anybody with kids close in age???

[kaylajr]

my girls are 28 months apart right now 8 (almost 9) and 11
and ALL they do is fight

is it just here or do your kids fight alot too

somedays i wanna put gloves on and throw them in a boxing ring
they drive me crazy

 

[HollyJoy]

My girls are 26 months apart, and while they love one another dearly, they argue all the time!! Ugh!

 

[binny]

mine are 11 months apart and are both 5 right now. They are the best of friends right now but Im betting that wont last lol. Especially when they both start getting their own friends.

Good luck!

 

[CarolDel]

My 3 lads are all a year apart - coming up for 11, 12 & 13 2 in August & one in September & yeah they do fight a fair amount

They are a bit more tolerant of each other now - my eldest also has Aspergers syndrome & behavioural issues so that goes into the melting pot too but I think the middly lad uses this to try & grab the "alpha male" position lol

It was worse when they were younger, now I just grab them & chuck them outside lol & ban them from games

Our greatest purchase was our people carrier as it meant that for car journey's we could seperate them all - it is bliss lol.

It does get better, I find if 2 of them are together they are fine it is when the three are together they wind each other up

Carol

 

[gallaj0]

Mine are 18 months apart, right now they are 7 1/2 and 5 9 months, a girl and a boy. They fight all the time, and when they're not, their just being annoyign to each other.

But that is nothing compared to what my sister and I used to do, we were only 11 months apart; Irish twins.

 

[huey duey & luey]

Mine are 1 minute, 1 minute and 1 minute apart, 29 months old and yes they fight all the time
Tara

 

[Talking Hands]

Four years apart, 26 and 22 and they still fight.

 

[Disney Ella]

Last summer was nice, but this summer all they do is fight. They are very into the rules and what is fair this year - and it seems that things are very rarely fair in their world. (They are both 8.)

 

[MagicalMom]

Mine a pretty far apart in age & still argue. They are 13, 8, & 3. I've always wondered if they would get along better if they were closer in age. The upside is that I'll only have to pay for one college tuition at a time.

 

[snoopy]

My kids are almost 4 years apart and THEY fight all the time, so there is no truth to the theory that they need to be close in age to fight. Me and my siblings were stairsteps, no more than a year or two between any of us, yet we were constantly fighting too! I thought maybe having them a little further apart would make sibling rivalry a little easier, but that hasn't been the case around my house! I'm constantly separating them, all weekend long, that is what I do. Make one go to one part of the house, and the other as far away as possible.

 

[jimmalru80]

Two minutes apart and just the usual "sister to sister" stuff. They pretty much get along well.

 

[AngieBelle]

My sister and I are 16 1/2 months apart. We fought when we were little but we were also really close. The funny thing was, we had the same taste in friends, but niether of us liked to share our friends! We used to lock each other out when we had a friend over....the poor friend would be in the middle of a tug-a-war. When we both went to day camp together, she'd tag along with me a lot, and I'd try to get away from her. When we were alone together though, we had a whole world of makebelieve games that we played only with each other. Babysitters for us had it way easy because we'd go off to our rooms and play, and they wouldn't have to do a thing.

 

[mickeyboat]

My uncles are exactly one year apart.

My brother and I are 11 days short of a year apart.

My DD's are 6 days short of a year apart.

See a pattern?

DD's are 3 and 4, soon to be 4 and 5. They will both be 4 for 6 days. I wonder how I am going to explain that to my oldest. Their birthdays fall on either side of the cut-off date for starting school, so they will be in the same grade. They start pre-K this year.

Surprisingly, besides when they fight over the same toy, they get along very well. This morning, DD4 went to wake up DD3 and she was so sweet and gently about it. They really love another.

Denae

 

[Annette_VA]

Mine are almost 27 months apart. They don't fight much, but they're just 3 & almost 1. I know I'll get it later, though!

 

[winniedapooh]

Mine are close as well. With 5 of them, sometimes I feel like I live in a boxing ring! They will be grown soon enough and I will miss these times. Besides.....school starts in 13 days, lol!

 

[Octoberbeauty]

My 5 yr old boy/girl twins (1 minute apart) fight ALL the time. I am so tired of being the referee! But they start Kindergarten next week and then I will miss them like crazy.

 

[Kallison]

Yes, I had three in four years. What the hell were we thinking??!! Actually we have good days and bad days. I like the fact that outgrown clothes go from one drawer to the next and then out the door. I like the fact that they like the same things at about the same time -- for instance we are in the sometimes PG13 movie zone, they go on the same type rides at amusement parks, etc. Now I see some of middles DS's friends talking about how cute his little sister is ! That could pose a problem. There are pros and cons to both. My sibling was 5 years older and we weren't all that close. I'm glad I got done with all the baby stuff at once, I would do it again the same way .

 

[puffkin]

No kids yet, but...

My boss has a nursery at the office and she has 3 kids (4, 2 1/2 and 1) all girls and they fight like crazy. Plus, she is pregnant with number 4 and is due literally any day. They are all still at that age when they want Mommy's attention so they fight like crazy for attention, toys, food, whatever. I really feel bad for the little one because the older two really demand the mothers attention and now with a new baby on the way, she really will have a hard time getting attention. I will never have kids that close together, but no matter what, they will probably fight. It is just nature

 

[hipporina]

My kids fight all the time! Before we got our newest 2, DS 8 & DS 4 were at it all the time. Now all 4 have their moments. They are 8, 6, 4, & 4. I remember fighting with my sisters a lot growing up, but we are wonderfully close.

My kids fight like we did, snippy and ugly, but won't actually hurt each other. I think they will have the same type of realtionship that I had with my sisters, we could pick on each other, but watch out if someone outside of the family tried too!

I think the only way to avoid it is to only have one kid!

 

[fanofmickey]

My brother and I are 10 months apart. I was one year ahead of him in school and we rarely fought. Maybe would have been different if we had been same sex (more competitive, etc.).

DD 18 and DS 15 fought all their lives until DS entered Middle School - all of a sudden they became friends. They fight less and less as they get older.

DS twins age 8 started fighting at 2yo and fighting escalated until they started Kindergarten - I think that they just spent too much time together. Since they were not allowed to be in the same Kindergarten class they were thrilled to see each other at the end of the school day and they rarely fight now (in 3rd grade).