Anyone else have a big gap between kids?

proudmummy15 · September 2014

hi there, I'm new here and I'm currently 10+2 weeks pregnant with my second baby!

my first born will be 14 next week! I was 17 when I had my first baby and will be 31 when this little one arrives! Anyone else have a gap like this? I'm a little nervous to say the least.

Lrlynch04 · September 2014

My gap isn't quite that big, but definitely big to us! My oldest is 9 and younger is 7. It was our hope to have a 3rd sooner but life got in the way. I'll be 32 when this LO is born. I'm 97% excited, 3% nervous for the transition and impact on the older two! Confident it will all be fine in the end.

caridura84 · September 2014

I have a slight gap too. My oldest is 9 and current youngest is 8. DH has sons 7 and 4. I think and hope they'll all be HUGE helps! I'm 9w6d and will be 30 when LO is born.

redneckmomma25 · September 2014

There is 12.5 years between my sister and I and 14 between my brother and I. My mom cried in the doctors office and told him he had the wrong results! Ha!

I am closer with my sister now that I am older and have become a mom. We are two totally different people. So we really didn't get a long for a while. She definitely helped with me a lot when I was young. She moved out of the house at 18 or was forced to move out basically. My brother and I were always more alike until recently when he seems to be going off the rails on a crazy train.

rlc1128 · September 2014

My daughter will be 12 next month and I'm 10+3 with my second. She's super excited and already planning all the ways she can help with the baby. It's so cute!

chrissyR78 · September 2014

My son will be 16 in a couple of weeks and my daughter is 11. I'm 35 and 12 weeks along. Our kids are so excited to have a baby in the house!

taahira · September 2014

I have a big age gap to. My DH was very young when we had our 2 daughters. They are 14 & 11, I'm 11w3d pregnant with baby number 3. My girls are beyond excited!

kdbug4 · September 2014

7.5 years between my daughter and this one. There was 10 years between my little brother and me. I was his 2nd Mommy and we were super close growing up (still are)!

proudmummy15 · September 2014

Thanks everyone for replying it's good to know I'm not alone! I'm very excited but nervous at the same time! Our daughter is over the moon about having a little bro/sis which has helped us to get used to the idea of another little one running around!

awodash · September 2014

In my family there are major gaps between us kids. My parents pretty much raised three sets of kids. There is 21 years from the youngest to the oldest. Currently our ages are 34, 32, 22, 20, 13. We definitely have a different dynamic than most families but it works. Plus my mom always talks about how great it was to have extra help!

themainemama1 · September 2014

I have a 10 year gap between my oldest daughter (now 12) and my youngest daughter (almost 2)... and this baby#3 is due April 5th. At firs tI was pretty nervous about a big age gap, but now I love it! My oldest daughter is an amazing help- and her and her little sister are inseparable. It's adorable! She helps me with her, and is so excited to have another little baby in the house soon!

Lyndsey13 · September 2014

There is a 10 year gap between me and my oldest sister and an 8 1/2 year gap between me and the next sister. When I was born the 10 year old had so much fun having a baby but the 8 year old wasn't so fond of losing her 8 year long "baby" status.

SMFB · September 2014

There will 9 years difference between my first and this one.

gmfandmmw · September 2014

My daughter will be 14 when this little one is born. It was hard for me to wrap my brain around starting over but my DH doesn't have children. I was a young single parent in college, working full time the first time around so part of me is looking forward to a much different experience... While part of me feels guilty that this one will have so much more than I was ever able to give my daughter when she was little. Despite, we're all excited! She's SUPER excited and my in-laws are over the moon! Should be interesting starting over for sure.

becarue · September 2014

Oh yes we have a huge gap. Oldest is 13 and youngest is 9 by the time the baby come they will be almost 14 (in aug)and 10 (in jan) baby is due April 8th. We are all supper excited our daughter is more so now then at 3 when son was due! Built in baby sitter too !

nikkijo3 · September 2014

My boys will be 15, 13, and 10 when this little one is born. I think they will be amazing big brothers. When DH and I got married 4 years ago the first thing they asked was when they were getting a new baby and could we make it a girl please. While it's crazy to think about going back to diapers and sleepless nights again, DH and I are very excited. We haven't told anyone yet, I'm going to wait a couple more weeks until I'm at 14 weeks before announcing. Nobody thinks we're going to have kids so it's going to be a big surprise for everyone.

babyluv1234 · September 2014

My stepdaughter Will be 17 when I have this lo. She's happy and I'm happy she will be around to help before she goes to college! My DH is freaking out one in college and baby?!?! Oh well when you married you knew I wanted kids!

caramia1234 · September 2014

My boys will be 19,13 and 5 when this baby is born.

oliver2003 · September 2014

Hi we will have a big gap! I am currently 9 weeks 3 days and my son is almost 12. He was ivf and we were told we wouldn't be able to have babies on our own. But SURPRISE!!
We are so excited and finally my son is warming up to the idea of having a sibling.

SuperFudge00 · September 2014

Technically not me but DH has an 18 & 13 year old.

samstafford · September 2014

My oldest will be 8 when baby bean gets here

justyouraveragemama · September 2014

I'm the youngest of 5 in my family. The oldest of my siblings is 17 years older and the closest to me is 7 years older than me. The age gap doesn't really make too much of a difference as far as relationships go, but at times it felt like I was an only child. As soon as I moved out though it felt like there was no age gap and I'm closer to my siblings than I was before. I really liked having the age gap though. It all will work out well

mp0824 · September 2014

9 years difference with my first and this baby

WeLiveInMaine · September 2014

My daughter just turned 11. I had no idea she would be so very excited about the new baby.

meredith6484 · September 2014

My oldest will be 11, my son will be 8 1/2 and my youngest will be 5 1/4 when this LO arrives. My youngest will be in kindergarten next year.

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