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lifejoy:
My 5-month-old is sleep-torturing me and I have no life :)

Which ages can I look forward to? 25? 8? 1? 40? Lol

Let me know, I could use some hope!

vivian:
I think 6-18 months is wonderful! They have personality, are learning, but haven’t hit the NO stage yet. Ages 4 & 5 are also great to see how their mind is working.


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firelight:
I like every stage once they started responding a bit (3+ months) but my favorites were when they are learning to talk well. So much fun when they learn a word and use it appropriately! The way my kid's mind works is a source of wonder and fun for me.

bogart:
I have stepkids and a kid of my own, and thus far have covered ages 0 through 10 (kid, stepgrands) and 13-mid-30s (steps). 

I'm finding 10 pretty good and would say things really started getting noticeably more fun about 8.  But 10 is fabulous!  I can issue requests (or instructions) like, "Please empty the dishwasher," and -- he does.  It's fabulous.  But also there's lots of fun stuff we can do together where he is really a contributing/participating member of the process/discussion/etc.  Also, he will sleep past 7 a.m. if allowed to do so (that pretty much didn't start happening until he was about 8).

The teenage years were a mixed bag (steps, though, obviously, we were just embarking on our relationship then and it's probably not an entirely fair comparison to a kid one has known from day 1 and who's not trying to figure out, as I was, how stepparents/kids relate).  But from the early- to mid-20s they've been pretty much fun, too. :) . 

The grands are reminding me why really the early years are not my favorite.

Though don't get me wrong, there have been wonderful events, moments, activities at every age.  But I definitely prefer moderately independent, able to follow simple instructions, and not-too-likely-to-engage-in-self-destructive-behavior.

On a positive note if (like me) you turn out to be someone who prefers older kids to little kids, then the trend will be in a good direction.  It seems to me it would be really difficult to be a parent if your most preferred ages were the really young ones, because it would all be a downhill slide after the early years.

If I could do one thing different vis-a-vis my kid's earlier years, it would be to make more use of paid childcare.  We are fortunate to have lots of good choices available around us, and I wish we'd relied on them more -- particularly as a sociable only child, he loved the time he did have in daycare (roughly 16 hours/week from 2 months until he was 4 and then 24 hours for the final year before kindergarten, but throw in an extra 8-16 hours of grandma care as well) and would, I think, have benefited from getting more of it, as would I have from doing less juggling and having more energy for the time we did spend together.

Richie Poor:
Mine are still young (almost 3 yr old and a 15 month).

The first six months had some bright spots but in general I enjoyed the 8-18 month much better as they hit their prime in adorableness and show more personality. They also sleep better (not perfectly). 2 yrs can be nice as well since they are potty trained and, at least in the case of my daughter, can hold a conversation.

I think I will prefer even more the age when I can work in the backyard without having to watch them like a hawk, worrying about what they are putting in their mouth or what they are trying to jump off.

Unfortunately if you were concerned about having a social life ours has not returned yet and will likely not for several more years. We tend to spend more time with family as they often share the workload for a precious few hours without a second thought.

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