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I agree with this. I also think that the sleep deprivation that goes along with having babies can REALLY skew your perception of how easy or hard it is, and I think parents of older kids are very quick to forget just how awful sleep deprivation is. I'm only barely out of that stage (youngest is 2, oldest is 6) and even I have already forgotten the true misery of sleep deprivation - I just remember that I felt unhappy, but not actually what it felt like. [/quote]

That is a very real reason why DD is an only.  There is a reason sleep deprivation is considered torture.[/quote]

I have three in middle and high school now.  I remember waking up one day when the youngest was around 4 and realizing that, for the first time in a LOOONNG time, my eyes didn't hurt.  They actually felt somewhat rested!  It was a strange feeling and I think it took me years to make up the sleep deprivation.

As for the main theme of this thread, I am certainly in the golden years now and am trying to savor it all.  Our oldest will be a senior next year and I can feel that train coming at me hard.  Just thinking about him being gone makes me tear up a bit.  Still, I remember those long, long days of toddlerhood/babyhood - back when I called my mom, crying that parenthood was the hardest, most boring job ever.  Those days have a golden tinge to them now, but I will never forget how hard they were.  [/quote]

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