S and T are 18 months apart, and the first year or so was HARD WORK. But really worth it after that. They play together and T can physically do a lot of what S can do, so they are able to do a lot of the same things. For a long while they were napping together too, which meant I could get stuff done during the day without any children, rather than having to juggle one.

The next one will be 2.5 years younger than T and 4 years younger than S, and I'm looking forward to that too. I guess it really depends on the child, as well. S is a fairly laid back kind of guy at home, and quite patient. I'm not sure T would have coped as well, had she been born first and we'd had S second. Saying that, I'm not sure how she's going to cope with the next one!

We wanted ours close in age because I was a lot younger than my siblings, and we've never really been close. But a friend has just had her second, and they're 4 years apart, and she loves the gap.