How healthy the child becomes may depend on the spacing between the previous pregnancy and the latter.
Child spacing refers to period of time or the interval between one child's birth date until the next one.
It is an essential part of family planning, according to Mayo Clinic. It means figuring how long you need to wait after the first birth before getting pregnant.
A research published in the Journal of American Medical Association in 2006, found that the physical health of the baby is much better if the mother waits a minimum of 18 months after the previous baby before she conceives another.
Recent research suggested that closely spaced pregnancies might be associated with an increased risk of autism in the second child. The risk is high for the pregnancies spaced less than 12 months.
Research had also suggested that beginning pregnancy within six months of a live birth is associated with increased risk of premature birth, low birth weight, congenital disorders and schizophrenia.
According to Mayo Clinic, closely spaced pregnancy might not give the mother enough time to recover from the previous before moving to the next. The nutrients lost during the previous pregnancy and breastfeeding might not be replaced and this may affect the health of the baby.
Another study have equally shown that women are often anemic for a good year after a birth because of lots of iron allotted to the baby and placenta and the blood lost during the birth. 
A famous Longitudinal stidy found that spacing kids closer than two years apart was a risk factor for both kids apparently because neither child got enough attention from the mother to create mother - child bond that kids need to flourish.
Family Planning experts generally agreed that at least twenty - four months or two years birth interval is important for infant, child and maternal health. Some studies suggest that birth interval less than two years is associated with adverse paternal and maternal outcome. The World Health Organization (WHO has identified birth interval (the period between two consecutive live births) as critical determinant of child mortality risk, recommending that women space their births between three and five years apart to reduce health risks to children and the mothers (WHO 2007).
A Los Angeles Lakers nutrition consultant and the author of Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food pointed out that children who are given proper resources for fetal development are set up with better bone structure, more confidence, and higher intelligence.
A new England Journal of Medicine reports that a minimum of 18 - 24 creates better space between pregnancies to prevent preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant death.
A well spaced pregnancy helps the mother properly care for the first child before getting distracted by the second, thus it's very important that families adopt a good child spacing method.
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Sources: Nytimes.com/spacing of siblings strongly link to success in life.
Food Renegade.com/your child future success may depend on child spacing
N C B I/when and where birtth spacing matters for child survival. Aha parenting/what is the best age spacing between siblings.
Mayo Clinic.com/family planning:get the fact about pregnancy
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