Who's made it this far?

[mama_bel]

Wondering how many of us fit into this 10+ years category? I have 6 children, and four of them are 10 or over (10, 12, 13, 15). Time is flying! :ohmy

[JAK]

I have an 11 yr old (that was a shock to my system, he's still supposed to be little).

[lizlea]

yep, I am here too with miss 13

[soulmama]

*gingerly raises hand*

Master C is nearly 15... :gasp

[Beckstar]

My Ruby is 10, going on 50....I wonder sometimes who the parent is....
I feel very blessed that she is still a little girl, no sign of becoming a teen yet. Still plays with her dolls house, reads books, draws pictures and writes funny stories.

[Donna]

Me! J is 10, T is 13 & B is 14.... only 2 more to go into 2 digits!

[Ethereal]

...almost!

:mfr_omg

(Oh, where's the slamming door and running smilie gone??)

[ali_celt]

Me too! 14 going on 25, I think he is....

[Bron]

N is fast approaching 11. Been an amazing journey, but boy are 10/11 yr old girls nasty little things at times!

[Rach]

I, too, have a 10 year old daughter... a pre teen but not for long! Physically she is going through many changes into becoming a young woman... oh wow! The hormones!

This afternoon she had a little cry and a big hug 'cos she wants to stay a little girl... and I can sometimes see that the hormones get the better of her and she gets overwhelmed by the feelings.

[Ethereal]

This afternoon she had a little cry and a big hug 'cos she wants to stay a little girl... and I can sometimes see that the hormones get the better of her and she gets overwhelmed by the feelings.

I think I still feel that way some days...
Oh those overwhelming hormones! :kiss

[Beckstar]

I am not looking forward to that part, Rach...My girl is super sensitive anyway, I just shudder to think what she'll be like once the hormonal balance starts shifting!

[elflyn]

I have two DS17 he will be 18 in 2 months and DD15.
It helps to know that almost everything is a stage and it too shall pass when DS2 is running manically around the house at 10:30 pm or DS5 is melting down because the batteries in his walkie talkie are flat and I am refusing to replace them.
I hear you on the hormones DD can get very grumpy and snappy at times, AND she is also a Gemini so stand back....

[Joey]

me- and thats all I have to say lol

[mama_bel]

Hugs, Jo! xx

Tigersmum, I have a DD15 who is a Gemini too. Big sigh!

Today I felt like asking "whatever happened to manners?"

[Sam]

Another sigh for another Gemini, DD16, who decided to spread her wings a couple of months ago.

I also have DS14. I don't know whether it has been the whole firstborn thing, or whether it's a girl thing, but this time round things have been relatively breezy.

[froggie]

Well DS is 17 and DD is now 20 :gasp Lots to fill in with DD but will wait till I can post in the private forum.

[SungaiKecil]

OMG Bel... B is *not* 15. No freakin' way!!

EEEEEEEP!

I am nowhere near having a teen.

[jodiemiller]

I know, Brooke, I thought the same when I read this thread. I'm not here yet, but almost. K is 10 next Feb.

[*bunty*]

Wow, I can't believe the ages of some of your children. I keep thinking they are still little :yes. My biggest boy, like Jodie's, will be 10 in February. I can't quite believe it myself.

[sunrisesister]

*raises hand* I have a nearly 11 year old - going on 21!

We have done ok so far, our fair share of ups and downs, but whooooooooooooah the bitchiness when she's with her friends!

[zofia]

My oldest is a few days off 13, I have to say I'm really enjoying him, we're getting on better than ever at the moment. He goes to high school next year which will be massive. I have a 10 year old dd too, I can see glimpses of her as a teen already and I think those years will be interesting! And then my baby is six! I don't want him to get any older! He did say the other day "Mum, I'll always be your baby boy, even when I'm 88. But you'll probably be dead then." Ha.

[mama_bel]

LOL. Hey you, lovely to see you here!

[Donna]

Please someone come to my house and steal all the hormones!
J10 is starting puberty and driving us nuts!
My head is thumping :(

[Mercurious]

AND she is also a Gemini so stand back....

Surely I don't know what you mean ;)

I've taken so long to respond that it almost looked like I didn't make it.

DS is 15 (and a half).

We've survived well, he isn't broody, grumpy or hormonal he is fun, interesting and quirky. He isn't a fan of having a 3 year old sister though, and I go through some frustrating times with him showing appreciation.

He expects a lot that I am really in the position to give, I think it's one of those situations where his friends are getting $20 a week pocket money and can buy games etc when they want.

He just got a xbox game he really needed to have, and a skateboard (I could see the benefits of the skateboard). So we are having a present free Christmas.

[Ereiki]

My older girl is 10. She is a big strapping girl who everyone thinks is 12 or 13. She copes okay most of the time - except when she is very tired and then all bets are off :-)

[JAHJ]

My eldest is almost 18 (boy) and my DD will be 15 in feb. And can forget my little man who is only 6, so a long way off teenager.

I have to say, I am not enjoying my teenagers. I have said it before and Ill say it again.........give me a whole house full off toddlers any day over just 2 teenagers.

[mama_bel]

Yeh, I'd take the toddlers any day too, jahj! I just asked my dd something and she shouted NO at me (like a toddler, but so much more offensive when they're big). Ah well, can only ask, eh?

[elflyn]

DS has romantic "ishews" and DD told me this afternoon that she has a "blocked nose hole" so she can't go to school and as there are only 3 weeks left anyway she may as well stay home. When I told her I didn't agree with her suggestion she stomped off and slammed a door. Oh but first she had a go at DS2 setting him off, so he was shouting and stomping as well.

[Mercurious]

I think one teenager is probably a lot easier than two. At the end of the day when mine are arguing I can say "for goodness sake..she is 3, you are 15".

I must say I wasn't really expecting the bickering and needling each other with a 12 year age gap.

[elflyn]

O yes the bickering...... when I say well he's 5 she just says well I'm 15. It doesn't help that DS2 can talk under wet cement and will ALWAYS keep arguing until he wins. Honestly the kid is amazing he literally does not stop, no one can win an argument with him, not even DP, who never looses or backs down.

[mama_bel]

We have a DD7 like that. DD15 argues with her and I try the "she is 7 years old, let it go!" but she gets soooo offended by being bossed around etc by her little sister.

I have younger sisters and I used to fight with them, even though there's a large gap. My sis 5 years younger used to stir me up and bully me (!), and my sisters nearly 13 years younger used to touch my stuff and just generally BE there too much at times (twins). My sis nearly 16 years younger I never fought with, and my brothers I never fought with, but the one 3.5 years younger used to pick on me sometimes. I was a sook! There's no perfect age gap, it's all about personalities sometimes... We all get on great now, when we see each other. We're different, but there's that family bond which allows for greater acceptance.

(PS - they are all half-siblings, I actually spent most of my childhood an only child, LOL)

[soulmama]

(PS - they are all half-siblings, I actually spent most of my childhood an only child, LOL)
C has spent half of his life as an only child.... he struggles to deal with younger siblings at the best of times... :tongue_smilie

[kymmy]

My daughter is almost 10 - in February.

[jodiemiller]

Hey Kymmy, my by will be 10 then too. He already thinks he's a teenager.

[littlemissnaughty]

My eldest is 10 and some days he is behaving exactly like my 2 year old.
I heard Steve Bidulph talk once and while I didn't agree or think much about everything he said he spoke about taking 10 years off a teenager and that is their behaviour again and they need those same parenting techniques again. Sounds about right too with 13 year old going through the "I do it stage"

My 10 year old is much a like newborn with little communication and lots of tears at the moment.

[kymmy]

Hey Kymmy, my by will be 10 then too. He already thinks he's a teenager.

My daughter has started talking more like an adult though with more whinging so I guess she is a teen in preparation!

[Stardust]

Ohhh...I am scared reading this thread!

[ali_celt]

blergh. He's 15 in two weeks and handed my a birthday present list that included horror movie dvd's and music with parental advisory lyrics.

last week on tuesday (it's ALWAYS on Tuesday, when Nige is at work and I'm home and he has PE at school) he got out of bed and told me he wasnt' going to school because he had an acid taste in his mouth, and therefore must be about to vomit.

I told him that NO he was going to school, made him drink some water to wash his mouth out with and as he was leaving for the bus stop he screamed "I f%$#@ing hate you Mum" at me.

Then I had to try and explain to the littlies why he didn't REALLY mean it, and yes it is a bad word and yes it's rude. And I also had to explain to them why he would be allowed to come home - since when the neighbours kid yells similar things at me he's not allowed over again until he apologises.

Blergh. Teenagers suck.

[mama_bel]

Hugs Ali. xx

[soulmama]

Why oh why does all that sound soooooo familiar Ali???? :blink

I feel your pain... :(

Should send you that photo of him I got huh? ;)

:heart

[wems]

Ohhh...I am scared reading this thread!

Oh gosh me too

I am going to have 7 teenagers :gasp:blink

What was I thinking :laugh

[~chelle~]

N is fast approaching 11. Been an amazing journey, but boy are 10/11 yr old girls nasty little things at times!

I sooooo hear you there Bron! Little Miss I says the nastiest things to her bro and sis. Nothing I can say makes her decide to speak nicely - she's 10 Christmas Day.

Isaac is approaching 14, and knows sooooo much more than I do :sarcastic!!! But He still cuddles me regularly, and he is starting to be nicer to his sisters - sometimes. He is very clever, and very talented, but smart enough not to show off too much, just enough to get the message across.

He almost died of embarrassment when he was rehearsing with his band and forgot the words to "Sweet Child O' Mine" - I was mouthing the words, and he was rolling his eyes as though "as if you'd know, Mum"...when he was finished he told me the words I was singing were wrong, and when he then discovered I was right he was mortified. :yes

Funny funny too cool for your boots boy :cool::wallbash::Pickle::shitstorm:

Sorry, got carried away with smilies...there are some funny ones here this time round - I love the shit storm!!!

[Hailstorm]

Does it count that I have a 4 year old turning 15? *sigh*

[mama_bel]

I hate to say it, but Kyls "just you wait..." :p

[Hailstorm]

Oh I know I'm terrified!!! :2lol

[elflyn]

DS headed off for his Formal last night. I guess the one of the first rites of passage to adulthood. He was wearing a suit and tie and although he looked lovely, I couldn't stop thinking of the final scene in the movie "Big". It was actually quite a surreal experience, I was sitting breastfeeding a 3 month old whilst waving off this taller than me 18 (in a month) year old. I kept having flashbacks to all his "firsts" and was a little nostalgic for the little boy who made me a Mama.

Then reality hit when I went in his room and found his filthy socks and t-shirt dropped on the floor along with various other piles of crap and an unmade bed. Oh and he still isn't home from the after party.

[jodiemiller]

I love the shit storm!!!

Ahahaha! That is so funny! I need to get acquainted with the new smilies.



We had a school music event last night and I was watching Master Nine-Almost-Ten playing rough house with a girl in his class. Her mum turned to me and said, I think T might have a little crush on your K. It seemed to me it could be mutual. I thought OMG! We're not far off now!

[jodiemiller]

Oh and he still isn't home from the after party.

Can't help wondering what time he eventually came home and what condition he was in. ;)

[elflyn]

He called and asked us to pick him up at about 9:00am after he and some friends had been for breakfast. He was fine just very tired after an all nighter lol.
I am very proud of him, he seems to make fairly reasonable decisions unless it has something to do with his washing, tidying his room or making his own lunch... weetbix anyone??

[soulmama]

Glad he's safe! :)

As to mine... can I just say Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

*stops to take a deep breath and exhale*

[mama_bel]

Well, I like that she's good at her job and her bosses like her. I like that she's gone away to stay with friends for 2 nights, to see a movie, to shop, to giggle and sing and be herself...

But I don't like how she avoids helping out around here and treats me like enemy #1 sometimes...

[Joey]

My eldest is 14 and very scary lol DS is turning 10 next year and I am not remotely worried lol. DD is 6.5 and I am already scared.

I wish there was a manual on this stuff but there isn't and no matter where you turn for help noone has any answers. I have rung so many people and places begging for some answers and noone has any. sigh

[jodiemiller]

Hugs Jo, I have been thinking of you and your family dilemmas. If only thoughts were powerful enough to fix the stuff that's broke (now where did I leave that genie of mine).

[Mercurious]

My eldest is 14 and very scary lol DS is turning 10 next year and I am not remotely worried lol. DD is 6.5 and I am already scared.

That eldest does sound like a real challenge though. I wouldn't use him as what to expect from the others. He is really lucky he has you reminding him he is cared for no matter what. You're a great Mum.

[mama_bel]

Hear, hear. The more difficult kids are the ones who need more love. He's very blessed to have you, Jo. xx