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Hi, I also have an age gap between the boys

I am a mom of 2 one is almost 16 now and the other is almost 5 now very interesting to see that they really get along well.... most of the time. sometimes they both act 4 1/2 and sometimes the 4 1/2 year old acts 16 LOL, its very interesting, they are both great kids, very loving.
Posted by KATIE on 09/08/2008 03:59 PM

When the gap is that big (my oldest is 23 and my youngest is 12), I think it's actually easier for them to get along than when they are closer. There's much less competition and the older one is more likely to see the younger one as "cute" and less as a "pest."
posted by Kelly on 09/09/2008 08:42 AM

My son is 13 my step son is 12 and my daughter is going to be a year old in a couple of weeks. Her brothers adore her, I think also it's because they are protective because she is little, they love the fact she is trying to walk, she can't talk back and annoy them and she has cool toys that they "teach" her to use. My step daughter is 11 and all they do is bicker and fight and get on each others nerves because they are so close in age. I am an only child and I am glad I had 2 but I am glad they were far apart it is much easier.
posted by Kristhal on 09/09/2008 09:06 AM

I am a mom of 3 - 14 boy, 3 girl and 20 months girl. They get along well, but my son and my 3 y.o daughter are fighting more often, because she wants everything that he has and she loves to go to his room and he gets very mad at her . He is more patient with the little one - I think because she is not into his things yet.
posted by Mary on 09/09/2008 11:00 AM

I'm an only child also, but I remember stories of my granmother taking her 17 year younger brother on dates with her, and my dad thinking his 16 year younger sister was the most precious and precocious thing. I think some of that shine wore off when the younger (age 5) sister cut her hair drastically the day before my parents wedding. My grandmother says it was because the child felt like she wasn't getting enough attention. She was 7 years older than me and I know that precious and precocious is how she was percieved all her childhood and adolenscence and some of her adulthood.
posted by Kelly on 09/10/2008 09:39 AM

I am a mom of 3 boys ages: 15, 9 and 1. It is hard to find other moms who have a similar situation. I'm going to playgroups and storytimes with my 1 year old and getting my 15 year old ready for his drivers license. My older two boys adore their baby brother. I am just so enjoying having a baby again. Even though our boys are very far apart in age, our family feels right and the 3 of them are perfect. Despite the fact that my husband and I will be 50 when our youngest is 13 and our oldest will then be 27!
posted by stephanie on 02/23/2010 07:36 PM

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