Question - What is your favorite age?

meagan43

meagan43

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Mostly, I am talking about children (yours or others).

With kids ranging from 5-15 boys and girls, I have to say that my favorite age is right around 5 or 6. Babies are awesome and everything, but I love when they are old enough to have their own personality, want to try to do things themselves, can be helpful, ask to do things like snuggle or read with you, want to share things with you and you can do things with them, and they still have BIG dreams of who they want to become.
 
Hmm, not sure. They all have their moments, haha!

I LOVE, LOVE to snuggle with the babies all day long
I love when they start talking and just become a sponge of information
Elementary is great with their independence and learning more and more
Jr High is tough, but with my daughter, I love how she confides in me and we talk about boys, haha
High school- my son is learning how to drive and learning how to be a "man" ...scary! I think this is a tough time- high school!
 
This is true, Em!
I think ours are of similar age. My son is 16 next week and it is tough to teacher them how to balance their now-busy lives.
My daughter is 13 in middle school and it is so crazy to see her changing into a young woman. My other daughter is 10 and always keeps us on our toes. When they were babies, I loved them all, too.
There are things that I celebrate with each age to be sure.
Still, my 5 yo son makes me laugh on a daily basis. He has a cardboard box in the living room that he has been making into a tank for 5 days now. We had a rainy day today, so he stomped thru every puddle on the way to the car. He still likes me to read him a story at night and when I pick him up from school, he runs and jumps in my arms like he hasn't seen me in weeks instead of 3 hours. He sometimes will give me a kiss and look at his dad with a challenging look and then kiss me again.
 
Hard to pick. Love the newborn stage and first giggles. Love when they are 3 and are starting to get a personality. Love age 7 or 8 when they start to have real conversations with you.

My DS is almost 15 and I'm not a fan..lol...he is so moody right now and everything is a huge deal. If his little sister even breathes the wrong way, he is sighing and growling all over the place. I thought only teen girls went through that.
 
Anything after they turn 1 year old. Lol.
Babies are not my cup of tea. Anything after that and I can roll with the punches. LOL
 
The baby stage is my least favorite stage. I love and adore my children, but I'm just not a baby person (My mom thinks I'm strange; my dad completely understands.). However, my husband was deployed for our first and on recruiting duty for our second (I think I saw him more when he was deployed); thus, this could play a major part of my feelings of babies. ;)

However, once they reached 6 months of age, it just kept getting better. ;) I really can't pick a favorite age to be honest. I have loved every moment of being a mom and watching them grown and change. <3
 
I can honestly say that I've enjoyed both my son and daughter as a teen. I'm not a huge baby person, they're cute and all but so much work - LOL. Both of mine have been pretty enjoyable after the age of 4 (2s and 3s not so much) but as teens they both really came into their own (they both matured quickly thank goodness) and both had/have definite plans for their futures and a truckload of determination. My son is now 28 and has his own wonderful family and is doing exactly what he's wanted to do since the age 10 or so. My daughter is almost 16 and is creating the path she wants already. I love the teen years of them being so much more independent and I've been lucky they they were/are responsible as well as being independent.
 
Is it horrible to say that I am just annoyed with all my kids right now! My 20 year old son is driving me nuts with his wanting to drop out of college and just work at the grocery store. My 18 year old son is driving me nuts because he refuses to get his drivers license which would really help me out by not having to pick him and his sister up from school everyday. My 15 year old Daughter is MISS DRAMA QUEEN and everything is either super horrible or unbelievably AMAZING that she is prancing around like a lunatic squealing with delight (I prefer this to the crying in her bedroom and not wanting to talk to anyone.) My 13 year old son is actually the only one that isn't really driving me crazy. And my 10 year old son is just ANGRY all the time and yells a lot and doesn't want to listen to me. I guess that means my favorite age was when non of them could talk maybe 3 months! Worst Mom award waiting for me this year. ;)
 
They're all my favorite. I did a page about that a couple of years ago.



I think with her, the early to mid twenties was my least favorite. When they're basically adults and you have absolutely no say in their day to day lives and you have to bite your tongue when you see them do things because you've already had this conversation 500 times and you know you just have to be like Elsa and Let It Go, lol. But I love adult conversations and seeing her set up a house and in a career she loves, so there is definitely an up side.

With my stepson I think the last few years are definitely my favorite. I think we enjoy each other's company more now that he's older. We've gotten to know each other as people more and less as "that lady who kisses my dad and makes me eat broccoli" and "my husband's son".
 
8-10. They can totally take care of themselves while I take a nap (and even pour their own cereal). They are potty trained and not yet hormonal. Their financial needs are pretty low. Mine now range from 21-10 and teen years has been so difficult with emerging mental illnesses. 21 isn't a bad age except it costs a lot of $$$ to send them to college.
 
xboxmom said:
Is it horrible to say that I am just annoyed with all my kids right now! My 20 year old son is driving me nuts with his wanting to drop out of college and just work at the grocery store. My 18 year old son is driving me nuts because he refuses to get his drivers license which would really help me out by not having to pick him and his sister up from school everyday. My 15 year old Daughter is MISS DRAMA QUEEN and everything is either super horrible or unbelievably AMAZING that she is prancing around like a lunatic squealing with delight (I prefer this to the crying in her bedroom and not wanting to talk to anyone.) My 13 year old son is actually the only one that isn't really driving me crazy. And my 10 year old son is just ANGRY all the time and yells a lot and doesn't want to listen to me. I guess that means my favorite age was when non of them could talk maybe 3 months! Worst Mom award waiting for me this year. ;)
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You are NOT the worst mother of the year! I think all of us can totally relate. Older kids are so hard, all those hormones! Oh the hormones. Hang in there and eat chocolate. I spend a lot of time in "time out" by myself to preserve my sanity. My kids range between 10-21 (and I have 4 as well) so I can totally relate.
 
Yes the 20 year old Son and my 15 year old Daughter are so difficult right now. I want to strangle them both most days. The hormones for the 15 year old and my 20 year old who just has no clue what he wants to do with his life and it's so frustrating to watch him waste away these precious years.
 
I love children! I love the newborn phase and because so many well meaning people tell you to "soak it up, it goes so fast" I was terrified it was the only fun part. But then I love the toddler phase and the preschool phase and early school age as well! My oldest is 6 though, so I'm not sure if I like kids older than that ;).
 
The older they get the more I like them. LOL I am not a fan of babies... when most women around me see a baby they swarm to it and all fight over who gets to hold them next..... me I just stand back like "no thanks, I'm good." lol I just don't get the attraction. I was very lucky that none of my boys were needy babies, constantly holding, snuggling, always underfoot drives me batty. Don't get me wrong, I love hugs, and snuggles just not ALLLLLLLLLLL the time. My boys are currently ages 8, 11 and 14.... and I have to say I enjoy them more the older they get so right now the teenage stage is winning.
 
Ooh - great question Meagan! I'm going to have to think - I'm liking reading all the answers!

I have to say I really like the stage I'm in RIGHT NOW! Done with diapers, but not hormone/teenage drama yet! I have a 3.5 year old (eek - TODAY! he's 3.5 - my baby! How did that happen?!?) a 5 year old, 8 year old and 10 year old!
 
I bow down to all you moms, but you moms with more than 2 kids and those with 4 or more, I have mad respect for you!! When I was young, I wanted 6, but now with my 2 I knew I was done after Isis' adoption was done. Lol...I can't imagine having 5 or 6 to wrangle together or organize etc..Kim...you are a FABULOUS mom....and I respect you so much!
 
There are parts of every stage that are totally awesome. For the most part, I have a really great mix. 2 teens that are now old enough to take care of themselves and their younger siblings. They can be helpful getting stuff done. My 10 yo, is full of life, she gets all excited about the funniest things. She will ask, "can I make us breakfast burritos?" (at lunch) and be happy if I let her. My 5 yo is my youngest, although he is the baby. He doesn't act like it. No babying him! He wants to do it all. He is so cute.
 
I'm not sure if I love a specific age. I really like the age that my son is at right now. He's cuddly, snuggly, mostly obedient, etc. However at this age, my girls were terrors!! So for me, I'm not sure if I like a specific age, rather than a general timeframe for the each of my kids.

If I had to guess, I'd say I really enjoyed these timeframes with the kids:
Oldest-- 7-10 years old
Middle-- 4-6 years old
Youngest-- 2-3 years old
 
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