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[quote=Anonymous]We had a third child in our mid-40s. Had two older children who I had in my late 30s, so they were in grade school, but just barely.

The first couple years were easy. I am one of those people who gets really energized while pregnant and nursing and so I felt great. I exercised and ate well and had a super easy delivery and first couple years.

Then DC3 turned out to be a terrible sleeper, didn't sleep through the whole night until almost 4. has some temperament issues--nothing serious, but more anger control problems and much more physical (biting, hitting, throwing)expressions  than our prior kids. And suddenly, after turning 50, I find that I am stiff whenever I have sat down more than an hour, I can't get up off the floor easily, my knees ache all the time. Both parents, who had me late, and who were very healthy until their late 70s, helped a lot with first two kids, are now debilitated by chronic health conditions, and one is in the late stages of dementia. So that is a lot of work for us too.

we had hoped and prayed for a third, DC3 just came a lot later than we had expected. And having a third has totally changed our older two, for the better. But PPs are right that after 50 you can start to feel a lot older fast...and we are still in the early stages. I plan to retire before DC finishes high school. That will be really weird, being with parents who are 20 years younger. [/quote]

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