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My first two are two min apart, and the last one is 2 years 5 mo younger, which I think is ideal. IF we were to ever have another, I would want it within 2-3 years as well.... Only cuz I don't want first and last to be so far apart.

I don't really have a cut-off. DH's next sibling is 18 months younger, then 18 months after that, then 5 years after that, making him 8 years older than his youngest sibling. He is by far closest to his youngest sibling, so big age gaps don't scare me in that way. I don't think I want to be in the baby phase of life that long, but if we do have a 3rd, I could imagine having a 3-4 year age gap.

No cutoff here, my brother is 4 years younger and I remember helping care for him, it was pretty fun!

@sandy: I'm very excited to hear that!

i don;t want more than a 4 year gap, but it is for me, not my kids. By having their childhoods overlap i will be raising kids for overall less time I mean that in the best way possible. I just can't imagine having like a 10 year old and then having to start all over with a newborn and go through age 0-10 separate from the first one. That's basically adding on 6 years to my life of child-rearing years versus if i have my second when LO1 is 4 max.

I like the idea of having adult relationships with both my kids too at the same time.

My age is also a factor and the longer I wait for the next kid, the older I am getting and I am currently at the age i would like to be done TTC.