https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 12:26:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2466248 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:07:48 +0000 lovehoneybee 2466248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: "The days are long, but the years are short." Yes, this! I actually said this to a mother at daycare who was having a rough morning this morning. It felt a little trite to say, but it was sooo true. </p> <p>My mom likes to say that you really only see the passage of time through children. My older is 3.5. How did that happen? How did 3.5 years pass already? I feel the same, I look pretty much the same (plus some new wrinkles and grey hairs and some belly weight), my life is pretty much the same (well new job, and now two kids, but I myself haven't changed all that much). But in that 3.5 years my kid has gone from a smushy baby to a smart, funny, suddenly huge kid who can make scrambled eggs and get himself dressed in the morning! It's even more striking for me since having DD, because she's so wee compared to him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2466186 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:43:32 +0000 Raindrop 2466186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I have heard of that saying! Hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2465302 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:28:57 +0000 Corduroy 2465302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Time is going by so fast now but I thought both years my kids were born went by slowly. With so little sleep it's like living 2 years, sort of.</p> <p>Also both years a had kids I completely lost track of time. I WOH on seasonal projects so I should really have a handle on it but every day I have to think *really* hard about what month it is. Almost every day I have this internal conversation, "Deadline is April? How much time is that? My phone says it's Feb. Hmmm, baby was born in June, I took maternity leave, he's 8 months, I guess it is February." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464987 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:54:43 +0000 .twist. 2464987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: I've also heard that as well! It makes sense. </p> <p>Having kids has made time FLY BY. I feel like I can barely keep track.</p> <p>@raindrop: on having children, I like to look at it this way: the days were long, but the years were short. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464976 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:44:22 +0000 Raindrop 2464976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: Very interesting! I will pitch that to my friend! Hehe.</p> <p>Also wow I'm the only that thinks that time went super slow the year my kids were born... those days were long!! I was a zombie the first year of both kids... felt like it was forever. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464973 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:42:30 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2464973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read that time seems to pass faster because as you get older, each unit of time is shorter relative to the amount of time that you've been alive. So when I was 3, a year would be 1/3 of my life. But now a year is 1/35 of my life and relative to the amount of time I've been on the earth, it's much shorter than when I was 3. But yes time goes by so much faster now than it did when I was little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464972 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:42:09 +0000 catomd00 2464972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way faster as an adult and even faster with kids. I thought DDs first year flew by but the second went by even faster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464958 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:32:00 +0000 travellingbee 2464958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Time was sooooo long when I was a kid. What a wonderful gift of childhood that life seems so long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464950 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:28:38 +0000 Applesandbananas 2464950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with your friend! I have heard that cited frequently and I think it's true! Time has especially passed quickly since having a kiddo, I think because I'm so so busy all the time, as compared to a kid with an endless summer break stretching ahead lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/passage-of-time#post-2464948 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:27:09 +0000 Raindrop 2464948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone else think time has flown past as you have gotten older?</p> <p>I was talking to a friend about this and she told me that she read something that said that time seems to past us by as we grow older because there are no new events after a while. It’s the same day in and day out so your memory of the last year is very short compared to when you were a kid and you always had new things happen like first day of school, first day of summer, first kiss, first blah blah. </p> <p>So I guess my question is does it feel like time is passing you by faster than when you were a kid?</p> <p>Also we have firsts when we older so I’m going to ask if the year you got married or had kids seemed slower. For kicks. </p>