A mum has divided opinion after sharing what she believes to be the ‘best’ age gap between children.
Mum-of-two and baby sleep coach Kaitlin Klimmer took to TikTok to share her views on the ideal age gap - even though she admitted it hadn’t originally been part of her plan.
You can see what she had to say here:
In the clip, Kaitlin explains that her two children have a slightly larger gap than she had initially wanted but that it all turned out for the best.
She said: "Unpopular opinion but having a four-year age gap between your kids is the best.
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"When I was trying to get pregnant with my second, we had three miscarriages and I was getting so anxious about the growing age gap between them and now that we're on the other side of that, I think the four-year age gap is like unreal, and I would choose it every time again.”
Kaitlin believes that this four-year gap is perfect for her as it means that her older child is slightly more independent.
"For example, I just got finished putting my 16-month-old down for a nap and we always lie with our kids until they're asleep,” she went on.
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"So, I was lying with her and I fell asleep also. I woke up 20 minutes later, just not at all concerned about what my five-year-old is up to like, she's five she can hang out for half an hour by herself.
"I went to check on her and was like 'sorry I took so long', but she was just making her birthday invitations for her birthday in August.
"It's just... it's so nice."
However, as with pretty much every other aspect of parenting, people had their own ideas about exactly what was ‘best’.
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One person, who disagreed, wrote: “Me and my brother are four years apart. We never had a single thing in common or wanted to do the same stuff. Family holidays were a nightmare. No thanks.”
Another said: “I had four under two and it was, and still is, the best age gap! You act like you can control the age gap. I had one and then had triplets. Love it!”
However others agreed, with one mum noting: “Four years was perfect for the spacing between our kiddos, too. They both got lots of attention as babies and the college spacing is nice, too!”
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Meanwhile, some thought that four years still wasn’t enough of a gap.
“My boys are 22 years apart. I highly recommend,” wrote another parent.
While another chipped in: “My kids have a nine year age gap and that’s perfectly fine.”
Claire Reid