My parents were (almost) 27 & 30 when they had me, and were 32 & (almost) 36 when they had my sister.
Husband's parents were 25 & 27 when they had him, and 27 & 29 when they had his brother.
As I get older, I tend to think about this more frequently. For example... if I've had a stressful week or think I'll never be ready for children, I'll think gosh, my mom had a 2 year old when she was my age.. etc, etc.
Is this something you compare yourself to or ponder?
honeydew / 7968 posts
sigh. i do sometimes get sad that there will be so many years between me and my kids (and my hubby and kids)... we're definitely older than our parents were when they had us. nothing we could do about it at this point. but i hope i can see some grandkids lol.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Oooh, good question! And yes, I actually DO think about this!
My parents were 25/27 and 27/29 when they had my brother and me. And hubs parents were 23/27 and 25/29 when they had him and his sister.
If all goes according to plan, we will both be 28 (or 29) when we have our first, and 30 when we have our second. So older, although not a lot so. I know our parents were older when they had us than their parents were when they had them, so it seems to be a pattern.
pear / 1664 posts
@tequiero21 ME TOO!!! I feel bad for the big difference. Yes. I'm older than my parents were when I was born. (Well, my mom was younger than I am now; if I was to TTC right now--and we are not--I would be the age my dad was, when my own child was born.) So yes, I will be order than my parents were. Hubs' parents were young parents, so we are both several years older now than they were when he was born.
coconut / 8234 posts
I think about this all the time. My mom was 17, dad was 20 when they had me. By the time my mom was 26, she had four children!
I'm 33 and pregnant with my first (due before my birthday). Sometimes when I think about how expensive it is to raise a child or how I'll have to go back to work after three months, one way I calm myself down is to think: my mom raised four children by herself! Of course she had some help from my sister and I--but she was the sole breadwinner and parental support for most of our lives.
If she could do that, I think my husband and I can definitely handle one child at 33 and 29 (yes, he's younger).
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
My parents were 30 when they had me (only child). I expect to have my first sometime around age 25. It is a lot younger than my parents, but they spent a lot more time doing things in their 20s that I don't plan on doing. My mom got her masters, and my dad dropped out of high school, got his GED, and then worked full-time while going to night school to get his degree. So their other "stuff" took a lot longer. I graduated college at 22, and we already own a house and have stable income. Neither one of us plan on any extra schooling at this point.
My husband will be somewhere around 27 most likely.
My husband's parents were both 25 when they had my husband and 29 when they had his younger brother.
cherry / 166 posts
By the time my parents were my age, they had 4 kids and were done having kids completely-my mom had her tubes tied right after I was born. My IL's were also done having kids at the age we are now.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
My parents were 29 (mom) and 30 (dad) when they had me (I'm the second, and they had four and my mom was 36 when she had her youngest). DH's mom was a little younger when she had him (27) and his dad was 30.
I'll be 31 and DH will be 31 when we have our first. We hope to have 3 by the time I'm 35/36 so in the end we'll be pretty close to my parents' ages!
nectarine / 2019 posts
My parents were high school sweethearts. They had me when they were 19 and 22 and my sister when they were 20 and 23. I'm in my 30's so their is a big age difference. I couldn't imagine having preteens right now! I don't know how they did it. However, right now they are 50 and 53 and all of their children have been out of the house for more then 10 years! Now they are young grandparents and loving life!
cherry / 135 posts
My husband will be significantly older when this baby arrives. He just turned 39. His parents were 21 when they had him. I will be 29 when little one arrives and fall in between my parents. My mom was 32 and my dad was 27.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
I am older than my mom when she had me. I was 7 years old already when my mom was 31! My dad and DH will be about the same age I believe.
We will be having kids around the same age as DH's parents however - they had kids later in life.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
Well, this will be a fun answer! If we get pregnant soon I'll be 26 when the baby is born and Hubs will be 24 or 25. My mom was 24 when my sister and I were born, but my dad was 66, so I don't think we'll be trying to duplicate that. His parents were mid-30's when he and his sister were born.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
My parents were 31 (mom) and 32 (dad) when they had me. I'll be 30 and DH will be 35 when baby is born, so pretty similar ages.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
this is a great question, I think about it all the time!
My parents were 21/22 and my hubby and I are 22/26. So we're only slightly older, but our goal was to be married (unlike my parents, that made it harder on them), so we were married a year before getting pregnant, I felt like that changed everything.
My older sister though waited awhile, she and her hubby were 26/30 when they had their first, and I think of how weird it would have been if my sister had had her baby when she was my age... lol
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
My mom was 18 and my dad was 28 when they had my older sister. Then my mom was 26 (dad 36) when they had me.
I will be hopefully 28/29 (DH 29/30) when we have our first.
This is actually an interesting question and I was going to ask a similar question about siblings.
My older sister who is 8 years older than I am and has now a 16 and a 11 year old was 19 when she gave birth to her first. (She was 26 when she had her second child.)
My brother just had his first kid at the age of 25.
My other sister who is 27 does not have any kids yet.
It is very interesting to see how people are having kids later in life than like 10 years ago.
apricot / 461 posts
My parents were 22/24 and 24/26 when they had my brother and I.
Hubby's parents were 17/21, 18/22, and 20/24, when they had hubby, his older sister and younger sister.
We plan to start TTC in April. I will be 28 at that time and hubby will be 27. So hopefully we will have a LO around the time we are 29 or so! So we are quite a bit older than our parents were.
apricot / 321 posts
Older. My mom had me when she was 19. She was under 30 by the time she had her fourth child. I guess that's part of the reason as to why I thought I would have a child by now.
Mr. Bear's mom had him when she was 17.
persimmon / 1202 posts
Oh lordy. I'll be 9 years older than my mom was, 8 years older than his mom was (teeniest chance it'll be 8/7, but 9/8 is the plan.) If I have kids, it'll be the oldest that any female in my lineage started having kids.
nectarine / 2115 posts
I'm hoping to be 27 when we have our first baby. I'm 26 now and by the time my mom was my age she had been married, had a baby, lost her first husband to cancer, remarried, and had her second baby (me)! Crazy!
pear / 1852 posts
My parents were 20 when they had me, and his parents were 21 when they had him. We'll be 31/32 when we have our first this year. I think we'll be more prepared than our parents though, at least I hope so!
pineapple / 12526 posts
I will be younger than my mom when she had me, but older than when she had my brothers.
She had them at 21 and 23 and me at 30.
nectarine / 2797 posts
My parents were both 29 when I was born, and I'm their oldest child. They wanted to start younger but it took them 4 years to get pregnant with me. DH's mother was 33 when he was born and his dad was in his 50s.
I'll be 29 and DH will be 32 when our first is born in June. I still feel like I'm not grown up enough for this though!
grapefruit / 4400 posts
I'll be younger than my parents (late 30s when they had me), but hubs will be older than his parents (mid-20s when they had him).
My dad will almost be 70 when he's finally a grandpa! That seems super old to me for a first-time grandpa. My best friend's dad was in his early 40s when he became a grandpa.
clementine / 750 posts
My mom was 24 and my Dad was 29 when they had me. My hubs will be at least 39 and If I get pregnant this month I'd be 38, if it doesn't happen this month I'll be 39. Big difference. I didn't marry until much later I was 36 when I got married.
apricot / 260 posts
My parents were 17 and 18 when I was born and I graduated high school when my Dad was 36. My husband is 36 now; we just had our first. It's crazy to think about, but I'd never want to be a teenage parent.
honeydew / 7230 posts
My parents started young (mom was 19 and dad 21 when I was born - and I'm the second child) so a few years ago I actually hit a point where I realized whoa, my mom had four kids at the same age I am right now. That was a little surreal.
My husband and I both turned 27 in October and his mom (not so subtly) told us that she had just turned 27 when she had her first baby. I just wanted to shout "listen lady we are WORKING ON IT!" but I didn't obviously, haha.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
My mom was 25 and my dad was 33 when they had me (the oldest child). My mom said she was one of the last of her friends to have kids, and my dad was definitely older for that generation.
I was 31 and Mr. Bee was 35 when we had Charlie so we're definitely older.
pomegranate / 3032 posts
My parents were 27/28 when they had me and had been married for 5 years but they were 36/37 when they had my brother. I'll be older with my first and hopefully a lot younger with the 2nd. I don't want such a large age gap between my kids
squash / 13199 posts
By the time my 1st child arrives I will be 10 years younger than my mom was when she had me, and 6 years younger than my mom was when she had her first child.
pomegranate / 3516 posts
My parents were 32 and 36 when they had me (my mom was 30 when she had my brother). My husband's mom was around 26 and 29 when she had her children (I'm not sure exactly how old his dad was). My husband and I both will be 24.
apricot / 254 posts
I was actually the same age as my mother when she had her first child. I am hoping to have my 2nd around the same age as my mother was as well.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
My mom was 21 and dad was 27 when they had me. We will be 28 (me) and 29 (DH) when our baby is born.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
my parents were 18 and 20 when I was born. I'm currently 23, so yes, I'll be older than they were!
grapefruit / 4355 posts
If we get pregnant when we hope to, I'll be about a year older than my parents were when they had me (and I'm the oldest of their children).
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
My mom had been 20 for less than a month when I was born, and my dad was 23. My mom was 22 and then 24 when my younger brothers were born. I am a week away from 23 and am TTC my first.
DH's mom was 26 when he was born and 29 when his younger brother was born. He is 30 now and if we conceive this month he will turn 31 right around the time the baby is born.
kiwi / 575 posts
Older! My mom was 31 when I came along and my dad was 35. I'm 36 and my hubby is 43. We're TTC no. 1!
pomegranate / 3329 posts
Younger
My Mom was 28 and my Dad was 31
I had my son at 18 (married, divorced 5 years later).
I just had my 2nd at 28 and my husband is a week shy of 33
persimmon / 1194 posts
I will be younger than my parents. Parents were both 29 when they had me (27 when they had my older sister). I will be 26 and DH 31 when LO arrives.
grape / 84 posts
My parents were 25/29 when they had me and 29/33 when they had my sister. DH's parents were both 24 when they had him and 32 when they had his brother.
We'll be 26 & 27 when we have our first in June.
| Today | Monthly Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Topics | 0 | 1 |
| Posts | 1 | 3 |
Ask for Help
Make a Suggestion
Frequently Asked Questions
Bee Levels
Acronyms
Most Viewed Posts
Hellobee Gold
Hellobee Recipes
Hellobee Features
Hellobee Contests
Baby-led Weaning
Bento Boxes
Breastfeeding
Newborn Essentials
Parties
Postpartum Care Essentials
Sensory Play Activities
Sleep Training
Starting Solids Gear
Transitioning to Toddler Bed
All Series
Who We Are
About the Bloggers
About the Hostesses
Contributing Bloggers
Apply to Blog
Apply to Hostess
Submit a Guest Blog
Hellobee Buttons
How We Make Money
Community Policies
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
48 comments