We have 2 under 3 - will the days feel longer as they get older??

[MrsTriangle]

I say under 3 but DD is 3 and DS is 18 months. They have an hour's rest and lunch time and go to bed at 7:15pm. The day feels perfectly long enough and I am wondering whether the general trend is that the days feel longer as they get older or have we peaked?

Don't understand - what do you mean?

No (sorry) wait 'til they've dropped the nap OMG that hour makes the day about 3 hours longer! However once they get used to a day without rest (i.e. don't get grumpy at 5pm) the days do get easier.

They will start to play more independantly and you can sit at a distance MNing admiring them.

I had ds2 when ds1 was 18m and ds3 when ds2 was 2.3, am still waitng for the days to feel shorter!

I'm not sure that I can entertain kids for 15 hours without a break .

When you have teenagers the days never end, sorry! Our little ones get up about 7 and the teenagers go to bed at about 10.30 - 11.

It's a loooooooong day sometimes!!

Nonononono. I used to find that the days whizzed by when the DCs were teeny, but agree that dropping the nap makes the day seem muuuuuch longer.

a friend once said to me when they are little the hours drag but the years fly by.

i find days drag when its boring. chunk up the day so its more manageable, get out the house where u can etc etc...sure u know all this.

mine are 6 and 3 now and its only the last 6 months I am really enjoying it. sometimes i don't want them to go to bed. but most of the time i do.

I find the days get longer as the naps get shorter!
I still need my after lunch nap, even though my 3next-week-yr old is trying to do with out his

Mine are 5, 3 and 11 months. The days definitely go faster with he older 2, but drag a bit with the baby!!

Once they get a bit older I find you start to enjoy their company more and I really love sitting and watching a film with my oldest or taking the dds to the shops for a wonder around. I tend to leave ds with dh if he's abput at the weekend as he likes staying at home.

Dividing the day into chunks really helps when they are very young.

Ah yes Rosie - that's what I was hoping to hear!

Hyjack alert!!

So do you still enjoy older kids as much (aimed at people with older kids).
I just worry I will miss how cute and funny they are. When I look at my friends kids at 5 and 6, they are, well not as cute IYSWIM.
I suppose what im saying is, do you enjoy them as much or better perhaps.
Im thinking I will miss my babies when they grow up !

I have 4 dc's and my 2 dd's are 3 and 5 and very hard work (am also a CM) which adds to the mix with them.

The ds's are 14 and 18 and much easier tbh. I was out with ds1's gf 18th birthday with ds1 and her family and it was lovely to see what a fantastic young man he is He was more than happy to give his old mum and dad a cuddle and kiss in the pub when he and gf were heading on somewhere else.

I look back and remember what he was like as a cute squishy baby with fondness but it is easier they older they get imo. They are around all the time tho,no romantic meal for 2 in our house once the kids go to bed lol

It just gets easier and easier and better and better. I have 2 boys 2 years apart and I would say that the years from age 6 to 12 are fantastic.
Sleep problems and tantrums are all behind you.They don't need entertaining at all just a little supervision if their games get over boisterous. They are funny and good company and you can reason with them.
I'm not saying that 12 plus isn't also a pleasure but the parental learning experience starts again when puberty kicks in and the child begins the process of separation from parent .