Mums who have been through all the baby stages

Which stage did you find yourself wishing away the most? Not necessarily which was the hardest bc for example a certain stage might be hard but also really rewarding which counteracts the hard bits. Which stage was overall your least favourite? Please let me know all the details in the comments 🙏 What was hard, what was good?

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Like 11-17 months for me

With my firstborn, the newborn stage was really difficult for me. Although my firstborn had awful reflux so, I wanted to get through the first 6months so she could have some solid food. Then I started to enjoy having a baby, once the constant sickness stopped.

I didn't feel like that with my seconborn, I enjoyed the whole process a lot more.

I wouldn’t say least favourite age but the age I found the trickiest was 3!

We didn’t have “the terrible twos” but we had a lot of very big emotions, tantrums and the want for independence without the ability which made 3 very challenging. Tantrums that felt like they went on forever and really hard to calm down etc.

The hardest with both of mine has been around 2/3yo. The desire for total control and independence, without the necessary physical skills and sometimes the lack of communication skills to express themselves. Newborn, then 12-18mo is my favourite time. Though my nearly 5yo is at a pretty awesome age/stage too.

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