I have a 5 yo DD and 2 yo DS. They play ok together right now but usually the 2 yo gets too wild or aggressive and ends up destroying whatever it is the 5 yo is doing..... I am thinking we haven't hit the "groove" yet and I was wondering when you felt your kids really started to play well together?
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I’d say it improves from there! Mine are exactly 3 years apart same genders as yours and while there was still crying yesterday about the 4yo breaking the Legos built by 7yo, they have so much fun together too. I’d say by 3 it gets really good, they can developmentally do most of the same things (like Legos and building toys), 3yo is able to play pretend better and follow the older’s lead, etc. I was able to ignore them a lot once I got pregnant with #3 right before his 3rd bday
and it is a win for everybody!
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My kids are 3 and 5.5 and often they do play well together. Not all the time, by a long shot, but a lot of the time they do seem to really enjoy playing together. I’d say this happened in the last six months or so- maybe since the younger one started preschool in the fall.
Of course they usually play best when we have to leave in a few minutes or it’s almost meal or bedtime.
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Mine fight a lot but also lately play together. They are 5 and almost 3.
BUT when they are getting along, they are being bad. lol. It’s usually harmless and kind of funny but they usually cause some trouble. Better then beating each other though.
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Two girls, and when they were 2.5 and 5. There is definitely still frequent crying and she did/said this, but I try to only intervene if someone is hurt OR if I want them to keep playing together longer and I need to give guidance in order for them to do that (like if they’re building a magnatile structure and can’t agree, but I neee to finish making dinner). They’re almost 3 and almost 5.5 now and honestly I rarely play with them these days because they play together.
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My 2.5 year old is just starting to really "understand" how to play with her older sisters (almost 5 and almost 7) in a way that she can make what I'd consider a valuable contribution to their play. She now joins in their pretend games nicely, and is often content to play alongside them with the same toys (ie., stacking pieces of magnatiles together instead of knocking over the older girls' structures). I'd say the older two have been playing quite nicely (obviously with squabbles over what's "mine", exactly how to pretend, etc.) since 3 & 5.
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4 and 2 and I see glimpses of this already! Mostly b/c my 4 year old is pretty nice to my 2 year old so she puts up with a lot of the destroying/taking of her toys, etc. They can last like 10 min playing alone together these days, it's great!
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My older two are 2y3m apart and they started playing together pretty young...DS2 was only 18 months or so, maybe younger. They play together all day every day now! (At newly 5 and 2y9m) Yes, with some squabbles...but that’s just learning interpersonal skills, right?
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In addition to them often playing together nicely now, my 3 year old is about to start speech and she can be hard to understand. Sometimes she repeats something 3 times and I still don’t understand. If I ask her 5 year old sister, without fail, every time, she understands and tells me what she said. It is possibly my favorite thing about this age. A year ago she definitely wasn’t as patient or in tune with her sister.
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Mine will be 4 and 6 this summer and they play together so well....I’d say for about the last year. I can totally ignore them for an hour or so and they will play or color or dance/song together. They have really intricate pretend play scenarios that they act out and they are always building forts and tents and cars out of Amazon boxes or trains with every chair they can drag around the house. It’s super cute even though it’s messy.
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6 and 3 here... I'm still waiting. I'm seeing flashes of them learning to play together, but there's way too much crying because they can't agree what to play, or can't share, or someone hit someone accidentally or on purpose. I think it's getting better, but it's still pretty bad.
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hi due date buddy!
our los are juuuust starting to play nicely together at 2 and 5-next-week (omg), like I just started noticing it maybe 2 months or so ago. but it doesn't last long, maybe 15 mins max. usually I have to be in the mix too for them to play together
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@Foodnerd81: thats so sweet
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Mine have a 3 year difference but have always been close and played together. My older LO has always been very gentle and protective of his little sister, and while they obviously fight sometimes, they play together all the time.
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DD was always nice to DS (2.5 year gap) but they really started playing together when DS started at DD's preschool at 5 and just turned 3. It seemed like a mindset shift for DD that DS was big enough to go to her school and play with her friends. They only overlapped at school for 3 months and things keep getting better.
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Mine are just under 2 years apart, and I would say that when my youngest was 2, that was really the turning point for us. It's only gotten better and better! They are now 4 and 6 and I LOVE it!
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Mine are 6 (boy), 3.5 (boy), and almost 2(girl).
The 6 and 2 year old pretty much have always gotten along. They have very similar personalities.
My 3.5 year old is a tougher kid in general. He goes from getting along with his siblings 1 minute to freaking out and fighting the next. It's definitely improved since turning 3, but we aren't there yet.
I think personality has a lot to do with it.
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I have two girls and at 2.5 and 4.5 they really started playing well together. I found once my youngest got some language skills it really encouraged their relationship. They still fight and bicker but they do generally play well. They’re now 3.5 and 5.5 and like others have said it keeps getting better !
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@Mrs. Champagne: I love the quiet that lets me know something naughty is taking place.... like the bathroom is totally covered in handsoap.
mine are 2.5 and just turned 4.
and it is a win for everybody!
our los are juuuust starting to play nicely together at 2 and 5-next-week (omg), like I just started noticing it maybe 2 months or so ago. but it doesn't last long, maybe 15 mins max. usually I have to be in the mix too for them to play together
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