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Sibling Gap Makes a Huge Difference
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grcote's story
July 06, 2007
After our first child, we thought we would have a second two years later -- we "worked on it" for almost a year before becoming pregnant again, but that spaced our kids 3 years apart.
As it turned out, three years is a better gap -- the first one was potty trained when the second one was born, so only one at a time was in diapers.
When the second one started toddling and required closer supervision, the our first-born had reached a level of independence that allowed us to spend the extra time with the little one.
Plenty of new parents told us that it would be preferable to space the kids two years apart or less, but in our expereince, three years is ideal.
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