tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post114553723458132229..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Space Your Babies Close Enough to Mess Each Other's RolesGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1147355171974201162006-05-11T09:46:00.000-04:002006-05-11T09:46:00.000-04:00Yeah, I guess that having the five year spread bet...Yeah, I guess that having the five year spread between my next oldest sibling and me made at least my teen years feel like I was an only child.<BR/><BR/>Having twins, though -- neither of their birthweights was particularly low but they seem to have distinctive niches. They have a different point of view about siblings: siblings are necessarily and critical to happiness. Boy and girl siblings are preferable. (If they see an only girl child, they will ask "where's her boy?")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1146432412616560362006-04-30T17:26:00.000-04:002006-04-30T17:26:00.000-04:00I agree. I am in the middle of a 15 year spread, a...I agree. I am in the middle of a 15 year spread, and my big sister was out of the house before I was out of third grade.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1146429456928424832006-04-30T16:37:00.000-04:002006-04-30T16:37:00.000-04:00The biological reasons for spacing your children a...The biological reasons for spacing your children are compelling. I am one of three children. My sister is twenty months younger than me, and my brother is two years younger than she is. None of us were born with a low birth weight. <BR/> In addition to being born healthier, I also think that spacing your children close together is important in terms of creating a more "cohesive" family. Because we are close in age, we have a shared childhood. We always had a playmate. My mother is twelve years older than her sister, and they didn't have all the shared experiences and memories that you have with siblings close in age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com