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How old are year 1 mums

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gottalovemushrooms · 10/12/2025 20:22

If u are a mum to a child in year 1 how old are u? Just cos I feel so old. I’m almost 42

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Vodka1 · 10/12/2025 21:00

34

Ballondor · 10/12/2025 20:59

Year 1 here - I’m 43.

jjpollypocket · 10/12/2025 20:58

I’ll be 37/38 when my youngest goes into year one. I was 22 with my eldest!

Royaly82 · 10/12/2025 20:57

20 with my eldest and was 38 with my youngest (had two other DC in-between as well)

Blackoutbeans · 10/12/2025 20:55

35 with my first, 40 with my second.

Currently the mums here seem to average somewhere around early to mid 30's

Mumsgirls · 10/12/2025 20:55

I was 32 and 36, daughter is 41 and done

Unicornsandprincesses · 10/12/2025 20:55

40

having spoken to mums in my class, there are a few around the 25-30 mark, but most are 35-40 and there are several who are 40+ with older kids and the yr1 kid is their youngest.

(that’ll be me in 3-4 years when my youngest is in yr1)

Pineappleice43 · 10/12/2025 20:55

35

Hoppinggreen · 10/12/2025 20:55

With DD I was 37 and was not the oldest, in fact there were quite a few Mums a similar age
With DS I was 41 and was the oldest but not by much, it was never an issue though

Rituelec · 10/12/2025 20:55

I was 20 when the eldest was year 1 and 35 with the youngest

FunMustard · 10/12/2025 20:54

My sister will be 42 when her oldest is in Y1.

I was 32 I think?

SweetMotherofAbrahamLincoln · 10/12/2025 20:53

I was 31 with my eldest and 34 with my youngest when they were year one

CautiousLurker2 · 10/12/2025 20:53

FuzzyWolf · 10/12/2025 20:24

It will vary massively depending where in the country you are.

Here it is typically between 35 and 45.

It is where I live too. Most of us had our children between 35-39, so 40-45 when kids in Year 1. Mid fifties as they head off to uni/graduate 😭… like everyone else, though.

PonyMcBony · 10/12/2025 20:53

I was 22 with my eldest and 45 with my youngest. I also had a grandchild in the same class (!)

FortunesFool · 10/12/2025 20:52

I’m 45 and DH is 49.

With DC1 I was 42.

Tdcp · 10/12/2025 20:51

Not there yet but I will be 44

blankcanvas3 · 10/12/2025 20:51

I was 22 when DS was in year 1 and I’ll be 36 when DD1 is in year 1, can’t work out how old I’ll be when DD2 is in year 1 but older than 36! So the range will be quite big, I think you’ll be fairly average tbh

Galadali · 10/12/2025 20:50

I was 51 when my youngest was in year 1. Other parents ranged from mid 20s to late 40s.

LeBonBon · 10/12/2025 20:50

I'll be 39 when DD starts Y1 but 42 when DS starts. A full decade older than my own DMum when I was that age.

DMum is 63 and MIL is only 55 now so I feel OLD!

No point stressing about something you can't change though.

I felt that in my area growing up lots of mums were young, but as soon as I got to Uni that changed massively - many of my peers had much older parents. I was the first in my family to go to Uni though whereas for them it was the norm.

TaxDragon · 10/12/2025 20:50

I'm 47 and my youngest is in Yr 1.

BravebutBroken · 10/12/2025 20:50

I was 28 when my oldest was in year 1 and 31 with my youngest. They're now year 8 and year 5. I've always been one of the youngest mums

georgiams · 10/12/2025 20:49

25 with my oldest, 31 with my youngest

Italiandreams · 10/12/2025 20:49

43 with a preschooler, will be 45 when he is year 1

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 10/12/2025 20:48

41 but they are DC3. The Mums in the class range from 32-49

Maybeitllneverhappen · 10/12/2025 20:48

My daughter is 33 and so was I when she was in year 1. Felt pretty average then and same for her now.

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