Pros to having an age difference in kids

Question

My son will be 8 in November, I am due in April. I wanted another baby and we actually got pregnant the first month...but I've been concerned about the age difference. I worry they won't ever have a real brother/brother or brother/sister relationship.....any advice to help the bond or any pros to my son being so much older

Answer 1

Ok, i am 14 and my lil bro is 6, we have a real brother-brother relationship, it has nothing to do with the age as long as they have brotherly, er.. sisterly love.

Answer 2

my kids are 20, 12 (13 in Sept), 11 (12 in Nov) and 7 mo's. My oldest was a HUGE help with number 2 and number 3.  They all help out with number 4.  They enjoy making her laugh and they can usually amuse her pretty good so that i can fix dinner, take a shower, make a phone call.  Personally, i wouldn' t do it any other way.

Answer 3

My sister and I are 8 years apart and I have a brother that is 10 years older then me too. When I was little it was always nice having older siblings because the definitely took very good care of me and were very protective over me also. There were a few times in my life, like high school for example that they were off living there lives and weren't even around very much. Once I got out of High school we got very close again and still are to this day, they are some of my best friends. I don't think the age difference will be bad at all!