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your favourite age?
  • irishlassirishlass
    Posts: 6,731Member
    At what age did you have most fun with your kids? Why?

    I loved when my son had just turned 2. He was so articulate and the things he said were hilarious! He hadn't started understanding people and their motives yet, so he wasn't to sensitive or frustrated. It was great! I'm thinking the age that will be awesome might be 18? Please tell me I'm wrong! Lol
    "Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." - Dr. Seuss
  • GypsyMamaGypsyMama
    Posts: 614Member
    Nope @irishlass 18-23 are the suckiest years. Life starts holding them accountable and smacking them around as it likes to do and you have to stand back and watch them flounder around figuring it out. It is kinda like watching a baby learning how to walk with soccer balls and basketballs being thrown at their heads the whole time. They'll figure it out eventually but it won't be pretty and they don't come through it unscathed.

    That said I have different favorites with the boys than my daughter. The twins it was 8 months. Right before they started walking, ahem running. My daughter it was age 4 when she always ordered grilled cheese because she thought it was girled
  • GypsyMamaGypsyMama
    Posts: 614Member
    Cheese and would stop and wiggle and dance whenever The Heat Is On played on the radio.

  • momof4momof4
    Posts: 323Member
    my favorite ages is newborn and the age of my kids now. 16,15,13 and 10. I love their personalities and that they can take care of themselves and i have more freedom. They can cook meals if i don't feel like it or when they want to cook. I'm really close with all of my girls and the twists of everyday life with them is great! they come out with spontanious stuff that just cracks me up =))  we're like best friends but they also know i'm their parent 1st and friend second.
  • PurpleFlowersPurpleFlowers
    Posts: 5,621Member
    The time between finally sleeping through the night and when they start to crawl.
    Stay away from my chocolate and nobody gets hurt!

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  • ZidashaZidasha
    Posts: 830Member
    @momof4, That's the type of relationship I hope to have with my kids when they get older.  

    With both my boys is was def. the newborn age.  Although waking up every few hours is a pain it was nice to know I can leave them in the swing or whatever and they would still be there a few min. later.  

    I also love around age 6 - ?  My oldest will be 7 next month and so far I love his company, the fact we can have arguments and debates, he helps out with his little brother and no doubt will help out with the baby.  He does a lot for himself but still needs me on a daily basis.
    "I have a theory that placenta is brain matter I push out, so with each child I get dumber and dumber." ~ Unknown

  • loveitloveit
    Posts: 1,743Member
    Two! She was SOOO cute!!
  • fatchickonabikefatchickonabike
    Posts: 5,499Member
    Okay, the newborn phase sucked. And she didn't sleep through the night until she was 3, so that sucked. Plus all the unreasonable-toddler bullshit and public mega-meltdowns sucked. Then she was diagnosed with Sturge-Weber Syndrome, and that REALLY FUCKING SUCKED. At 4 everyfuckingthingunderthesun was an argument. But from 5 on has been fabulous! I'd have a million kids if I could start from that age.
    "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof bullshit detector.” - Ernest Hemingway
  • Sleeplessinnc
    Posts: 67Member
    @PurpleFlowers
    "The time between finally sleeping through the night and when they start to crawl."


    They sleep through the night before they crawl??? Damn...
  • luckymama
    Posts: 94Member
    Both mine crawled, walked and talked and one was mostly potty trained before ever sleeping through an entire night. That's why I drink!
    My favorite age with my girl was about 18 months. She was so quick and learned funny new things every day. With my son, I loved every moment of his newborn stage. They're still pre-school ages, so I can't speak to the older years yet.
  • battibatti
    Posts: 2,164Member
    Mine are only 2 and 4 right now, and so far, about 1 1/2 was my fave age for both. They were just talking and walking and so curious about everything. Just so darn CUUUUTE!!

    SMSM_s_5

  • FreeToBeMee
    Posts: 640Member
    OH I loved 4. I hung the moon when she was 4 and we could have conversations...or maybe I was just overjoyed she wasn't 3 anymore. If craigslist had been around when she was 3 I may have made a "free for pick up" posting. Least fave though HAS to be 17-18. Ugh.
  • CrashCrash
    Posts: 8,161Member
    Hahaha....my favorite age is whatever age my kids are currently at! At 6 yo, my youngest still wants hugs, kisses, snuggles, so she's my go to for a bit of loving. My oldest at 10 is smart and capable, so she's my go to if I want anything done. My 8 yo is my go to for plain old goofiness. 
    See ya in another life, sister!
  • deviltwinsmommadeviltwinsmomma
    Posts: 2,278Member
    Im with @luckymamma 18 months definitely is the best!!! sooo cute still able to sleep in a crib and their cute blabber not to mention their chunky little faces.
    my mother used to sing me a song. It went like this: "Life is short, life is shit, and soon it will be over.
  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,158Member
    definitely NOT right now...3-3 1/2!  I flew through the "terrible twos" with nothing earth shattering happening, but now?   there are days when I wonder, why the hell did I do this?!!!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • Charlotte_SometimesCharlotte_Sometimes
    Posts: 1,756Member
    @GypsyMama -- DD said "girled cheese" too at that age.  I liked the 4s.  My oldest, at that age, told me to "read the destructions!" to figure out how to put something together and reminded me that we always had to "brush and fossil" our teeth.  Too freakin' cute.


    "But a lesson must be lived
    In order to be learned"

    Ani DiFranco, Manhole
  • proudmama
    Posts: 6Member
    Both of my children were fun toddlers.  DS was definitely more mischevious than DD was.  I'm really enjoying the dynamic between DD13 and myself right now.  We bond and have girl time and she is still young enough that spending time with me is not uncool yet.  I wonder how much longer of that I have left?
  • Charlotte_SometimesCharlotte_Sometimes
    Posts: 1,756Member
    @proudmama, you never know.  Maybe unlimited time!?  I either got lucky or raised mama's boys but my eldest is 20 and my younger son is 14 and the eldest never really went through that and the younger one hasn't shown signs of it either.  Both of them liked spending time with their friends but were equally happy to hang with us and in fact, my 14 year old has specifically requested that certain events be "family only", when we've offered to let him bring a friend along.  So yeah it can happen. :)
    "But a lesson must be lived
    In order to be learned"

    Ani DiFranco, Manhole
  • canadamom
    Posts: 869Member
    With my DD I loved every age from newborn to age 12 - then she turned into a crazy person and hasn't been the same since and she is now 17.  I hear it gets better at about 25 again.

    With my DS I loved every age from newborn to age 7 - then he turned violent and I had to finally move him out to his dad's at age 13 because I couldn't take it anymore.
  • stinkersmommystinkersmommy
    Posts: 1,322Member
    I like now 4 1/2 most of the time
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  • tothemoonandbacktothemoonandback
    Posts: 2,119Member
    Every single age my LO has been has been my favorite so far (I doubt I will always say that!) but he's 2.5.  And he still doesn't always sleep through the night.  I can't actually even think of a least favorite (yet).  Newborns suck, but I was SO enchanted and excited, everything was so new.. now it's still enchantment and being excited, but I'm more used to him, I know him, and we can actually have conversations sometimes.. funny ones and sometimes nonsensical ones, but still. 
    Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. - Marilyn Monroe
  • MommyFaceMommyFace
    Posts: 119Member
    @BellaBefana me too!!! He just turned three and he had a screaming fit and threw himself in the floor! As a two year old he was much easier to redirect! I'm hoping 4 brings a drastic change, in the opposite direction of the 3!
  • meandmy243meandmy243
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    Fresh from the shoot till thier 3rd birthday...
    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • OnmylastnerveOnmylastnerve
    Posts: 1,648Member
    18 months for me, she is learning new words every day! And she becomes so fascinated with everything. Hate the tantrums and the teething. Dear lord have mercy on me, she needs to get all her teeth tomorrow and let us be done with that shit.
    not my chair, not my problem
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    well behaved women seldom make history
  • ChristyJChristyJ
    Posts: 880Member

    All of it so far, he is my most fantastic achievment and I am amazed everyday, even they days I want to strangle him or run home to mama.

    Imperfect and proud of it.
  • MistressHeidiMistressHeidi
    Posts: 973Member
    I loved the baby stage, 6 months and up, the cuddly, smiley stage where their fascinated by everything. I also loved when they were 5 and 6, their imagination was wild, the things they said and did were so adorable.

    Now as teenagers there is a lot of things I like, I like the independence that they are starting to show, I like the people that they are, for the most part. The drama and fighting gets to me, a lot. My mom keeps telling me that they will be human again, about the age of 25. Hope I survive that long!
  • GypsyMamaGypsyMama
    Posts: 614Member
    I loved the dinosaur age with my boys too. That was like 6-8. They were late readers so couldn't 'write' book reports but got to do dioramas. We made ALOT of dinosaurs out of salt dough, let them dry and they'd paint them with water colors.

    @Charlotte_Sometimes That's hilarious about fossiling your teeth.

    And I liked the time right after each of them had their own kid.
  • jennyb73
    Posts: 2Member
    I would say 5 to 7 years. They are past the baby stage and not quite to the smartassy preternatural stage.
  • jennyb73
    Posts: 2Member
    jennyb73 said:

    I would say 5 to 7 years. They are past the baby stage and not quite to the smartassy preternatural stage.




    I meant preteen stage. Stupid auto correct!
  • irishlassirishlass
    Posts: 6,731Member
    Lol! Preternatural?? I'm looking forward to that age! Where he has his own interests and for the most part can fulfil them himself, by doing lego by himself, reading comics, whatever.
    "Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." - Dr. Seuss
  • TruthandjusticeTruthandjustice
    Posts: 68Member
    This may make me the odd-woman-out, but I LOVE the later teen years! I practically have my life back, and it's pretty damn nice. I mean, no more waking up in the middle of the night or at the crack of dawn, the kid can make his own meals, drive to where he needs to go....I'm sorry, but I love it.
  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,158Member
    @Truthandjustice:  you mean you sleep through when they come home?  My mom didn't, I'd be home and asleep for HOURS, and she'd come in and LOUDLY snap the overhead light on in my room just to make sure I was in bed.....GAH!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,594Member
    Every age except the newborn stage. My son was horribly colic until he was 4 months old, I swear, I don't remember a damned thing. It's all a blur. Sigh. Thank you, sleep deprivation.
    Seriously though since then he has been an angel. Perfect. He never shuts up, but he's so fucking smart and ridiculously sweet that it doesn't really matter. And I'm pretty sure I know where he gets it from (the constant yammering) so I can't exactly hate on the kid for somthing he inherited from his mama!!!! :p
    Yep. I have loved every age so far. Don't know what I did to get this angel child. I feel like the teen years are going to hit hard.....
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