To desperately ask what age you found like easier after having a baby?

They turn a corner at 3 but every month after 2 gets a little easier!

5 or 6

My first two were easy, oldest finally slept through when younger child was born.! Never went through the 5am get ups …in bed until 8 am ! Youngest a complete nightmare with reflux ,hospital admissions, Brompton hospital for tracheamalacia ….the older children just accepted that they went for sleepovers with their friends.
I do feel that I got enough sleep generally and I was 30 years younger…you can do this!

Errmm, I'm not sure it's quite as simple as it being as 'easy or hard as you want it to be' the temperement of the the child is a massive factor!

I think the most important milestones are walking, talking, potty training and the ability to sit at a table and eat mcdonalds. All these make your life so much better. Mine are 38 and 40, there are still challenges but they are different, add 4 grandchildren into the mix and its all same shit different day.

And how is that helping OP or answering question?
You didn't think it hard at all. ...? Bully for you.
Easy or hard as you want it to be.....seriously ????
I guess listening and empathy aren't your strong points

I'm really enjoying the 2-3 years at the moment!

1-2 was...something 😅

I'd say from 3ish onwards it gets easier in a practical sense. My youngest is now 4, can dress herself, obviously potty trained, walks well with us, tantrums are few and far between, can be reasoned with a lot more and is generally just SO much easier than when she was 1-3.

18 months is hands down the hardest age imo.

They are mobile but with little understanding. You can't take your eyes off them. I'd rather look after a newborn any day

You might just be on the cusp... My son started to sleep through the night at about 21 months and developed more communication skills...OMG that made everything so much easier. He was a terrible sleeper, a late walker and a fussy eater and I was really starting to flag but then something shifted and it all felt so much more manageable. Age 1-2 is hard. Wonderous but HARD. It does get better, I promise xx

From 2 it's definitely easier if their speech is developing well, and from 3 infinitely easier.

I think OP meant age 2🙂

It gets easier and easier. Hang on in there, the light is coming.

Having a 2nd helps with the boredom as they can play with each other - best if you have them close together (3 year gap or less). Of course having 2 kids brings it's own extra stresses!

I'm finding 2 pretty good on the whole! DS is 2 years, 2 months. Yes, he knows how to test us more, but this is when their personality starts to really show! Never a day goes by that DS doesn't make us laugh and feel very proud. Tonight as I was waiting for him to go to sleep (took forever😑) he announced "ostriches can't fly. Kiwis can't fly"😆 wasn't something he's recently learnt so it was funny how random it was!
It helps that he's such a good talker I'm sure, so less frustrated than some other 2 year olds struggling to communicate what they feel. I think I found around 18 months quite tough, so hang in there!

4 onwards I think. I didn't like the tantrum phase of 2 and 3.

At 19 months it was the lack of sleep that nearly wiped me out. It gets easier at 2 when you can start negotiating and reasoning with them.

is this your first child? With my first I felt the same. I loved him so much but it’s a big transition in life to go from an independent carefree woman to a woman responsible entirely for another little individual. I found it overwhelming at times, I’d not really planned being a mother or really given it much thought - nothing would prepare you!! I took some hotel nights alone, which helped, now 2 more children and 12 years on, I think I’ve transitioned and can’t bear to be away from them. Becoming a mother is a big change and you need to be gentle with yourself and get the support you need to keep your own cup as full as possible

Not helpful. Smug.

The easiest bit so far has been the first 6 months. Followed by 6-12m

1-3 HARD
3-5 mostly easier
5-7 (where we've got to) I'm finding incredibly hard. Whilst the physical care is less, it's emotionally draining and attitudes and emotions are making things really hard.

And mine still don't sleep.

You sound burnt out OP, I hope you’re ok. Do you have a DP or family/friends that help you out at all? Someone to take little one to the park for an hour or 2 every now and again? So you can get those much needed little breaks sometimes.

In terms of when it gets ‘easier’, I don’t know, I couldn’t give a set age to be honest. I think there’s all sorts of worries and difficulties that come with different ages/milestones. Mine are 5, 3 and 1 so all still very little but I find that there are different stages that they move through, each stage has its ups and downs, not really a set age that suddenly gets a lot easier.

If it’s the dependency on you that’s taking it’s toll then I’d say around 3/4 when they want to become more independent with dressing etc and you don’t have nappy changes to do then that side of it is a lot easier. Of course then as well they’re communication is so much better so the frustration/tantrums are far less, in my experience anyway.

I was speaking to a woman in the supermarket the other day who has 3 teenagers and she said to me she wishes her DC were still my DC’s ages as at least I know where they are, who they’re with, what they’re doing, I can protect them etc. She said the teenage years are hard for lots of reasons, which I can imagine.

I know what you mean though, that 1-2 age is very physically and mentally draining, they’re VERY active and into EVERYTHING aren’t they!

When I returned to part time work. It was good for their development and it was good for my own sanity. Good for my career and money too. It gave me time to miss them and I started to cherish the days I had off with them. I was motivated to plan proper days out rather than endless boring park walks and baby groups.

4.5 here...the tantrums finally calmed down a little by then.

They are all different thought, my youngest is 27 months and very easy in comparison to my first who never slept, ate, and threw constant tantrums from 18 months.