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@porven Yes and no. I agree with the being an introvert comment that not everyone 'counts' as an interaction I 'crave'. I need a quiet day at home every weekend to recuperate. I also wouldn't enjoy keeping house with the financial constraints one income would bring and I live in a country that...

@mabosede Yeah another good reason for shorter gaps, that's why I mentioned lifestyle and other factors that influence choices. If we have a third it'll also be with at least a 4 year gap but I don't know if my body and husband will still be up for it as I had GD the second time around and have...

@shicomi For us the bigger gap was what fits our personalities, lifestyle, parenting goals etc. I can imagine if traveling to far away places is important to you and you are not comfortable with taking babies/toddler or leaving them with someone that having your kids close together and get this...

@jazzyd777 5 y.o. and 3 m.o. here. Definitely not 2x as much work. It's even less than 1 newborn/firstborn (but people do crazy things for their firstborn like invent 20-step bedtime routines etc and think baby will never go to sleep if we don't do it the exact same way every day, speaking from...

@tantman This is exactly what we did. Baby 2 is 7 weeks old now and it's everything I hoped it would be. 5y.o. is quite independent and set in his routine so no big adjustment/tantrums, waiting/patience is no problem, he's grabbing my stuff when I'm nursing etc. He's also completely in love with...