AIBU?
ollieplimsoles · 16/07/2015 18:13
This is a bit picky sorry-
But it really annoys me when someone has a baby, posts about the new arrival on facebook, then one person has to say something like 'seriously enjoy every minute it goes so fast'.. I read them and just think; no shit sherlock, thanks for pointing that out, better make sure I'm enjoying my baby enough as it will all be gone soon. Just creams my corn.. 
OddBoots · 16/07/2015 18:15
It goes past so quickly but older children are just as wonderful, my eldest is about to turn 16 and my youngest is 12 and they are fantastic to spend time with, they are funny, affectionate, helpful and kind (most of the time, anyway). I loved their baby stage but this bit is just as good.
CheesyNachos · 16/07/2015 18:20
I don't know. My DS is 5. I had dreadful pnd for 4 years and cannot really recall those years... it was a blur. I am hoping that each age and each stage is a joy no matter what it brings because I feel I missed out on the early years. I love the stage he is at now though.... funny, interesting, trying to work the world out. I hope every age is like that.
IfNotNowThenWhen · 16/07/2015 18:22
Nooo. Mine is 9 and still quite"little" a lot of the time. I have made an effort to not let him get too teenagery tho.
( it does help that he looks 7!)
My friend with girls, hers were putting on make up and having mum and daughter pampering session at 6, and seems much more grown up. I love this age,and have liked each new age more and more, and hate when you have a baby and everyone goes "ooh enjoy it its downhill from now on" Niners can still be big eyed with wonder at times.
SoupDragon · 16/07/2015 18:26
I find it unsettling when people can't grasp that it is possible to love who your children are growing into and yet still wish you had the chubby cheeked preschooler back for a while so you could feel their pudgy little hand in yours or the weight of them balanced over one shoulder as you carry them to bed already asleep.
I love the 6ft tall beanpole my DS1 (16) has grown into but I still think wistfully of his preschool self.
G1veMeStrength · 16/07/2015 18:30
My junior school children aren't little but they are still soooo much fun and also capable. I like it. They still gasp in amazement at things but can do up their own seatbelts. They don't have a newborn smell but their hugs are given out of choice and love. Perfect age.
(I have said 'perfect age' at every stage. Its honestly always lovely in different ways and with different challenging bits of course.)
BackforGood · 16/07/2015 18:36
I stopped referring to my eldest as "my little boy" when he turned 8
Yet, my Mum would still sometimes refer to her 'little boy' , when db was 6'3" and over 40 
I now know how she feels, and introduced my 6' 19yr old to a friend as 'my little boy' the other day
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