https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 05:13:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663276 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:56:34 +0000 Anagram 2663276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Friends--yes! My two bffs from my single days both had kiddos right after I had my second. And they are all girls, so that's fun. Mine is in August, and theirs are December and February. </p> <p>And since we moved right before I had my first, I've cultivated a big group of mom friends who are essentially my only friends in my new state. And all our kids are the same age, because we met in a new mom's group. So we all have 3 year olds and now most of us have second kids ranging from infant to 2 years. Love them. They are my tribe</p> <p>Family--no, not really. All of our siblings have older kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663249 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 01:38:45 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2663249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the middle, but I'm not alone. Most have older kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663222 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:57:20 +0000 808love 2663222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>middle </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663195 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:21:22 +0000 LemonJack 2663195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Family, no, which makes me a little sad, but it's also great when we get together with my family and DD is occupied by her older cousins. It's way more relaxing for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663192 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:20:28 +0000 caterw 2663192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Family- no. None of our siblings or close in age cousins have any kids. </p> <p>Friends- kinda? We have a mix of friends with much older kids, similar age, and no kids. We have developed quite a few new friendships with the parents of DD's friends from the library and whatnot which is nice for me when I do playdates and parties. I'm glad I actually like the moms! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663175 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:05:39 +0000 fancyfunction 2663175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our friends with kids are all around the same with kids from 0-5. But we also each have a few friends who are totally single - nothing really in the middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663041 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:13:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2663041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister and brother, yes. My three other siblings are much younger, so no.</p> <p>Most of my friends aren't married or don't have kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663025 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:15:54 +0000 mamainthesun 2663025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the middle family and friends wise. We still have siblings on both side who don't have any children yet, and most of our friends have 1 or 2, so more babies to come!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2663018 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:09:56 +0000 LilSprinkles 2663018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my closest friends, we all have kids around the same age. Family wise, my side DS is the only kid, and DH's side the cousins are a bit older </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662974 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:04:31 +0000 rattles 2662974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids won't have cousins near their ages. My nieces and nephews on DH's side are aged 13-20. My siblings are all a good 3-5 years minimum from kids. I was he first of my friends to have kids, but a few of them have had or are having kids around the same ages of my younger kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662957 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:52:18 +0000 lilteacherbee 2662957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister isn't married/doesn't have kids yet and DH is an only child, so my kids don't have any cousins yet. In my extended family, a lot of my cousins have kids around their ages, though. Between two of my cousins and myself, we have 7 kids all under 5.</p> <p>A couple of my friends don't have kids yet, but a lot of them started having babies recently and they now have toddlers between 12-24 months, which is the same age as my youngest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662948 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:39:04 +0000 ValentineMommy 2662948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Family - no. I'm the youngest of the family, and waited a long time to have kids as well. So, my kids are baby/toddler/little kid phase, and their closet cousins are 8-12 years old.</p> <p>Friends - half and half. I have a few good girlfriends and they have young kids as well, which is, in fact, how we became friends/close. My friends I had before kids still don't have kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662914 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:08:13 +0000 jhd 2662914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have any friends with little kids. My LO is right in between my sisters two kids but we aren't super close. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662889 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:38:22 +0000 lamariniere 2662889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From my pre-kid circle, I'm still the only one with kids. From my current circle (different city) just about everyone I know has kids the same age as one or the other of my LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662883 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:28:29 +0000 looch 2662883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's all over the place, we're in the middle. I have friends that have newborns and friends that are young grandparents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662867 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:06:08 +0000 brownepiano 2662867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our two close friends yes. Their kids are 2 1/2 and 4 months, and almost 2. Mine are almost 3 and 6 months. So we're all right in the middle of the same stuff. </p> <p>For family we are kind of in the middle. My cousin's have kids who are older, my brother is just starting, and we are done. I'm glad that there won't be 10+ year between our kids at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662782 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:07:52 +0000 FaithFertility 2662782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Family no<br /> Friends very close!<br /> Our best friends are married<br /> She is a teacher too and our DH are both LEO!<br /> They have 2 kids 4 and 4 months<br /> We have 2 kids 2 and 1 month </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662748 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:16:35 +0000 MrsADS 2662748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some friends/acquaintances locally, yes.</p> <p>Family, no. My DH has 3 siblings who all have kids who are 7+ years old so they're all pretty removed from the baby stage. And my only sister is probably 8-10 years from having a kid, if ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662746 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:10:23 +0000 Adira 2662746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much. My SIL has an 11 year old, but she also has a 4 year old, so pretty close in age to Xander (3.5). And then my best friend has a 7 year old, but all my other friends have &lt;2 year olds or no kids. So I guess we're right in the middle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662737 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:00:40 +0000 nana87 2662737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the same stage as my brother and his wife--they have 3 kids, one who is a year younger than lo1 and one who is a year older, plus one 5 years older. It's SO nice when we get together, but we don't live in the same place. Dh's sister is nowhere near ready to have kids.</p> <p>Of our friends, it's much more mixed--some have kids around our age, but most of these folks don't live nearby :( Most of the people we see regularly don't have kids--our closest friends are actually single or unmarried. I so wish we lived closer to some of our parent-friends, I'd love to have regular get togethers that were also playdates! Our friends without kids are like aunts/uncles to lo, and love her to bits, but especially as she gets older and more social it makes it harder to balance stimulating activities for her that also appeal to adults ;) Like, my bff came with lo and I to a children's museum and was like "omg this is stressful and exhausting" haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662727 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:48:48 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2662727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 4 very close girlfriends, and we're in the same stage except for 1. She has older kids...one is 10 and the other is 5. The rest of us have kiddos under 5, and two friends just had their last. </p> <p>My older brother's youngest is as old as my oldest. And my younger brother's oldest is as old as my youngest. Say that 5 times super fast :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662720 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:44:43 +0000 snowjewelz 2662720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More or less... We're kinda in the middle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-the-same-stage-of-parenting-as-friendsfamily#post-2662717 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:42:52 +0000 Bao 2662717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My siblings have older kids (6+) so I'm behind them a few years. Our two best sets of friends don't have kids yet, one is pregnant now but our kids will be 2.5 years apart. We have a few other friends with kids but we don't see them as often. Luckily I can get advice from my sister and give advice to my friends, in the future. </p>