Re: How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

DS is 2.5 now. So for us the ideal spacing is about 3.5 years or more. (depending on when we get pregnant!)

I only want 2 no matter the gender. And I didnt want them too close.

Now DS is so independent and helpful I know it will be much easier of a transition when it happens than if we had them spaced closer .

I also like that I had alot of one on one time with DS, we made a lot of memories as just a family of 3 before we have another DC. And then as DS will be entering nusery and then preschool etc in Sept 2011, I will still have alot of one on one time with DC #2.

Re: How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

Two kids, 3 or 3.5 years apart, any gender would be perfect. If we were richer I'd want more, but we just don't have the $$$ and I'd rather not be stressed for money all the time.

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We want 2. God willing of course. I think 2-3 yrs apart would be nice.

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In an ideal world, I would have liked to have 3 kids about 2-2.5 years apart.
We are having difficulty getting pregnant with #1 and we are getting older. So at this point, I am hoping for 2 and I don't care if they have to be close in age.

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We want 2 or 3, each about 2 yrs .. we are expecting our first and have decided to stay Team Green... first I want healthy babies .. Ideal would be Boy - Girl - Boy 2 years apart...

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i used to say i wanted 2 because i want them to have siblings but then when i think about that i get nervous if i can actually manage that or not and then i say just 1.
Dh has 2 boys already so i just say that they can be the siblings if i chicken out and just have 1

ETA: i think 1-3 years is a good spacing

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Re: How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

2 or 3 and as long as they are healthy i do not care

I joke b/c DH always says boy this boy that, he is going to be blessed with all girls just like my dad!!!!!

As far as age, as soon as the 1st one is out of diapers is when i will start trying again.

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i would like to have 3 kids. ideally, i would like them to be 2.5-4 years apart in age.

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I keep going back and forth between 1 and 2. Lately it's been leaning more to 1. If we had 2 kids, I'd like to space them out at least 3 years apart.

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I always wanted 2 kids and my DH wanted 3. However, we are both kind of flexible between 2-3 (neither of us want 1 or more than 3).

I feel terrible saying this but if we have 2 boys I'd probably be more likely to go for a 3rd because I'd love to have a daughter (and possibly the reverse too if we have 2 girls) but it will really depend on how easily we get pregnant with #s 1 and 2 and how old I am.

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if i hadnt been in college and working on my Bachelors when i got preggo with #1, then i would have had #2 right after....but 6 years later and still no second child. i think the spacing is too large, its better to have them closer together, that way they grow up together too...
ideally, 2-3 years is a good spacing.
DH wants 3 kids, i want 2.
i think if my next is a boy, ill be done.

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2 kids would be ideal...but def no more than 3.

i think about 3 or 3.5 years in between them is perfect. my sister and I are that far apart and have always been really close, but are far enough apart that we always had our own things going on if that makes sense.

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How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

2 kids...we get what we get and we don't get upset (regarding gender)...I'm a middle child and just do not want that and we both do not want 4.

We are going to start on our second when the first turns 2. We got pregnant fairly quickly this time so we're hoping that is the case the second time around.

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My husband came from a big family. He wants 4, not including the 2 I already have from a previous marriage. He has none of his own. I'm down for 1 more, and I think once he sees how much work a newborn is he'll change his mind. My kids are 7 and 9 so they are pretty self sufficient. He's in for a shock lol

How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

At this point, I'd be thrilled if we could have 1 healthy baby.


If infertility wasn't an issue for us, we'd like to have 2 about 3-4 years apart

How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

i have an almost two year old and while i like the idea of another i feel like i dont even want to think about it until she is at least three. the idea of a 2 year old and a newborn seems absolutely nutso to me

ETA i originally wanted three but had a really rough time getting pregnant and a really traumatic near death birth with my first. at this point if i have another i might count my blessings. im already counting them now with one!

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How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

ideally 2. one of each. 3 - 4 years apart.

but when i had my loss last summer, it was a girl. There was nothing you could tell me about the gender if the baby was healthy :(

so i don't care boy or girl. and i'm really in no rush at all. it will all fall into place the way it was meant to.

How many kids do you want? What do you think is ideal sibling spacing?

I would really like 2. But at this point with having to go to a RE I would be blessed to have one.

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2...maybe 3. I'd love to experience a girl so if the next is a boy I'd probably go for a third. Financially that would be a bit scary but i'd be willing to move away from LI / NY if it meant being able to afford the family I want.

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2 or 3. Will see how 2 goes... as far as age difference, I think 2.5 years apart would be nice?