Life after baby

[maz]

10 or so more years Maz & the grandchildren will start arriving (I hope its more than 10 years away though... you'll be waaaay too young for that )

I cant even imagine that....its to depressing.

Cant I just bottle them up....preserve them, even when their naughty!!!

M is my smotchy boy and even now he's telling me NOOOOOO how am I going to bare it when he starts 3yo next year???

Someone pass the chocolate and vodka please

[feeb]

Hugs I got teary reading that as I am same and mine are nearly 2 and 1/2 and 11 months. DH does not want any more kids :-( I would love another but I see his reasoning for no more and respect this.

[~clover~]

Instead of chocolate & vodka, I think we should get stuck into my turkish delight liquor & coffee nut whip liquor. Mmmm...
Waiting patiently for christmas eve.......

[Fleur]

my youngest is still little... but I know she's the last & it makes me so sad to see her growing up so fast. And yet I am loving every new thing she learns & comes out with, and if she weren't growing up I wouldn't have that...
DH refuses to entertain the idea of more children, he says we need to have a life as well and I guess he's right...but I like my life with kids

As for grandchildren, in a year or so DD1 will be the same age I was whenI fell PG with her

[Trillian]

Maz, come on in, the water's fine! I have been where you are not long ago and it is a huge turning point for us Mums. But the way I see it, it's like a book series when one book finishes and you can't wait to get the next book to see what happens next. I love where our life is atm, we have kids that are more self reliant, we don't need all the stuff that goes with having a baby and life just seems to have gotten 10 times easier for us. For sure I will miss all the things that you can do with them when they are little, but I am loving being able to have real conversations with the kids and forming a friendship with them as opposed to just being their mum kwim?

[RockingBaker]

Maz Im scared of ever leaving this baby age. I love how affectionate my kids are and how Im their whole world (selfish aren't I? ) I can't imagine not having the cuddley little people I have now and TBH in the back of my mind Im already thinking about #6. Im not ready to leave the baby stage.

[Cranky Kitten]

I have the opposite problem I think - my girl is 8 nearly 9 years old, and I find her completely enthralling. We have really great debates, I love watching her explore the world around her and teaching her about life in general. The way her mind works fascinates me and I'm so proud to see the happy, well adjusted and generous kid she is.

But I'm also a little daunted - my new husband and I are planning to have a baby together, so I'm about to head back into baby-stage. Does it all come back to you if you've had a big gap between children? Babies seem so little and helpless compared to my robust tall girl it almost feels like I'm starting from scratch again...

I'm excited, but a little nervous too. Is this weird?