DH and I are still considering whether or not we will try to add a third child to our family. Our first two are close in age (21 months apart) and are now almost 4 and 5.5, so if we did add a 3rd child to our family, there would be a much bigger age gap. Obviously the experience and pros/cons of a newborn when you have a toddler is much different than having a newborn when you have school age kids. We are trying to picture how this dynamic would be. Our two kids now are very close, choose to play together the majority of the time and really look out for each other in some many ways. Both DD and DS also say they really want another sibling and talk about it often unprompted. (obviously, they may feel differently if this actually happened!).
Anyone care to share their experiences with a larger gap after having kids close in age? Or having a baby with school age kids? I am trying to get a handle on what we would be getting into trying to juggle the different needs of such different ages. Thanks!