When you know you want more than one child, one of the biggest questions you have to ask yourself is what age gap is best?
Some of the most common factors to consider are whether or not you can handle two young children, and whether the children will get along well. Or course, it isn’t always easy to fall pregnant exactly when planned but, if you are able to roughly time when your babies will come, what age gap is best? That’s what we’re here to find out.
There are a few different age gaps – smaller ones that are usually less than 18 months between births, middle-ranged ones of about 2-4 years, and then larger gaps of more than 5 years. The smaller and larger gaps are usually the ones that people are not so sure about, and there are pros and cons to both.
SMALL AGE GAPS (about 18 months or less)
The pros
- Less risk of sibling rivalry – if your first child is 18 months old … Read the rest
