Age gaps
My two are 19 1/2 months apart, so at about your stage I got pregnant with the second. Although we had decided to start trying again, it took 9 months to fall the first time and I thought it would be ages this time. WRONG! I was in shock and it has taken me until now (#2 is 5 months old) to really get used to the idea and bond well with #2. I know that you are keen to get going with the second, but I guess you have to be guided be your other half. If she is like me, she will still be really close to #1 and would feel guilty at that thought of sharing herself with a new baby whilst Little StinkyButt is still her baby. I felt so guilty when I fell pregnant, even though I knew that in the long run they would be nice and close. The other thing with two close together is it's hard work!
There is a five year gap between me and each of my sisters, and two and a half years between me and my brother (sister, brother, me, sister). I hated my sisters growing up, but was very close to my brother. I get on well with all of them now, infact my sisters better than my brother, so there's just no knowing how things will turn out. However much you hope for your kids to be close as kids, what happens as adults will last longer - they will equal out by their twenties, and that's a long, long time left to be close. And lets face it, as you said, you never know what is going to happen time-wise, so I would just wait until you are both happy with the timing and enjoy things your little girl on her own whilst you can.
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