Having baby at 42...what will it be like later?

[Anonymous]

You are going to be so happy and a bit tired - as all parents are! I was 38 with my first child so YES you can do it - even with a full time job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'M 65 and have a 9 and a 10 year old. Go for it!

Whoa! So you'll be 74 when your youngest goes off to college! Props to you for having the energy for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's weird posting back to school photos of your third grader when your friends are sending their kids to college.

It's weird being in your 40s and still having a FB account.

done with that crap
What's with the competition?

49- mom of an 11 and 7 yo

What's with the competition -- says the poster who claims it's weird to have a Facebook account?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's weird posting back to school photos of your third grader when your friends are sending their kids to college.

It's weird being in your 40s and still having a FB account.

done with that crap
What's with the competition?

49- mom of an 11 and 7 yo

What's with the competition -- says the poster who claims it's weird to have a Facebook account?

I'm not competing.

I have no account. I'm not posting "updates" on my children every few seconds or making obnoxious comments.

Do you know the definition of competition, my dear?

[Anonymous]

My mom had my sister when she was 45. She was fine for first 10 years or so but found my sister's teen years very hard. My sister is now 30 and our mom has Alzheimer's. I'm 12 years older - Alzheimer's isn't easy at any age but it is sad that my mom will never know my sisters children. I don't think the question is so much how you will feel later but the impact on your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MIL had two kids in her 40s.

She is now 65 and has a 22 year old and a 19 year old.

Which one is your spouse? the 22 yo or the 19 yo?

Not PP, but I assume her husband is the much older son from her first marriage. That is the more logical supposition.

Not really. The more logical supposition is that he married another, older daughter that his MIL had when she was not in her 40s, but younger.

[Anonymous]

My cousin is pregnant with her third after years of SI - her youngest is 15! My cousin is...wait for it...46.

I can't imagine starting over when she and DH are just a few short years away from launching their youngest into the world.

Weird to think that she'll be 52 when her baby goes to kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Exhausting but happy just like with your other kids! The older my DC gets the more I realize that I'm not alone. I'm 49 with a second grader and I see plenty of women my age with kids DC's age on the playground.

No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Hollywood has been doing this forever! Check out 50 yr old Viola Davis and 5 yo DD on AARP magazine cover last month: http://www.eonline.com/news/681277/viola-davis-poses-with-daughter-genesis-tennon-for-aarp-the-magazine-and-reflects-on-her-life-before-turning-50