They are put in your arms all soft and pink and wrinkly, cute as a button and loved to pieces.

By 12 mths they are exciting and inquisitive - full of tricks and entertainment.

At 5 you are the proud parent as they show the world they are their own little person.

by 10 they are honest (sometimes too honest), questioning and bold.

By 13 .. darlings that they are.. they do turn by degrees into the adolescent child, who questions everything, regardless of how cool you think you are you are definitely NOT! You are against them by agreeing with their teachers, family members and saying dying your hair green isn't a good move :rolleyes:

I love my son to pieces and he is a fab kid but my advice to all those new parents in this forum is....

enjoy it whilst you can, the hard work won't begin for about another 12 years :hihi::hihi::hihi:

Yes isnt it funny how they change once they start secondary school,one morning they are little angels the next the halo has well and truely slipped.

Yes isnt it funny how they change once they start secondary school,one morning they are little angels the next the halo has well and truely slipped.

Right around their neck :hihi: I just think new mums and dads ought to relish the trials of potty training as they have yet to lasso a 13 yr old boy hell bent on seeing his mates with every excuse from the tram broke down to my phone died to aliens abducted us as a reason to be late! :rolleyes:

Oh and don't get me started on the bedroom!

Oh well we do survive i have been through it with DD1 now 18 and great, still happening 3 times over wih DD2(15) DS1 (14) DS2 (12)and got it all to come again in about 11 years time with Littleboo (20 months)definately sends you grey at times though.

My mum had 4 children within 5 1/2 years and she said that 4 little children were easier to look after than 4 teenagers (the worry when we went out alone!)

I've got all this to come dd1 is 10 and really is an angel. My mum reckons the better the child the harder the teenager. I don't know how true this is but I hope she's wrong!

Annie - i was a very good girl (a real swot as well) then from 14-15 I was a NIGHTMARE - drinking, smoking, coming home late then when I was nearly 16 I changed (got a bf - now my husband!) and I turned into a good girl again! :) I wouldnt worry though cos it nothing a good period of grounding cant solve! ha ha xxx

lol we'll see. She's already getting a bit of an attitude but compared to other kids her age her attitude is wonderful. We're lucky I know she is so good that people at her school used to think it was weird lol.

I was a good girl and a good teenager not like my two younger sister who are still a nightmare and both are in their 20's!

I think the thing is with me is that I wasnt allowed anywhere on my own so when I finally was I went mad! I sort of paved the way for my sisters so the youngest got more freedom and didn't really do much wrong.