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What has been your favorite age so far?
ldcoffel
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What has been your favorite age?
DH and I were discussing DDs age last night and he said he liked 2 much better than 3 because she is so sassy and emotional lately. I think every year is my favorite. Looking back, two was hard because of potty training, sleep issues, me being pregnant... I think 3 is fun because she can communicate well, she is so creative and fun!
DH and I were discussing DDs age last night and he said he liked 2 much better than 3 because she is so sassy and emotional lately. I think every year is my favorite. Looking back, two was hard because of potty training, sleep issues, me being pregnant... I think 3 is fun because she can communicate well, she is so creative and fun!
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Re: What has been your favorite age so far?
Hmm. I ache for my tiny newborns. I have baby fever and feel like I relive the first 24 hours of my babies' lives in my dreams every night... My little ones not complicated, easy to soothe.. a snuggle and a boob.
But I love the little people who have taken over my home. I think if I had to say, it's the stage where they burst out of "the terribles."
DD#1 had them 3-3.5 and burst out of them in what seemed an instant after 6 months of head spinning and she became this tiny little mature adult at times. That stage is amazing because you suddenly realize the torture of the terribles is over, ant not for naught- LOL.
DS had them from2-3 and now is this thoughtful, patient little guy.
DD#2 hasn't had the terribles yet, but I'm sure they're on the way.
So I think for me it's that stage, not so much an age.
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Both of my girls were difficult babies, and my older DD has been a handful since 2.5. So one has definitely been my favorite age.
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I think 12-18ish months was maybe the most fun. Though recently, since right around the time they hit 3.5 ... it's getting better than 2-3.5 was. They can still be really challenging--fighting, whining, REALLY intense, dramatic tantrums, constantly getting hurt ... but I love that they are easier to reason with now, you can explain things to them and they'll actually accept an explanation sometimes instead of flipping out, and I love the conversations we can have with them (and eavesdrop on between each other
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And if they were singletons, I think I would have a different answer. They've always had a tendency to tag-team us, so it's hard to enjoy each kid's "easy" phases since that's when brother tends to really act up. Like Alex was really relatively good at 2 but went crazy around his 3rd birthday and has been really defiant ever since, whereas Will got really defiant practically the day of their 2nd birthday and is now that way at a whole new level. Alex also would've been a fairly sweet, lower-needs newborn on his own but as it was with two newborns, it was just pure survival mode.
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