What's the best age gap between children?

[hj1981]

JLeigh - i think you should start trying very soon

[JLeigh29]

First of all, let me say thank you very much to everyone who has posted. There have been so many insightful comments and heaps of things I hadn't thought about, as well as lots that I had too! I am a very practical and logical person (hence the reasoning that a slightly larger gap is better) so making an informed decision is important to me (and DH too of course). But having a baby is neither practical, logical nor follows any rulebook, so why try to make it?

I think we will 'let the universe decide' when #2 is ready to join our family (with a little help from my charting bordering on obsession! ). It did a great job of blessing us with our perfect DS, and the wait that we had ttc was, in hindsight, a good thing as it prepared us so much better and made us appreciate so much more, the absolutely perfect boy we have! So, the focus for DH and myself atm is to make sure we are both in good health, continue to raise our beautiful big boy baby as best we can, clean out our study (aka baby #2's future bedroom!) and sit back and see where this journey takes us.

Oooooh, I feel so excited writing that, kind of like putting in a Lotto ticket and waiting for our numbers to come up...

[Esme]

Best of luck! We initially wanted a bigger age gap too, but the cluckiness took over . We haven't regretted it at all. Can't wait to see your pregnancy announcement!

[Jewel]

There is a 4yr 6mth age gap between my two. I felt DS1 wasn't ready to have another sibling for ages. When DS2 came along it was great, DS1 understood, helped with heaps of things, and could do alot of things for himself. Not to mention when he went to school it gave DS2 and I one-on-one time together.

Good luck with whatever you decide and your TTC journey.