Mumsnet survey: How old are your children?

[Lonelymum]

Go on, indulge a theory of mine for a moment. Would you mind just writing down the ages of your children please?

Mine are 8, 7, 5, and 2.

Thanks. I'll let you know my theory if I get enough responses.

[dot1]

3&1

[biglips]

6 months, 2 weeks and 6 days old

[Xena]

7,3,9mths and due in Nov

[lilibet]

16, 12, 8,

Well, he's 12 in May and it looks better! looks like I know my four times tables and I can plan things!

[PiccadillyCircus]

17 months tomorrow and I am also 19 weeks pregnant tomorrow.

[Stargazer]

9 and 3½. Now LM - what's this theory then? You must have had enough replies by now - and we're all eagar to know

[almostanangel]

nearly 16 nearly 14 and nearly 8 and i am 37 and 6 months lol

[Merlot]

8 and 1 1/2

[Lonelymum]

OK hang on. Only just come back to MN. Need to put ds3 to bed. Keep the replies coming if you want.

[fruitful]

Wow BigLips - I thought you must have gone crazy with adopting your three for a moment!

(then I realised you're just being really specific about your one )

[JustFlumAgain]

My theory about the theory is that we all love being asked about our kids so will answer with gusty and often with knobs on.

Such as my dd is 1 and a quarter but I can also tell you that she is very cute and says 'oh dear' all the time

Just changed my name - on my way back to my proper name: Flum

is just no longer ski season so skibunny seems innapropriate

[pindy]

Yep Flum - I think your theory is spot on!

[Kayleigh]

Have a picture in my head of Lonelymum plotting all these ages on a graph and pressing manically on calculator buttons

[almostanangel]

hair in a bun and glasses on the end of her nose!!

[PiccadillyCircus]

Right at the beginning of this she said that JoolsToo with 32,30 and 28 had ruined her theory already.

Maybe something to do with ages of children? Or the time of day that people with different ages of children would be using Mumsnet?

You can tell that DS is having a nap and I'm avoiding doing useful things can't you .

[Merlin]

4 1/2 and 11 days.

[Mum2girls]

I thought, no, she wouldn't, but she did.

Tarantula - you're an evil, evil woman and you will never get to heaven.

[Miaou]

7 (8 next month), 6, and baby due in July

[lilibet]

This theory is taking some time!

[Lonelymum]

Ok the theory didn't work. But whilst I am checking my Maths, I thought you would all like to know that of those who replied, our children's joint ages come to 917 years!

JoolsToo, JanH and Suedonim's children's ages total 232 of those years! How does that make you fee3l girls?

[Lonelymum]

935 years with Miaou and Merlin.

Still checking Maths... and I am using pencil and paper and do not wear glasses or have a bun!

[Potty1]

16,13 & 11

[Beansmum]

324 days