-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-28-19  00:28 <=-

 > Mommy always said that they'd decided to have a large family... 
    (snip)
 > apart, and then Mommy was curious as to what her natural spacing
 > would be... so the next two were each 18 months apart, which
 > apparently was what the natural spacing was, and she decided that
 > was too close together, so they again planned the two year span for
 > the next baby... So it was 2 years, 18 months, 18 months and then 2
 > years... 5 kids in 7 years...  Then the last 3 were spaced more like
 > 3 years apart... No cabooses or twins in the batch... They got their
 > eight kids, they quit having more... :) 
 > 
 RH> My parents had two 18 months apart and Mom decided that was too 
 RH> enough headaches.(LOL)

Eighteen months is pretty close... :)   And each couple has their own
comfort zone...  :)

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