Having had my first two 3 years apart and then this one 5years later I am actually enjoying the larger gap, the other two are at school so I get that one on one time with number 3, where I didn't realy get that with my second, my second also had health issues which was hard on her older sister.

The only down side was I had got used to sleeping all night etc, but it is such a short time that you have to wake up threw the night that I don't worry about it to much.

my 9 year old loves to help out with bub and does a fair it, though she also tells me when she needs her time lol. the now 6 yr old occasionally forgets she is not a doll, ie tries to carry her to much and dress her. But she is a good help and was great when she was first born etc. One of the best things I found they understood that I needed to bf bub or get her to sleep since they were older.