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I feel average. I was 25 when DD was born. I know a lot of people my age with 2 or 3 kids.
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I'm 25 (turned 25 just after LO was born) and I feel young. I'm one of the first of our friends to have a baby.
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I felt young with DS (at 25) and now that I am having my second (at 27), I feel about average.
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I feel old, as we are currently TTC for LO #1, but looking objectively at my area I am pretty average.
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@LovelyPlum: you're so sweet, thank you
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I feel young (27) as most of my friends do not have kids and where I live, the "norm" to have kids is like 30-40.
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I feel like I'm wayyyy too young to have a baby, but then I remember that I'm 32
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Young for where I live. Most people with 2 kids are closer to 40 or in their 40s.
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Young! But average for my area.
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I guess average? LO is 5 months old and I'll be 28 in a few weeks. I feel like a young mom compared to my co-workers, though. Most of them were in their 30s before having a baby.
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I feel average. I was 30 when I got pregnant and 31 when DS was born.
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Average - I was 31, just about to turn 32 when T was born
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Among my friends, I'd say older. Most of my friends are already done having kids (I am almost 35 and D is a year old). I got pregnant and had a baby along with my little sister's friends (who are 30/31). However, among my husband's friends, he is still one of the youngest - most of his friends are still bachelors pretending that they're in college. And he is almost 37!
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Old. I was 27 when I had DS but most people I graduated high school with had already had their 2nd or 3rd children.
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I'm 29 with a 1 yr old and I definitely feel like one of the younger moms on the playground. I see more moms with children my age in their mid 30's-early 40's.
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I feel like an older mom (had the boys 3 months before I turned 31), but I know that is a regional thing). Most people have kids earlier than that here, but most of my friends in our same profession don't have kids yet, so that makes me feel a little less ancient.
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This thread is fascinating!
I'm 30 pregnant with our first and I feel all three, depending on context. Among my local friends, we're the first to get pregnant, and in my prenatal classes I feel like a child compared to other moms. But I work with pregnant women in another neighborhood and they're all late teens, early 20s, so I feel old with them. Likewise with some Catholic circles I know out of town, who all have four kids by mid-20s. But overall, looking at my own life, I'm the right age. We married at 28, we started TTC after about a year and a half of marriage, all seems good. If we'd had a harder time TTC I think I'd feel more frustrated about my age and feel more "behind." Grateful we dodged that one!
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In my tight circle of friends, young because some are just now thinking about TTC.
In my larger circle of friends, old since some already have 2+ and their youngest is almost 3!
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I not only feel like a young mom, I AM a young mom where I live (NYC). I am the only under-30 mom I know!
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For real life, young. For a military wife, average. I was 24 when C was born.
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Average I had LO at 27 and most of my friends were married and trying, pregnant, or had kids.
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I'll be 29 when these babies are born and I feel old! I'm in central IL and a LOT of people I went to high school with are on their 2nd (sometimes 3rd) child at this point. Also, my mom had 4 kids by the time she was my age! I'm sure 29 is probably average (or young?) for other areas of the country though.
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Definitely young!! I'm 22 (21 when LO was born), and am by far the youngest amongst the moms in my area.
I lived in Texas for several years as a teen, and many of my friends have children, and some are on their 2nd.
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young! I was 20 when I had dd, I'm turning 22 this week and we're currently ttc for number 2
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This is so interesting! It's crazy how much it varies regionally, and also in urban vs. rural areas. If all goes according to plan, we'll have our first child when we are 28 or 29, and I feel like that is skewed a little towards young. Not many of my friends are married yet, so no one is even thinking about kids right now (as far as I know...) besides me and my H.
I moved from NYC to Texas, but since I live in the city down here, I don't think the average age has changed as much as I thought it might. Most of my coworkers are around my age, and no one has kids yet.
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I feel average but I think a lot of people would say young. I was 24 when LO was born.
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Positively elderly! I was 34 when I had LO, at the time we lived in NYC so it was fairly typical but then we moved down south and here I am def older than most of the ftm.
If we decide to have another I will likely be 37/38 due to our spacing preferences, so by then, locally speaking I will be geriatric!
I'm happy with the timing though!! -
I feel pretty young - I was 22 when DD was born and it seems like all of her classmate's parents are at least a decade older than me. I am super impatient waiting for all my friends to catch up.
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I feel young. I was 25 and suddenly a mom to two boys. I'm the first amongst my friends to have kids, most still aren't married!
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I feel super old around here, but probably because several of my coworkers had their first at age 16 or 17.
But amongst my college friends I'm pretty average or even on the younger side since I already have two.
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Normal but old for my area.
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Young! Ill have two by 27! Most all of my friends are in their 30s. I definitely look the youngest at the playground.
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Older! Was 34 when I had R. Most of my friends are younger and kids are older.
But I still don't think I am old enough to have a baby!
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I feel average/old. I'm 28, but most of my college friends had kids way before I did, so that makes me feel like an older FTM. In the grand scheme though, I think I'm pretty average to be a FTM at 28.
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I feel young. None of my close friends have kids yet and DH and I are already thinking about baby #2. I had LO (only 8 months ago) when I was 25. The play date group I am in also makes me feel super young. Most of the moms are over 30.. I don't mind it at all but I sometimes feel out of place..
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I had lo at 29 and I love it. I think it is perfect for me. I will always be 20 on the inside and still feel like a young mom but only in a good way. I am 30 and most friends are not even married yet and definitely do not have children.
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I guess, technically, I am young since I had W at 23 and M at 25, but I feel normal. Most of my friends my age have a kid or two.
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Average in my circle of friends but young in general. I had DS st 23 and DD at 24.
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Young. Most parents at B's preschool are between 40-45...my parents are in their 50's.
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Pretty average among my group of friends/acquaintances. I had DD when I was 30 and I'm 31 now.
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