attention.”

     
and my older son helps me when i ask..

My kids will be 21 mons apart...and my son is excited...he loves babies and is so gentle with them and loves to help out... my husband and BIL are 18 mos apart and are still best friends and never faught....i on the other hand have a sister 8 yrs older and it sucked we did not get close...and my triplet siblings are 12 yrs younger and i know nothing about them cause of the age difference 

My first two daughters are 15mths 1 day apart and it was so hard on me. I literally had two babies. Both were in diapers, a 15mth old can't do anything for herself. You can't grocery shop (one in the baby seat in the back one up front=no where for groceries) it was hard when my oldest didnt want to walk into a restaurant etc and I had to carry a babyseat. Then there was the jelousy issue. My daughter HATED her sister. She cried, called me bad mama, etc. Now they are 2 and 3.5 and adore each other. It gradually got easier on me as they became more independant. They play together now and get along but it took time to get there. Then when my oldest would cry at 4am etc. the baby would wake up screaming and that is two screaming babies at once. It cost more (double stroller, more diapers etc) and much harder to go anywhere esp. by yourself. If you want to do it, you can though! I managed. I soon will have a 3.5 year old, 27 month old and newborn..I am so in for it!!!

we are leaning towards having another right now.gray is 6 mos old & i dnt want him to be terrible 2s(or treacherous 3s)when the baby is born or wait that long to have another...ive heard alot of ppl say they dnt want kids in diapers at the same time either but i think i would rather go through it all at once...

I am super excited that when Harlowcomes any day now I will have ONLY her in diapers YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quoting Kenz&LilysMommy:“ My first two daughters are 15mths 1 day apart and it was so hard on me. I literally had two babies. Both ... [snip!] ... you want to do it, you can though! I managed. I soon will have a 3.5 year old, 27 month old and newborn..I am so in for it!!!”

ah ya, the whole 2 kids with diaper thing is one of the reasons why i dont want kids so close in age. good luck with the new baby   u sure will have ur hands busy, but its all worth it at the end of the day, and i am sure ur kiddos will adjust an help out. my daughter and her cousin are 27 month apart, and at first he was super jealous and would try to pinch her any chance he gets, lolthen oneday it al change and he is all about her now. he plays with her and hates it when someone else does, lol he is like her protecter and is so loving with her. its really cute to see  

my kids are 3 years apart. i think you should have them close together b/c then the older one won't even remember life before baby so after a while they wont feel jealous. my daughter is now 4 and the other day she told me she wishes she didn't have a baby brother so she didn't have to share all of her stuff lol.

Quoting mom2ada:“ so i had mydaughter 5 month ago and though i knew i wanted more children and that i want them to be close ... [snip!] ... it like raising them...what are the pros and cons of havng kids close in age vs. having them 2.5+ years apart. any advice?  ”

Here's how my family breaks down... son born apr 05, daughter born feb 07 and a son born mar 09. Is life stressful? yes, is it a blessing? yes. I would NOT change a damn thing. I have family that offers to help out, but to tell you the truth it's not that hard. Its a frame of mind. Are there days when I want to punch my time card and walk off??? You bet.My hubby is a great guy, an awesome provider and a real hands on daddy. I am very very happy with the spacing, sure two kids in diapers isn't fun, but seriously in the scheme of things it's a blink of the eye. If you're both ready, go for it!!!

Quoting one of each 4 me:“ my kids are 3 years apart. i think you should have them close together b/c then the older one won't even ... [snip!] ... now 4 and the other day she told me she wishes she didn't have a baby brother so she didn't have to share all of her stuff lol.”

lol ya i hear that this is an issue for those that have kids spaced out in age, the older one gets jealous and feels like he/she isnt as important as baby.

Quoting wendybird:“ Here's how my family breaks down... son born apr 05, daughter born feb 07 and a son born mar 09. Is ... [snip!] ... kids in diapers isn't fun, but seriously in the scheme of things it's a blink of the eye. If you're both ready, go for it!!!”

ya i bet u have ur hands full with 3 kids two years apart, but the good thing is u will raise them together and be done with and they grow way to fast as it is. my partner is very supportive and has been wanting to add to our family since our daughter was 2 month like i said, but i thought he was nuts for thinking that. i wanted to be finished with school and have our wedding before #2 but when i think about it, it might be years before all that can really happen and might as well have another one now and do those things later but then last night my daughter had trouble going back to sleep after she woke up for her feeding at 4am and i thought i was crazy for thinking of having anothr one so soon, lol i am so back and forth about this.