What do you miss most about having young children?

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Objective-Soft4116@reddit

I miss the cute cuddles and kisses.

I miss the innocence of their beautiful little souls before social media sucked it out of them 😢

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I miss being able to pick them up, I miss those gorgeous baby snuggles. I miss the way they used to smell, that delicious baby smell. I miss the gummy smiles, and the baby coos and giggles. But they are now 8 and 10 and I love this stage of life with them. They are wonderful little humans with blossoming personalities, they are so fun and so interesting to talk to, to be able to do activities with and visit places that are of their choice. I loved the baby stage and I’m loving this stage. They just keep getting better and better with time and I’m looking forward to what lies ahead for us

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Ill-Appointment6494@reddit

Everyone deserves a mum like you.

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CraftyTadpole2488@reddit

Thank you so much for saying that 🥹its very kind of you

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Obvious_Flamingo3@reddit

That is so cute

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Tiny_Megalodon6368@reddit

I miss the cuddles and the affection. My girls are teenagers now so there are obviously boundaries. I do look forward to the day that I become a grandad but I know it won't be the same as being a dad. Grandmas can do all the things mums do but men are only really close with their own kids.

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Enthusiastic_Kitten@reddit

You don’t have to be that kind of grandad if you don’t want to. Lots of grandad’s have really close, special bonds with their grandchildren. Be the change you want to see

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Tiny_Megalodon6368@reddit

Hmm. My daughters' grandads. One had no interest in them whatsoever. The other is a paedophile. It's a pretty low bar but I think I can do better.

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CraftyCat65@reddit

Being able to solve almost every problem with a cuddle, and a lolly 😔

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Lou-H@reddit

Oh gosh -so many things. I had post natal depression for the first 5ish months of my son’s life. He is 15 now! If I could turn back time just for 24 hours I would-just to cradle him in my arms and feel all the love that I have for him now but at a time when he was that tiny bundle and I didn’t really feel anything.

You never know when you are going to do the last of something-the last feed, the last time you pick them up and carry them, the last time you sing them to sleep-I would go back to each and every one of them and savour the moment and burn it into my memory.

I am really lucky that even though he is 15 now he still loves to give hugs and still rests his head on my shoulder to watch TV on an evening-I cherish each time because I know all too well it could stop.

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Bazzlekry@reddit

My son used to run up to me for cuddles, he was always smiley and laughing. We had some great times. I miss those days now he’s a teenager with ASD, depression and anxiety :(

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IndiaFoxtrotUniform@reddit

When you realise their funny mispronunciations have stopped. My kid pronounces magnets as maganets and its so cute.

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Irish_Exit_@reddit

I write all of these down! It changes SO fast and I love going back through and reading them.

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Shot_Leopard_7657@reddit

My brother and I are in our 30s and still talk to our parents like this. Basically any word either of us mispronounced as a child, we all pronounce it like that when we talk to each other. It's just second nature at this point but it took some getting used to for our partners lol

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Little-Grub@reddit

We have "juish" instead of juice at the moment, and it's brilliant! She's 2 next month and doesn't talk much, so the cute mispronounciations are great because at least we know what she wants

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codeduck@reddit

cuccumbubber!

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DisneyBounder@reddit

Mine used to say "shiver me chatters!" instead of "shiver me timbers!" when he's being a pirate but he's stopped doing that now :(

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Wavesmith@reddit

My kid sadly doesn’t mispronounce much any more bit we currently “bubble rat” for bubble wrap and “gungeon” for dungeon which we’re enjoying.

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Necessary_Doubt_9762@reddit (OP)

I am dreading this stopping. The way my girl says cuddle just melts me every time.

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p4ttl1992@reddit

I miss my kids sleeping on my chest, I miss sitting there and watching the same film for the 20th time with them on the sofa, playing hide and seek in the house when you can clearly see where they are but have to pretend you can't find them lol.

I have 3 kids, one is 13 now he barely speaks to me, my eldest daughter is 11 she's in secondary school and usually hangs out in her room on her iPad, my youngest is 8 we still do stuff together but I'm not sure how long that will last and them I'm done....

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TemporarySprinkles2@reddit

I wish my children had the version of me i am today instead of the stressed out unmedicated constantly triggered mess that I was. I am in such a good place now and can soothe myself, validate myself and love myself, which means I show up as my best self.

I didn't have the patience to just appreciate the joy they were, didn't notice happiness, just saw constant battles that I tried to control.

I'd live in the moment and be spontaneous and playful instead of serious. I miss getting into bed with them to read a bedtime story. I miss going into their room when I go to bed and just sitting with them, listening to them sleeping.

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SproutGremlin@reddit

My experience of parenting has been fulfilling, but there is a spectre of grief to it, and it's always there in those pangs of sadness when you realise your child isnt small any more and doesn't need as much of you, even though you still have the world to give.

Personally, I miss those little insights my son would give as a young child, in which you can see how they are experiencing the world around them. That genuine curiosity for things and seeing them live everything for the first time. And don't get me started on the cuddles...

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AlfCosta@reddit

I miss sitting on the sofa on a Saturday morning and watching Ministry of Mayhem with him. He used to sit on the arm and lean against me. He’d be in tears of laughter. He’s too big now he’s 25…

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Jomato_Soup@reddit

Oh my, I’m currently nap trapped with my 6mo old and bawling my eyes out. It’s been the hardest, most humbling thing in the world but now I’m coming out the haze of newborn life I just love it.

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Advanced-Arm-1735@reddit

We did the same as you and I still help my near 5yr old go to sleep by holding her hand until she's asleep, she wakes up every night and comes through to our bedroom to sleep on a spare mattress on the floor.

It does make me laugh. "they have to learn to sleep on their own!!" - usually said by an adult who sleeps next to their partner every night.

Why do they have to? If they want to sure that's great, but most people will find someone and sleep in a bed WITH them for most of their adult life because it's comforting and it feels good. Children are no different.

For me, I miss the midday naps when they fall asleep on you and you're nap trapped. I miss teaching new words, I miss watching her learn new things every day in real time. Probably why I went to work in a preschool..

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zonked282@reddit

My wife and I had a crib for the youngest, a small single and a mistress in the floor at one point.

Children need to feel safe and secure, it made no difference to our lives and by age 4/5 they were all permanently out by choice ( excluding sickness or the occasional nightmare), I miss it if anything 😂

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fiery-sparkles@reddit

I'm strangely glad the mistress brought comfort to you all

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ListenFalse6689@reddit

Just here to tell you to re read your comment, because it gave me a laugh.

Unless it's actually correct then I'm part amused and part concerned.

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zonked282@reddit

😂 no comment

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

Thank you for not correcting it, I needed a laugh this morning (sleep deprived from toddlers).

Unless it wasn’t a typo in which case you really should get the mistress a bed to sleep on.

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ListenFalse6689@reddit

Well I thought she was on the floor, then I re read and she is IN the floor. I was wondering if it was like that infamous brookside patio scene.

At this point I would be happy to have a live in mistress, so long as she did some fuckin housework!

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justbrowsingthrough9@reddit

My child is 5 years old and we still co-sleep. I am a light sleeper but I don’t mind. He finds comfort in sleeping close to us and I know I only have a few years left to cherish our snuggles so I will enjoy every bit of it that I can.

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Stripycardigans@reddit

I don't have children (yet) and I often think this. I always thought I had terrible insomnia but since living with my partner I've rarely had trouble sleeping, I definitely notice a huge difference on the occasions we sleep apart.

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Working_Bowl@reddit

My daughter just turned 9 and she’s currently fast asleep on a mattress on my floor. She rarely does it now, but sometimes I think she just wants a bit of extra comfort by sleeping close by me.

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TalithaLoisArt@reddit

I always say to people I’ll never regret cuddling my babies to sleep. My youngest is 5 and still wants me to cuddle to sleep and I don’t care if I’ve made a rod for my back or whatever because I enjoy that time together and they’re not going to want it forever.

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Apple22Over7@reddit

I needed this thread this morning. Currently 6 months pregnant with my first, and getting increasingly depressed and fed up of people telling me horror stories about having kids, how my life is basically over and I'll never know happiness again. This thread reminds me that it can't all be doom & gloom and that there are plenty of things to look forward to (even if interspersed with a lot of frustrations!).

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cdoc365@reddit

I'm now a grandparent so I'm going through all of this again. Didn't realise how much I missed it.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

As long as cuddling to sleep doesn't escalate. Cuddling to sleep age 4 is fine, them refusing to sleep without an adult within arm's reach when they take longer to drop off age 6 not so much. Makes staying with relatives or sleepovers a challenge. I do miss the earlier bedtimes though, now they could get to 10pm easy given a chance.

My youngest is just on the edge of this, but how easy a day out can be with young kids. Just wellies, local woods, trip to a garden centre - that is a whole afternoon of wholesome fun. When they are getting into their teens they'll just moan and be bored.

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runningman299@reddit

Man I feel this.

Daughter is 9 now but I miss every stage she’s been through. Especially 5 years old as it was the Covid years and I got WFH and homeschool her. But she’s growing and I can’t stop that.She is growing into a wonderful little lady though.

Just cherish every moment.

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sayleanenlarge@reddit

The rod for your own back thing is mostly silly. Maybe there'll be some tantrums, but there's no way a child will not one day decide they don't want to fall asleep with their parents anymore. You don't get adults who can't sleep without their mum (or if you do, they're very very rare).

Young children are sweet, funny and cute, and I think that's what you miss when they get older. They just think you're awesome and funny. And then they become teenagers and get bored of you and embarrassed :(

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nicothrnoc@reddit

10 year old autistic kid still having to be routined and snuggled to be like a toddler here for hours each night. I sneak out at 10pm or later and collapse into my own bed exhausted by the routine. Honestly I'd give my right tit for a normal evening. I know disability is a different situation but the burnout of doing this for a whole decade and never getting an evening to yourself, any time with your partner or any time for your other kids is a pretty major rod.

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sayleanenlarge@reddit

Sounds exhausting. I hope you get it sorted somehow and get to keep both your tits.

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

I really needed this post today. In the middle of a sleep regression with the baby and our three year old is in full threenager mode. None of my friends or siblings have kids and last night was just hearing abour the latest exotic holiday they have planned while I am trying to work out how to cancel the trip to the nearest coast we have planned for this weekend because we are all ill again- right now I am finding it hard to be pleased about my life choices but this post has made me very grateful again!

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Weak_Life7907@reddit

The closeness. Kids grow up and the world becomes their oyster and you end up wondering what the hell happened.

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mycatiscalledFrodo@reddit

Ours are 12 & 9 so not particularly old but I miss the every day wonder, how just walking round pets at home was like a zoo or a walk round the park was an hour long ramble or puddles were the best thing (I have an amazing video of our youngest running through a huge puddle giggling) when they ate toddlers it is just so cute and makes you look at things differently

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Bobcat-Narwhal-837@reddit

Them sleeping on me

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catjellycat@reddit

There’s a lovely clip from Modern Family where Ed O’Neill’s character talks about grieving all the versions of your child who leave to be replaced by a newer version until they finally walk out the door. It gets me every time.

My kids are 18 and 15 and I adored them when small. They’re nice to have around now and are my favourite people but I’d be a liar if I told you I don’t miss the kids who held my hand, ran to see me at the end of school and when they were small enough that one sat on each knee whilst we watched a film.

The thing I miss most is doing small but silly things. The time we went to b&q and bought singing Christmas ornaments and played them over and over in the car outside, the time it was unseasonably warm and we went for a sea swim in Halloween.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4jp49-Lv14/?igsh=MXZscnVmNXc2cXk1Zg==

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Healthy_Pilot_6358@reddit

I feel exactly the same. I’ve got a 14 yo and I feel like I grieve all the previous versions of my favourite person. When OneDrive shows ‘on this day’ through the years my heart hurts. I know one day I will grieve this version and all the upcoming ones too.

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Ok_Monitor_7897@reddit

I love this bit in modern family.

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SecretSquirrel-88@reddit

I only have a 2 year old now and I feel like I’m at a good place right now.

What I do miss though is the new born stage where she would lay on my chest with her legs tucked up.

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DisneyBounder@reddit

The New Born Scrunch is so great but the Toddler Flop is even better. When they fall asleep in the car so you carry them in and their entire body just flops on to you.

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DisneyBounder@reddit

Mine is only five but there's lots of things I already miss about him being younger. Squishy little contact naps. How he used to mis-pronounce words, walking around with him dozing in his baby carrier, how certain things like getting him dressed were easier because there was no push-back!

Five is awesome though. He just has endless ideas. Last night he said he couldn't sleep because he had too many thoughts buzzing around his head. Turned out he was thinking about making jellyfish out of some shells he collected and pipe cleaners which he set to work to this morning and he was so proud when he saw his idea come to life.

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yourmomsajoke@reddit

Oh god I'm so broody lately.

My boys are 19 and 13, my wee lass would be 11.

I'm neurodivergent and was rubbish at sitting down to hold them in my arms for hours on end and stare at them but I had baby carriers and never had the wee babs away from me. I miss that.

I miss playmat and tummy time. Laying beside them and bapping the activity arch above their head to teach them how to.

I miss eating their little ears and hands and feet. Biting their chubby arms and legs.

I've perfect hip to waist ratio to carry toddlers. I miss carrying my boys. I miss them on my shoulders and hips and swinging them from side to side like human hula hoops.

I miss throwing my oldest about my bed when I was changing it, He used to absolutely howl with laughter.

I miss my little lad who was feral just plomping down on me and falling asleep.

For my girl, I miss her coyness and her smile. She smiled so big. Her ears and nose were so gorgeous. She was so happy.

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Significant_Froyo899@reddit

Putting my daughter up on my shoulders for a walk. There was this one time, and I didn’t know it, but it was the very last time I would carry her on my shoulders with her pretending I was an elephant.

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sayleanenlarge@reddit

I still have memories of me being on my dad's shoulders. I distinctly remember finding it hilarious to suprise him by covering his eyes with my hands.

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cat_progressive@reddit

I just wanted to say I still spend time with my daughter before bed and she's turning 12 very soon.

It used to be feeding to sleep and laying down until she slept then stories and games and now it's chatting about her day and discussing anything she wants.

We enjoy the time together, takes about 45 minutes to an hour whilst she gets ready for bed, in her room, just us with no distractions. It's a special time and I won't change it unless she wants to.

Don't most people enjoy the comfort of their loved ones? Don't we as adults enjoy being close with our partners? So why can't we enjoy this time with our kids.

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Whulad@reddit

Last time there little hands reach out for your when you’re walking with them. Suddenly they don’t do it anymore.

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blodblodblod@reddit

My daughter is seven, and I know the end of this is coming, so every time she reaches for me, my heart soars and I grab onto her like she's saving my life.

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DreamingofBouncer@reddit

They still do sometimes my daughter is 21 and still holds my hand sometimes.

She squeezed it particularly hard this year whilst getting her broken leg reset, she also grabbed it and we skipped down Wembley Way to see Taylor Swift.

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Agreeable_Fig_3713@reddit

I miss having a wee baby in the house. All of it. Mine are 2 11 and 15 and I miss the pre 10 months stage when everything’s a wonder and new ‘firsts’ come thick and fast. The going out with the pram and everyone coming to see the baby I miss too. They’re not so keen to join you for a walk when they’re a toddler shouting NO HAT NO GLOVES for an hour straight.

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Abervilla@reddit

I miss having my kids. The older they get the more they move away from you. Mine are teenagers now and have their own lives, which is normal, but you do sometimes miss them being kids. Enjoy them while they’re young. It goes so quickly.

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Marmalade_flesh_@reddit

I've currently got a 6 month old and was worrying because I feed to sleep. But just wanted to say thank you because I've been told the same as you and you've reassured me that I'm doing the right thing. Lots of love enjoy those snuggles

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NoCalmWaters@reddit

Keep feeding to sleep!! They will transition out of it eventually, do not worry. 6 months is teeny, tiny you just don’t realise because they’ve already changed SO MUCH and you’ve changed so much too. Everything will be ok in the end. (Sometimes I ask myself ‘will they be doing this at 15?’ If no it’s probably not a problem)

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DangerousMango6@reddit

I feed to sleep as well!! 6 months is so small. Mine is 7 months old. Why make life hard for ourselves when feeding to sleep works so well and comforts them. They don't need big person structure when they're so smol.

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Necessary_Doubt_9762@reddit (OP)

Don’t stop until you’re ready. I’ve never forced my daughter to stop anything and it’s all just fallen away naturally. Feeding, dummies, nappies, she just stopped when she was ready. I’m so glad I never gave into the pressure I had to stop feeding her or get her toilet trained. Im 100% sure it has been significantly easier this way. Enjoy your baby, it goes so fast.

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CandyflossPolarbear@reddit

I fed my daughter to sleep until she was 18 months and only stopped because I needed to wean her in order to start more IVF. I still cuddle her to sleep now. I spent so much time stressing about how to stop feeding to sleep. I made a post on here asking how to do it at six months, then another comment at 10 months about how I still hadn't managed and what to do. The lesson I have learnt is just do whatever makes you and baby happy. Things will change and you will adapt as you go, there's no need to force it. Nothing else matters.

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Darkheart001@reddit

The unguarded, total love and affection small children have, you know it’s 100% genuine and guileless. Once they get older you never get that again, not that it’s a bad thing everything gets more complex.

When my daughter was 4 she was bothering me while I was on a work call doing some important stuff and she wanted to talk to me about something she had done. I tried diverting her and asking her to come back later but she wouldn’t let go. Eventually I had to tell her to go away and she dissolved into floods of tears.

My wife asked her what happened and she said “Daddy told me to go away!”, my wife burst out laughing as it just wasn’t what she expected. It was simply I had never told her to go away before. Always sticks in my mind as key moment that was inevitable but I would have loved to put off a little longer.

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Alwayslearnin41@reddit

My kids are now 20, 18, 15, 13 and 10 and I adore them. I love that I've raised (and am raising) my very own friendship circle. I'd never want to go back to having babies. But I do miss when they were all little and we'd all get in the car and play games together, sing songs, tell silly made up stores. I miss story times (my youngest still has stories) at bedtime, even though reading 5 different stories was a chore at times. I loved that precious 1:1 time with each of them at the end of a day - it's a challenge with so many of them. I even miss nappies because it was a bonding time (when they weren't grabbing handfuls of poo!).

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Deptm@reddit

What I’ll miss most is the mistakes with language they make, which melt my heart. My youngest is three and he’s at that age where he’s exploring language, but gets it adorably wrong a lot of the time.

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heyyalloverthere@reddit

I miss being needed. I miss the cuddles.

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MiddleAgeCool@reddit

Young girls grow up to be older girls who don't or forget to let you know they're safe when out on a Friday / Saturday night the roll in at 4am as is everything is fine and you have spent the earlier hours of the morning worrying about them.

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Happy_fairy89@reddit

I miss when they used to lay on my chest and sleep like little angels. When their little hands would curl around my fingers, and how their little dark newborn eyes would gaze up at me when I just stared at them for hours. And the little noises they’d make when they would sleep.

What I really loved, when they were tiny, was laying on the bed or the sofa with my knees up, and baby resting on my legs all snuggled in blankets, I’d just gaze at them and they’d gaze back at me. I also miss the afternoon naps we’d take together !

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chipscheeseandbeans@reddit

My youngest is still young so I’m still getting lots of cuddles and love and cuteness, but what I miss in regards to my eldest is my first maternity leave.

That year was such an amazing and surreal bubble. I went from being a childless full time worker to spending all my time snuggling my new baby and getting used to being a mum. & I loved the middle of the night sleepy breastfeeds where it felt like me and my son were the only people awake in the world.

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DreamingofBouncer@reddit

I miss the thud of my daughter hitting my legs as I came through the door from work, she used to launch herself at me with a cry of Daddy every evening and give me a huge hug.

She’s 21 now so no longer shows her love in that way, she still makes me know how special I am to her.

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Ohtherewearethen@reddit

I remember reading something about you'll never know when it's the last time you will pick your child up. It just...was the last time, then it didn't happen again. Every stage I used to think was just the best, most wonderful stage. Then the next one came along and that was the best, most wonderful stage. I loved it when a low key activity was the most fun ever and jumping in puddles was a great afternoon out. And all free!

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ElectricalPick9813@reddit

I’m 62 now, and my daughters are long grown up. So I miss all these things you are all discussing here.

But now I have two small grandsons, and I get to do it all again, not every night, but when they are with me, it’s just wonderful when they say that they want Grampie to read them a story and put them to bed. So, if you are really lucky, you may be able to do it all again someday.

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wtfftw1042@reddit

hah. I fed her to sleep for years and cuddled and pretended to fall asleep next to her (sometimes for realsies). My daughter is excellent and going to bed and sleep unassisted now - like better than her cohort in the mums group on facebook. rod for your own back is nonsense.

I've told her she's allowed to climb on me for cuddles even when she's bigger than me so I don't ever miss that (still going strong at 7).

I miss her wonder at everything new. I miss the little grip on my fingers. I miss looking like I'd been mauled by a cat in the pinching breastfeeding stage. I try to enjoy all of her new stages tho or I'd be too sad.

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wolfwalke@reddit

Couldn’t agree with you more, just done the exact same thing with my 4 year old daughter. Priceless

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Ok_Monitor_7897@reddit

Rod for your own back. My rod, my back.

I have two that I fed to sleep and camped out as they fell asleep and it will come as no surprise whatsoever that the now 17 year old merrily puts himself to bed 🤣. As does the 9 year old.

The 17 year old will barely consent to a hug these days and I can clearly remember him telling me he would always want to hold my hand - I knew that wouldn't be the case but still.

If you love it, relish it. My goodness what I wouldn't give. I am savouring the 9 year olds snuggles in case they go the same way!

Just to add, we do get on he just doesn't seem that huggy. I tend to do the supportive shoulder squeeze or fist bump for our physical contact now.

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bcs00002@reddit

I love your phrase 'My rod, my back'.

As a dad to a 2.5 year old little girl it's my choice to raise her how I see fit. Not what society tells me to do. If she wants to have her dummy, have your dummy, if she wants to eat crisps and sweets, eat them.

She's a emotionally well rounded little girl who's more intelligent than kids double her age and I'm doing a good job. Best thing I've ever done is becoming a dad.

Thank you. I really needed to read that phrase tonight.

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Fast_Ingenuity390@reddit

Just think, one day your ma put you down and never realised she'd never pick you up again.

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Izwe@reddit

Evenings alone with my wife, we could eat, watch a film, snuggle and then go to bed, but now the kids stay up longer than we do and we get no privacy. Roll-on university.

Oh, and bedtime stories.

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MissWiggleNjiggle1@reddit

I don’t miss atm as my twins are young and they constantly say “I love you so much mummy, you’re the best”. That for me is everything ❤️

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AdTiny9443@reddit

I miss being able to pick them up. Every day with them is a joy, they're wonderful young people.

Enjoy the baby cuddles, the cute conversations, reading a story, messy activities, their delight in the world. I wouldn't swap now for then, because they light up my life, and watching them grow is a privilege. But I miss carrying them in my arms.

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Captainpinkeye3@reddit

I miss when he would actually cuddle me, he's only 2 but will only really cuddle his mum nowadays. If I'm lucky and he's exhausted I might get one. But normally he'll just kick the shit out of me until his mum arrives. Fun times.

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bluephoenix39@reddit

Mines only 2.5 and I miss his lunchtime nap on me when I was able to (have another baby) but no naps any more

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pikantnasuka@reddit

I co slept and fed to sleep with all mine and would do it again if I had to start over tomorrow. It's lovely time, snuggling your child off to sleep. If you're happy with it then who cares what people who don't want to do it think, they can parent the way that works for them and their family and leave yours to do the same.

I do miss the sleepy snuggles. At times I even miss breastfeeding and I swore when I weaned my lasy aged 3 that I would punch myself in the face if I ever said I missed that! But being able to make everything better just by being there and snuggling them up, knowing they felt utterly safe and loved, was just wonderful. I wish it were so easy to make it all better for an adult child or teenager.

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jilljd38@reddit

Mine are 15 and 23 m I still get the occasional hug from the 15 Yr old and when he's stressed or up set he comes for a back scratch while he tells me what's wrong make the most of every cuddle hand held and so be it if you sit with your kids while they fall asleep do what works for your family not what others think you should do

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Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit

Snuggling with their head on my breast. Precious.

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melanie110@reddit

I miss them being little. Just the loving, the wanting, the hugs, the talking, the babbling, the incessant talking about nothing and everything.

I’m lucky of o get a grunt now

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kittycatnala@reddit

My youngest is 13 and I definitely miss the baby and toddler stages.

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Paulstan67@reddit

I miss absolutely nothing!

I hated every moment, the smells , the noise, the lack of sleep etc etc.

Admittedly I was a child myself...

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Sleepyllama23@reddit

Snuggling up to read a story together. Knowing where they are all the time. Being able to fix any problems for them with a cuddle and soothing words. Christmas being a magical time instead of stressful and expensive.

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Squash_it_Squish@reddit

That freaking adorable 2/3 year old voice. Ugh. Watching videos of her chat makes me CRY.

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mohammedafify1@reddit

My girlie is only 9 months and yeah just love her.

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SentientWickerBasket@reddit

Mines approaching 18 months. She's absolutely incredible, and I love seeing her grow, get to know the world, and build up her personality from literally nothing.

But I do miss the tiny baby cuddles with a floppy pink little gibbon thing.

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