Is it okay to feel ready for baby but not older kids....

[Lisa]

I agree with all the other posts... you definitely grow with them, and when they get to a certain age, you will feel all nervous and worried around younger children and wonder how you ever coped! lol

When my DD was 5 I was a mess around my nephews and totally forgot everything I ever did when my 2 were babies... then I had another of my own when DD was 10 and it all came flooding back to me.
You'll be great honey... parenthood is a beautiful adventure

[~Raven~]

Yep I agree that you grow into the role of mothering older kids. A room full of rowdy kids will do my head in too BTW

Before you know it you are sending them off to school. The baby phase is the shortest

[Bathsheba]

Yep, all the above (previous posts are true)... you grow with them.... they teach you as much as you teach them i think.

However I have to admit that the teen years are proving to be a bit of a challenge... I don't think anything can prepare you for that... just stay "connected"... don't let your fear of losing control detach you... I have seen this happen to a few parents. If you stay connected then everything else will fall into place.... and that starts from day 1.

And yes... the baby phase is the shortest... even though at the time it feels endless.

[New Dawn]

good lord I am a mother of 3 and couldnt think of anything worst than been stuck in a room full of school age kids!!!! dont know how child care worker and teachers do it....

But like everyone else has said your kids are different they grow with you... but be warned you may never like other peoples kids... I know I can bearly tolarate some... other are lovely but some

[Lulu]

Hey they all turn into teenagers and if anyone thought of that straight off we'd NEVER start families!

[satya]

You will have plenty of time to get used to the fact that your baby is growing into a child.

Remember you don't have to deal with a whole stack of kids either, just the one if you so choose.

[Mumeee]

I agree with Mumofsix - It is so different when they are your own.
Other peoples kids often drive me up the wall. I have one friend who has 3 boys, I dont mind her littlest one but her middle one I want to throttle! Last time they were over he swung on my clothesline, continually got toys out of the cupboard when I'd said no more out, is a bit of a thug etc - but with your own you raise them the way you want them to behave - with your values.
It is so different - and you grow with your baby, each new milestone is precious.

Children are made tiny, helpless, precious with big heads and large eyes for a reason - so we do fall in love with them (so by the time they start their 'phases' and do things like talk back, get attitudes etc - we are all ready in love with them) otherwise they wouldnt make it!

[mrsmac]

Hey they all turn into teenagers and if anyone thought of that straight off we'd NEVER start families!

Soooo true!! If I knew my precious baby girl was going to be a teenage drama queen I may never have had her LOL But my love has grown with her and she is still my baby girl deep down.

[Dragonbub]

Mother nature is truly a miraculous and cunning minx to equip us with a robust body clock, tune us in to a cute, round, cuddly cooing sleeping baby, then gradually, slowly, ever so gently turn that bundle of joy into a raving teenage lunatic! If we started with teenagers and they grew into babies, we would be extinct and the ****roaches would rule the world.