Any Other "Older" First-Time Parents???

[ChefBeckyD]

Ahhh, the Owls come out! I didn't think I could be the only "older mom" on the forum!

JOYFUL - we have friends (our age!) who have adopted 2 girls from China now, and we do hang out w/ them....since we can both bring our kids, or sometimes we share a sitter. And I totally understand the energy shortage! I guess it's a toss-up - you either get more wisdom & patience to deal w/ your kids, or you get more energy.....

LINDA- our lives are so similar! I didn't marry until I was 34 - I was happy being single, and determined not to marry until I found a man NOT like my dad (love my dad, but long story). So we had a late start too, and then were married for 5 yrs before having our son. He will be our only one too! I love love love the fact that my DH is such a great dad - it makes me fall in love with him even more!

Yummy4Tummy - I think that's what I was looking for when I started this thread - just other moms who can relate to where I am at in my life/parenting; who would like to help each other out! One thing I've noticed
in my Mom's Group - there are alot of young moms in there, who are also young wives.....and I think my marriage was at a totally different place when we had our son then alot of them are in their marriages. (or maybe it's just that their husbands are still wanting to be kids too?) It makes me glad that we were more "settled" (not sure if that's the right word) in our marriage before we had our DS.

 

[MeesMom3]

I've never thought there was a certain or "right" age to have children. I come from a Catholic family and they tend to be bigger than the average family. My mother who was 8th out of 9 children, has the least amount of kids....3. Most of my Aunts and Uncles all have 5 or 6 kids. So basically, my family starts young but are still having kids when there older! LOL. I have 3: first at 24, 2nd at 27, 3rd at 29. If I follow suit (which more than likely I won't because my last pregancy was a diabetes pregancy), I'll be back here in about 6 or 7 years with my 6th kid at the age of 39! I guess with my family the only indication that your too old to have kids would be menopause!