Do you think its bad to have a large age gap between kids?
Well there was a time when I thought I would have only one child…it didn’t work out like that…but during that time I had the idea of starting a local group for single children and their parents…I thought of just advertising in local papers and also in the windows of toy and childrens clothes shops…I would have initially met interested people and their kids in a child friendly cafe….just to chat…and thenm I thought of doing regular play meetings and support groups…so you could hire a local church hall…or just meet in the park at first….this way your child could play with plenty of other kids in the same situation. But I also think you should remember that every sisuation has positives…single children are proven to be more popular at school and to do better in exams and in life as adults….not sure why but there has been a lot of research into it….you might still concieve anyway…my children have 4 years between them…I have 3 siblings and there is a 10 year gap
The only issue that I know of is that over 8 years apart is linked to increased complications similar to your first pregnancy. Or, in other words, your body forgets getting pregnant when too much time passes and you have the same sort of issues you might with your first pregnancy – like slow to dilate. I’m trying to find the freaking article but I am at a loss what phrase to use. Anyway, I don’t see how it matters – you get pregnant when you get pregnant – and you can’t predict what a child’s relationship to their sibling will be anyway, even if they are close in age. I will say my brothers are 9 and 11 years older then me, and they do seem to be from a different family then me and my sister who is 18 months younger then myself. But I still love them, and it was like having two extra parents who loved me. I hope you get pregnant sooner then later, but I really don’t think it really matters in the end as long as you are good parent to the children you do have.
