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Andie 
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 9:06am |
Which did you find 'easiest' (not that either of them are?): Your newborn, or your toddler? People go on about how difficult toddlerhood is for mums but I have to say, I found a newborn much, well, maybe not harder, but it was a far less enjoyable stage than this one. Some people thrive with newborns - when are you in your element? With a little newbie, or watching your toddler systematically break everything in your house?
My vote is on the Toddlers!! Am I the only one?
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 9:13am |
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i say new borns. although im sure my thoughts will change when ihave 2 new borns and a 3 yr old!!! i cant explain it but i so much prefer new borns to toddlers.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 9:19am |
newborns for me too- I love babies 
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 9:30am |
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newborns as such arent easy - well i didnt think so - its not till they get past that yucky poos stage and figure out the feeding and sleeping thing that they get easier... say about 3/4mths old i suppose then they are a piece of cake...
then again the toddlers are easy when they are not pushing the boundaries. i had only one the other day at the supermarket and it was a breeze.
i always thought one child was a piece of cake tho, as a mum it wasnt till i had two that i had to really start "working".
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 10:48am |
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will be interesting to see how it goes for me..have mass experience with toddlers..but not my own...:) but i imagine i will prefer it when he can tell me whats wrong...and when we get a little more sleep:) !
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 10:49am |
I'd go with newborns only becuase they are less able to methodically pull every single thing off the shelves while scattering toys from one end of the house to the other while demanding your attention all the time as well as throwing themselves off things. 
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 10:58am |
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swap you for a week then ;)
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 11:20am |
Newborns for me....LOVED IT!!
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 12:22pm |
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Newborns - at this stage my toddler can't tell me anything anyway, so he just throws a tanty whenever he wants something (NB crying is WAY less annoying) sure he's enjoyable... but so is a little baby that's just wants to sleep, and lets you cuddle them.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 12:26pm |
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I think toddlers here - I don't cope well with the newborn lack of sleep. That said, I don't *hate* newborns - the masses of cuddles and tiny wee-ness of them makes up for it!
I am just loving the stage DD is at right now and the older she gets the more I enjoy her.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 12:26pm |
Newborns for me too at the moment, I had forgotten all about the terrrible 2s tantrums lol and hes not even 2 yet!!
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 12:46pm |
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I found newborns way easier but toddlers can be more fun. My favourite is the first few weeks and then from about 5 months til 18months when they are just gorgeous and haven't yet got a mind of their own.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 12:54pm |
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I think they each have pros and cons but in saying that I did find the baby stage more easier.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 1:54pm |
Totally newborns here. There are some days I would gladly give Andrew away.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 2:20pm |
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I found newborns way easier but toddlers can be more fun. My favourite is the first few weeks and then from about 5 months til 18months when they are just gorgeous and haven't yet got a mind of their own. |
My 6month old definately has a mind of his own already!
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 2:51pm |
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you found it easier? far out ...am i failing or something i dont find it easy at all:( !! mind you partly confidence i guess and I'm confident with the 6-18 month age group.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 3:26pm |
kawwwww I think the key word is easiER not easy! 
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 3:31pm |
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So far I have loved every stage!
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 4:43pm |
i love it all 
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 7:01pm |
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I wouldn't say easier, just different, and I agree that for me it was easiest between about 5-10 months. The newborn stage was dreadful coz they screamed a lot and had shocking reflux etc. and the toddler stage is driving me up one wall and down another and I am sick of the constant mess my house is in with the twin terrorists on the loose.
That said, Maya was definitely easier as a newborn than a toddler, she was a dynamite tantrum thrower.
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