After that thread in SJ, I think we all need to remember why we feel good about our choices to have kids at a young age.
- Today I took him to the park, and I'm still energetic and agile enough to run around and climb the monkey bars with him!
- I know I won't hurt myself like my mom used to if I roll around on the floor having a tickle fight!
-I'll still be super young when they are adults
- When they're teenagers I'll just be out of my 20's and I'll still remember what it's like to be young a confused. My mom never did.
- I have the energy now to be rough and tumble.
- I have the energy to do late night feedings school, homework, and play with the babe!
I love being a young mom. I feel like I understand more and am able to do more!
I love the fact that I will only be 35 when Kaden is 18!!!
That I can stay up late and I can still get up early with the baby. LoL I am pretty sure that is a teen thing.
I love that I can play with Kaden and not get worn out easily.
I love that I will probably be young still when my kid(s) are out of the house. LoL
That I know that I can be a great mom AND finish school at the same time.
I've done so much more with my life because of being a mom that I know I wouldn't have done without kids.
Having my oldest gave me direction in my life and motivation to live. I seriously don't want to think about where I'd have ended up if it weren't for my kids.
I get to do all the fun stuff that you still like to do as a teenager, but are supposed to be "too cool" and too old for. Running around the park, going to parades, watching cartoons.
If I'm lucky, I'll still be young enough to babysit my great grandchildren.
I've already made it through so many challenges in my life that I know I have a ton of inner strength and can handle whatever life throws at me.
I will be 36 when Eric goes to college.
I can still do fun kid stuff like trick or treating, parades, etc. and have a good excuse.
I have a good reason to stay focused on school.
I can watch kiddie cartoon and not be made fun of!!! :D
I can buy baby oil and the Gerber baby washes and use them for me, and not have anyone think that while I'm standing in line thinking it's for baby! (I LOVE the Honey and Oats body wash!!!)
More years of my life to enjoy my children.... my children's children, my children's children't children!!!!!!!!
I will be 38 when Ais is 18..... so even if I have a couple more, I'll be young enough to get out of the house, take on new challenges, GLOBE TROT!
I feel really good.....I recovered from pregnancy, birth, and that first year pretty fast. I see Mom's who are 45 when they have their babies.... and it seems like it really throws them for a few years healthwise.
Yep, yabinti! It seems if you decide to get your 'body back' that it doesn't take as long as older women, and it's easier to keep it that way than if you were forty.
I love that I'll be in my 30s when Matt graduates high school! My SO and I are already making plans to buy a Winnebago and do nothing but travel for a couple years after he's grown.
I love being a young mom because
- even though it CAN be annoying sometimes I get asked if Lyric's my sister and I say, no ... my kid. And they say wow, you look young. It's a nice compliment in a weird way because I'm 25 now and look young ... lol.
- I've become more passionate about things because I'm a young mother and want my daughter to grow up in a decent world.
- We can do homework together!
- When my kid is 15, I will be 34.
- I can still act all goofy about it, play on the playground with her, run around all silly, and just be a kid myself.
- It's hard finding yourself as a young mother because you have to direct your kid, too - but at the same time, I think the direction for your kid can help and direct yourself ... so in turn, you're both growing as people together. That's awesome.
GO GIRL, to that one!
-I will grow up with my kids.
-Both my kids will be "adults" and i wont even have hit 40!
-I can run around with them and still have extra energy to keep going!
-I can go on the playscape at the park with my kid and feel like a kid! (and not get funny looks) -did this yesterday-
-I am more conscious about what i do that will affect the earth badly. For ex. yesterday i picked up some litter/trash on the side of the road. I want my kids to live in a good world.
I made this a stickie and it's also on the front page!
Keep adding :)
I was thinking about this, and one thing I love: I feel like being young really made parenting a choice. I didn't feel pressured to continue the pregnancy, because my biological clock was running and if I didn't continue the pregnancy I might not have another chance to have a kid. I didn't have a kid, because I was in a point in my life where I was expected to have a kid (because you aren't "supposed" to get pregnant at nineteen). I did it because I truly felt ready to parent, regardless of whether my partner was, whether others wanted me to.
"Young" and "idealistic" seem to frequently go hand-in-hand. So what better time to parent a child? :)