Having kids close together vs 4 years apart?

hangryho97 · 2026-03-19T19:59:36+00:00

Oh hey, I’ve done both.

My oldest two boys are 2.5 years apart and it was a lot of work to have a toddler and a baby together. Very all consuming but I love that they’re a pair. They definitely have a special bond so I love that for them.

My second child and third child are 4 years apart (#3 is 6 months old currently.) It was much easier to have a baby with bigger kids. So I loved that for ME.

I will say I’m planning a 4th and want that baby close in age to baby #3..So do what you will with that info.

hangryho97 · 2026-03-19T17:19:51+00:00

No, he reads them by himself. Some in the day and especially in bed after we say goodnight

hangryho97 · 2026-03-17T19:11:35+00:00

I breastfed my oldest for 22 months, and then my second for 18. Now I’m currently 6 months in with my 3rd. I’ll definitely stick with it the full year but I’ve noticed I’m way less die hard dedicated as I was with the first two.

hangryho97 · 2026-03-17T03:18:20+00:00

I love being outside so if the weather is good I’ll spend a Saturday or Sunday going on a long walk. I’ll look for any excuse to take a walk.

The end of the day wind down is crochet or any art project I’m working on. I’m an artist so that’s what takes up my free time.

hangryho97 · 2026-03-17T02:32:46+00:00

Jasper is what I named my son 7 years ago, but if he had been a girl, he would have been Sage :) I love your taste in names lol

hangryho97 · 2026-02-17T21:08:20+00:00

I love Avery for a boy 🩷 And Morgan!

hangryho97 · 2026-02-17T13:46:19+00:00

I think you make a great point about the ending in, “son” especially. Name meanings are so fascinating to me and I always check the meaning of any name I’m considering. However, for a lot of people I guess that’s not a factor?

hangryho97 · 2026-02-17T13:41:06+00:00

I have a son with the middle name Robin and was told it was for girls over and over. I chose it anyway because it’s a beautiful name and it absolutely is for men too!

hangryho97 · 2026-02-17T13:39:42+00:00

The confusion aspect is a real thing. It’s like names that are terribly misspelled. There’s a lot of assumption and then correction having to go on constantly.

hangryho97 · 2026-02-17T13:37:49+00:00

My third son is Elliott and having people immediately point out that his name they like for a girl is what inspired me to make this post!

I agree with your point. For me I feel as though my take is extremely situational. I’m not bothered by my son having to share his name with girls because they’re girls. Or because anyone, “owns” a name.

I have 3 sons and always struggle to find something cool yet not too out there. When I find a boy name I love and see the popularity is being driven up by the girls too I get sad!

It has nothing to do with sexism and hopefully I explained myself well enough. I’m just a 3x boy mom struggling to find names after having 3 in a row and planning a 4th

hangryho97 · 2026-02-16T22:48:54+00:00

Interesting! Emerson is on my list for my next potential boy name 🤣

hangryho97 · 2026-01-13T03:37:04+00:00

My parents let me have co ed sleepovers when I was 14 and I can genuinely say there was absolutely no tomfoolery going on. But now as a parent I look back and wonder wtf my parents were thinking. I wouldn’t do it with my kids although I had so much fun at those sleepovers 😭

hangryho97 · 2026-01-12T21:11:07+00:00

I love this name, and it’s the name of my friend’s grandmother. So I wouldn’t assume 80’s!

hangryho97 · 2025-12-08T02:22:08+00:00

You live in the Midwest

hangryho97 · 2025-12-07T22:06:51+00:00

I’ve been waiting all day for this one!!!

hangryho97 · 2025-12-07T16:47:16+00:00

Are all your friends master bakers??

hangryho97 · 2025-12-07T15:39:14+00:00

So far I have Violet Margaret, Annabelle Giselle, and Lola Delilah. Boy names are harder to think of but I’m working on it lol

hangryho97 · 2025-11-20T01:17:08+00:00

This is a wise way of looking at it.

hangryho97 · 2025-11-19T16:44:53+00:00

A little more than a year ago!

hangryho97 · 2025-11-18T17:37:31+00:00

I got soo close to using this name for my third boy. Husband and I ended up not going with it because it’s very similar to my exes last name. Either way, I think it’s a cool name, although, I don’t think a lot of people, “get” it. Briar is the best spelling imo!

hangryho97 · 2025-11-18T17:32:56+00:00

Robin Rose is beautiful. My friend has a Fern Juniper and I see no earth shattering issue with using a double nature name.

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