Ah! Best of Lucy! Sounds like a lovely little girl!
What are the good things about having older kids? I’m trying to focus on that!
I think some of my grief if you will is that I wasn’t that happy pre kids. I loath my job, I don’t really have any interests (aside from my internet addiction) so I won’t know what to do with the extra time!
Reading through this thread has made me a bit emotional. We’ve been extremely lucky to have 3 healthy boys, my youngest is only 7 months but I feel like I already miss every stage. As someone said above, I don’t want another baby I want my baby’s back!
But what’s getting me through my kids getting older (eldest starts school next week) is:
- being able to play board games together, good ones…not shopping game for the 135773rd time
- being able to leave the house without a buggy/sling/the kitchen sink
- bike rides and walks/advewhere little legs don’t get tired
- them being able to put themselves in the car
- theme parks/big once in a lifetime holidays that everyone can enjoy and remember (if we are lucky enough!)/days out that everyone enjoys not just the kids (as much as I secretly enjoy these too)
- lie ins
- them being able to read to me/read independently
- having a laugh together / having “grown up” conversations
- being able to shower without having to make sure everyone has snacks/something to distract/are napping
- watching them grow into their own people with actual interests, watching them be excited by learning new things etc
That being said, I will really miss how all of my children are at this stage in their life. They absolutely crack me up regularly, make me tear my hair out but are so funny and lovely and affectionate and I will definitely miss it but equally my partner is done with babies and the older my 7mo gets and the easier it gets, I think I am too.