Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

I know there is probably a lot of research about the implications of the age gap between siblings but I wanted to share a few of my observations. Lucas is 6 years older than Liam. We didn't actually choose that big of a gap, it just worked out that way. In the beginning, Liam was so much smaller than Lucas that everything went well. Lucas played with his very baby brother as a big kid would play with a little kid. There was a gap in language, physical skill and size that made the difference between the boys clear. Now that Liam has more verbal skills, can have a conversation, is bigger and can "fight" with his big brother it is a different story. Now we are seeing the downsides of the big gap. The plus of the big gap: Lucas was independent enough not to require much attention when Liam was a baby. Allowing us to focus on the new baby. Lucas was old enough to help with Liam (bring clothes, diapers, etc.) and was able to understand when we had to leave reading with hi...