what age did you all have your kids at?

[Newbie 0]

me and my girlfriend were just talking about this tonight - im 28 and would like to wait maybe i don't know 3-4 more years? I know this isn't something that just "slots into your time frame" (well it can do i guess) and a lot can happen over the years (such as a desire to have them sooner/later or whatever) but it seems most of my friend who are married/in long term relationships don't have kids yet. It definitely seems the average age - at least here in London - seems to be higher than maybe a generation ago? Who knows, maybe i'm talking rubbish here, but anwyays i'm curious - how old were you all when you had them. Would you have liked to have had them earlier/later at all?
Thanks

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[lawrocket 3]

I just turned 31, and I'll be a daddy for the first time in August or July. The mommy is 30.

I've known plenty of people who had kids too early, but not many who had them too late.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[sdgregory 0]

I adopted my oldest when she was three and I was 20. My next came when I was 21 and my son came when I was 23. No way was it too early. When I was 12 my sister was born and i was smitten from the moment she came home. My brother was born 2 years later and then another brother when I was 16.

My mom owned a day care center with over 200 kids and I spent almost my entire teenage life working there with the after school kids. It was so much fun I knew that when I got married I wanted kids.

The drawbacks of the early fatherhood was that I was not even sure what I wanted to do for a living so income was a problem, but I had already finished my party stage by then and really was a home body.

The upside . . . aside from being young enough to still play with them rather aggressively (water fights, video games, wrestling, etc.) is that when my youngest turns 18 and goes off to college, I will be 41 years old. My wife will only be 44. Plenty young enough to have fun doing all the things we want to do.

I would not change the timing at all, I would just change the career decisions I made early on so that we were more financially secure now. (I just recently went to college to get my bachelor's and will not be done until 2005 when my oldest will be 18.) But I just encourage her to stick close to home and reap the benefits of my new income. She seems to like that idea.

[AirMail 0]

I was 28 when my son was born.

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[kai2k1 0]

Im going to be 32, and i dont have any of my own. Not really planning on having any of my own.

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[caress 0]

I had my first child when I was 24, and my second when I was 32. They fight like crazy (both boys) and the 3 year old beats up the 12 year old.

I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being
right.

[sdgregory 0]

I must say that mine do not fight too much at all. The benefit of being poor is you live in very small tight homes and with five people you just have to learn to get along because there is really no where to go to get away from everybody else. The only arguments I really ever hear is "Patrick won't let us give him a kiss!" from the girls. Poor guy.

[skyyhi 0]

31. . .I only have 1

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[PhillyKev 0]

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Im going to be 32, and i dont have any of my own. Not really planning on having any of my own.

ditto

[skybytch 273]

I was 18. I was WAY too young to be a parent... I was still a child myself.

There are a few good things about having kids real early. My son is now 20 and I'm not even eligible for POPS membership yet. I've been asked if he's my brother... and one time someone thought I was his girlfriend!!

[popeyefireman 0]

Well lets see. I am 23 today, and my baby is being born today. So I would say I had my first baby at 23.

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[Amanda965 0]

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Well lets see. I am 23 today, and my baby is being born today. So I would say I had my first baby at 23.

A big congrats to you!! Post some pics and let us know the details :) What a great day for ya!

Blue skies and SAFE landings!
~Amanda~

[labrys 0]

My daughter was 0 years old when she was born. I thought that all kids were that age at birth...






I was 18. Way, way too young

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[Newbie 0]

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Well lets see. I am 23 today, and my baby is being born today. So I would say I had my first baby at 23.

CONGRATS MAN!

"Skydiving is a door"
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[kallend 2,218]

I was 27 when my eldest was born. At the time I thought it was a bit early. Now (at 58) I'm thinking grandchildren would be nice. I don't want to be so old that I can't take them flying or skydiving when they're old enough.

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[skydiven4fun 0]

I was 24 when my daughter was born and 27 when my son came along, I am 42 now and my 15 year old son packs on the weekend for money and has 2 skydives to his credit.
He is even a dropzone.com member
skydiven4fun-jr

Still here after all these years

Clayton

[jumpdoc 0]

I was (am) 28 and my son is 6 months old...I STILL feel too young (and don't jump much these days), but know all about fertility after the age of 30, and didn't want to wait until I was "ready". Glad I did it, too...nothing beats this parenting stuff.

[skymama 37]

Got married at 20, kids came at 23 and 25.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[racer42 0]

Ask yourself one simple question............do ya want teenagers in the house when you're 60??????

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[flygirl03 0]

married at 19. kids at 21 & 29.
as sean said, the upside is they are (almost) all grown now im still young enough to have fun.
i did it backwards to what most seem to do...

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earthbound misfit

[RoysPlayThing 0]

Hello there... I don't belive it goes by age as to whe you have childen... It goes by most on how it feels, what deepness your relationship is in, and what you want as a person. I started having my children at a very young age... but I was married almost a year before I got pregnant. I got married to get away from daddy... and then had two beautifull children along the way . My marriage didn't work out, but it doens't change the way I feel about my children. I would love them and treat them the same as if I would have had them whe I did, or if I would have had them much later in life...

Lany

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[mjosparky 4]

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I was 27 when my eldest was born. At the time I thought it was a bit early. Now (at 58) I'm thinking grandchildren would be nice. I don't want to be so old that I can't take them flying or skydiving when they're old enough.

John,
If you had your first grandchild tomorrow, you would be 76 before you could take them skydiving. I think it would be better for him to take you skydiving.
Sparky (age 58)

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[NoShitThereIWas 0]

2000 was a bang of a year for me. Much happened but probably the best thing was the birth of my peanut Dakota September 20th. I was 26 when I had her, almost 27. I thought it was a pretty decent age to have a child. Everyone is different. Much depends on where you are in life. I am still figuring it out at 30 and although it is probably a little bit easier to have everything all lined up for the future before you have one (like I thought I did), I am glad I had one. I don't want anymore though and I think anywhere from 25 to 33 is a good age to have kids.

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[kansasskydiver 0]

I don't have any kids as I am still a kid myself but I have 2 sisters age 3 and 10. (They are really my half sisters and my mom is actually my step mom)

My mom is turning 44 in a little over a week. Her comment has always been that if she could have waiting till she was 40 to have my fist sister she would have, but she thinks waiting till she was 34 to have Nicole was a good idea.

Just some info from my mom and the advice she has given me on having kids. The later the better in her opinion

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[steve1 5]

Got married at 30 and my eldest daughter was born about a year later. The 2nd daughter a couple years after that. The wife and kids are what make my life worth living. That is including skydiving and all that goes with that....Steve1