My siblings have older kids (6+) so I'm behind them a few years. Our two best sets of friends don't have kids yet, one is pregnant now but our kids will be 2.5 years apart. We have a few other friends with kids but we don't see them as often. Luckily I can get advice from my sister and give advice to my friends, in the future.
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More or less... We're kinda in the middle?
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I have 4 very close girlfriends, and we're in the same stage except for 1. She has older kids...one is 10 and the other is 5. The rest of us have kiddos under 5, and two friends just had their last.
My older brother's youngest is as old as my oldest. And my younger brother's oldest is as old as my youngest. Say that 5 times super fast
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We're in the same stage as my brother and his wife--they have 3 kids, one who is a year younger than lo1 and one who is a year older, plus one 5 years older. It's SO nice when we get together, but we don't live in the same place. Dh's sister is nowhere near ready to have kids.
Of our friends, it's much more mixed--some have kids around our age, but most of these folks don't live nearby
Most of the people we see regularly don't have kids--our closest friends are actually single or unmarried. I so wish we lived closer to some of our parent-friends, I'd love to have regular get togethers that were also playdates! Our friends without kids are like aunts/uncles to lo, and love her to bits, but especially as she gets older and more social it makes it harder to balance stimulating activities for her that also appeal to adults 
Like, my bff came with lo and I to a children's museum and was like "omg this is stressful and exhausting" haha
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Pretty much. My SIL has an 11 year old, but she also has a 4 year old, so pretty close in age to Xander (3.5). And then my best friend has a 7 year old, but all my other friends have <2 year olds or no kids. So I guess we're right in the middle!
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Some friends/acquaintances locally, yes.
Family, no. My DH has 3 siblings who all have kids who are 7+ years old so they're all pretty removed from the baby stage. And my only sister is probably 8-10 years from having a kid, if ever.
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Family no
Friends very close!
Our best friends are married
She is a teacher too and our DH are both LEO!
They have 2 kids 4 and 4 months
We have 2 kids 2 and 1 month -
Our two close friends yes. Their kids are 2 1/2 and 4 months, and almost 2. Mine are almost 3 and 6 months. So we're all right in the middle of the same stuff.
For family we are kind of in the middle. My cousin's have kids who are older, my brother is just starting, and we are done. I'm glad that there won't be 10+ year between our kids at least.
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It's all over the place, we're in the middle. I have friends that have newborns and friends that are young grandparents.
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From my pre-kid circle, I'm still the only one with kids. From my current circle (different city) just about everyone I know has kids the same age as one or the other of my LOs.
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We don't have any friends with little kids. My LO is right in between my sisters two kids but we aren't super close.
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Family - no. I'm the youngest of the family, and waited a long time to have kids as well. So, my kids are baby/toddler/little kid phase, and their closet cousins are 8-12 years old.
Friends - half and half. I have a few good girlfriends and they have young kids as well, which is, in fact, how we became friends/close. My friends I had before kids still don't have kids.
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My sister isn't married/doesn't have kids yet and DH is an only child, so my kids don't have any cousins yet. In my extended family, a lot of my cousins have kids around their ages, though. Between two of my cousins and myself, we have 7 kids all under 5.
A couple of my friends don't have kids yet, but a lot of them started having babies recently and they now have toddlers between 12-24 months, which is the same age as my youngest.
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My kids won't have cousins near their ages. My nieces and nephews on DH's side are aged 13-20. My siblings are all a good 3-5 years minimum from kids. I was he first of my friends to have kids, but a few of them have had or are having kids around the same ages of my younger kids.
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With my closest friends, we all have kids around the same age. Family wise, my side DS is the only kid, and DH's side the cousins are a bit older
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We are in the middle family and friends wise. We still have siblings on both side who don't have any children yet, and most of our friends have 1 or 2, so more babies to come!!
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My sister and brother, yes. My three other siblings are much younger, so no.
Most of my friends aren't married or don't have kids!
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Our friends with kids are all around the same with kids from 0-5. But we also each have a few friends who are totally single - nothing really in the middle.
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Family- no. None of our siblings or close in age cousins have any kids.
Friends- kinda? We have a mix of friends with much older kids, similar age, and no kids. We have developed quite a few new friendships with the parents of DD's friends from the library and whatnot which is nice for me when I do playdates and parties. I'm glad I actually like the moms!
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Family, no, which makes me a little sad, but it's also great when we get together with my family and DD is occupied by her older cousins. It's way more relaxing for us!
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middle
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I'm in the middle, but I'm not alone. Most have older kids.
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Friends--yes! My two bffs from my single days both had kiddos right after I had my second. And they are all girls, so that's fun. Mine is in August, and theirs are December and February.
And since we moved right before I had my first, I've cultivated a big group of mom friends who are essentially my only friends in my new state. And all our kids are the same age, because we met in a new mom's group. So we all have 3 year olds and now most of us have second kids ranging from infant to 2 years. Love them. They are my tribe
Family--no, not really. All of our siblings have older kids.
Most of the people we see regularly don't have kids--our closest friends are actually single or unmarried. I so wish we lived closer to some of our parent-friends, I'd love to have regular get togethers that were also playdates! Our friends without kids are like aunts/uncles to lo, and love her to bits, but especially as she gets older and more social it makes it harder to balance stimulating activities for her that also appeal to adults 
Like, my bff came with lo and I to a children's museum and was like "omg this is stressful and exhausting" haha
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