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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will get MUCH easier when the kids get a little older and don't need be watched every single second.  Even then, it will seem like they will be little forever; but one day you will blink and they'll be big kids, and you'll wonder how you will survive without the babies who needed you so much. Then they'll turn into charming and intelligent people who will be so much more fun than little kids, and you'll wish they could stick around forever while you start planning to help them leave.

If you are working full time, keep in mind that they may start to need you more in the afternoons when they hit middle school.

Oh, and you will lose the extra pounds when you have a little more time for yourself.  Don't worry about it and buy some nice things to wear in the meantime.[/quote]

Crying reading this. 35 and holding my sleeping DC2. I already feel like I can't believe how fast his babyhood has gone.

But your post (and my sweet DC1) gives me hope - just don't know how I can handle not ever doing this hard but rewarding baby stuff again. I [i]really[/i] don't know what I will do when I'm an empty nester. I didn't expect to find motherhood to be so amazing and so much better than my career or hobbies ever were.

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Let me also give you hope as those sweet babies get older.  I have teenagers and I love them!  They are truly great kids, and they each hug me every day.  We actually talk at dinner almost every night.  They've had annoying phases, sure, but they've been short lived.  It just gets better and better.[/quote]

Very nice to hear. Do you have teenage sons or daughters and what are their ages?
My sons age 11 and 13 are very sweet.  I think they will be pretty good teens but who knows.
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