Gonna go against the grain and say I'm really not a newborn fan. Maybe my shocking PND didn't leave a good taste the first time, but no scrap that, I really didn't enjoy my time as a NICU nurse and that was pre kids and i could give them back....
2-3 is my favourite in terms of discovering personality and independence. They aren't a 'baby' anymore and can do a bit for themselves, but they are still very much all about you.
But saying that, while 4-5 has been a challenge, my 4-5yo has been through a pretty challenging year, and now as I watch her turn into an older child I am amazed by her. By her creativeness, her affinity with knowledge, her relationship with her brother. How she's SO independent, yet still so totally reliant as Nate is.
6-18 months - gorgeous learning stage and it's so exciting seeing them crawl and walk etc.
As much as dd can drive me batty the 2.5 to 3 years that we are at the tail end of has been full of laughs. She is such s mummy's girl, full of hugs and kisses. She understands Easter and Xmas a bit better. When she found that her eggs were hidden she would run out and say silly Easter bunny. So innocent and cute!!!
She has a gorgeous imagination- I could go on and on!!!
I too was a little mehulent about the newborn stage - sure I enjoyed it but babies are a fair bit of work as well
My favourite stage for DD was just as she was starting kindy/pre-school, so around 4-5. She was just learning so much so quickly and I loved sharing that fascination she had for anything new. It was a time where every new place was an adventure and we'd talk about where we were going and what there was to see and how everything worked.
She still has a massive vein of curiousity about the world and now we have some rather involved conversations about science and philosophy that I absolutely adore. Even if she's a smart alec sometimes
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