Older mums

[rosie17]

Hello older North London mums - are you out there?

[shebbo]

i think i am quite old too

[shebbo]

and in north london

[rosie17]

Feeling like the oldest mum on the block. I'm 40 something this year with a 19 month old and a 5 year old doing their best the keep me young/age me prematurely (depending on what sort of day I'm having)

[auntymandy]

sorry not from North London, but an older Mummy!
Started off been quite a young one, but havent stopped!!!

[rosie17]

Well, lets broaden the search - hello older mums where ever you are. who's up for a chin-wag?

[EnormousChangesAtTheLastMinute]

i'm old and i'm in north london. hello

[hester]

I'm in West London and I'm really ancient

[EnormousChangesAtTheLastMinute]

phew, glad you posted, thought i'd killed the thread.

[bunyanvillas]

Yep, I'm in West London and cracking on a bit

[southeastastra]

[hester]

When you all say older mum, what do you mean?

Please don't tell me you're all 35...

[rosie17]

Hi All. In my case Hester , pushing mid 40's. Not that I mind too much, just gets a little harder to find other mums that I have stuff in common with.

[littlemisssensible]

Hi All,

I'm down on the South Coast, 45 (46on the 28th! eek!)with a 9 year old.

This is my 2nd family, 1st 2 are grown up 24 and 22 and I'm a granny too!

Being a granny is a damn sight more fun than being a mum! Mainly because I can ignore the midnight crying and hand DGD back when she crys/pukes/smells!

[hester]

That's a relief, I thought I might be the only fortysomething. I'm coming up to 43, and my dd is 16 months...

[littlemisssensible]

You'd have thought not Cat but I was treated as if I was over the hill by the medical proffesion when I fell pregnant with dd (and I was only 37 then!) and I did find that quite a few of the much younger parents at toddler groups seems to think I was a bit old and not up for nights out etc.

It's not too bad now but mainly because a lot of the parents at dd's school are older parents (though I think I'm the oldest for her class!)

[CAMdenPalace1981]

hello littlemisssensible I too live on the South Coast, was pg at 39 with my now 20 yr old (second marriage) and have 2 gc. Nice to know I'm not uniquely freaky

[ScottishThistle]

Just out of interest what age is now classed as an older Mum?

In my home Town, at 34 (if I was a pregnant) I would be classed as an older Mum!

[Fauve]

I haven't got any gc, but I am really very old. I'm in London, but sarf of the river.

[Tiggiwinkle]

I am like Auntymandy-quite young when I started but kept on till I was definitely an older mother! I live in south-east London: my eldest will be 26 this year and youngest is just 8!

[CAMdenPalace1981]

How did that happen Batters, I meant 10 year old of course, must be me arfritic fingers

[Steppy1]

43 with DS (6) and DD (4)...do I count ????

am in Somerset.......

sometimes feel bloody old, usually through lack of sleep......

[suedonim]

50+ with dd2 aged 11 today and three older ones.

[littlemisssensible]

Blimey! Theres a lot of us about!

Makes me wonder why I often get treated like a rare and weird species.....mind you my dd telling everyone I'm 66 this year probably doesn't help!