Late in Life Moms

Hi

I just noticed that a couple of people have requested to join this group, but as the Administrator of this group has not been on Minti since August, they are still pending as members.

Would any one here like to be made Administrator of this group?

Thanks

just wanted to say hi to everyone......it's so quiet here........how is everyone?????we really should get some life into this group, it has been a whole month since anyone posted anything........well that's my bit........hoping everybody is well........regards Sandra xxx

I admit it, I've been off-Minti more than I've been on-Minti lately. Seems like life continues to be BI (Before Illness) and AI (After Illness). I keep thinking of things I need to get back to--Minti being one of them. I finally pushed the reset button on my life and declared, "This is now normal," knowing it wasn't normal like I was BI--but it was gonna' have to do.

I got back to my writing and back to my writing website (www.thewritingroad.com). But all I did was send a "You might be wondering where I've been" e-mail. But that was something. Then I updated folks about my upcoming book (www.mommycomelately.com.) That's all well and good too.

But I want to jump back into Minti, renew friendships and see how everybody's been.

So, this forum stays quiet. Any ideas on how to perk things up a bit? Any topics of interest?

Just wanna keep this group active.

For those of us that celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday 13th May....

I hope you all have a wonderful day

I call myself a mommy-come-lately. That's just my fun phrase for a late-in-life mom--a spin-off from the old-fashioned phrase Johnny-come-lately. A Johnny-come-lately was someone who started something late--and who was successful at it. So, a mommy-come-lately is a successful late-in-life mom.

There are two types of mommies-come-lately: first-timers and repeaters. I'm a repeater, like some of you who are straddling the parenring spectrum with a wide-range of kiddos. Others of you are first-timers. Our lives intersect because we're older moms--not that we're old, we just had our children (or some of our children) when we were older. 

The good news is that makes us all trendsetters!!!!!

Any other thoughts on the topic?

 

hi every one glad to be here i had my first set of children in my early 20s and my second lot in my late late 30s so there is a huge gap between them i have to say my older ones are really great with the babies its great to have all this help......

            

thankyou for adding me ,, i have the flu myself at the moment  and my son has fevers aghhh ,, hope you are on the mend ,Debbie

My apologies to one and all for disappearing off the face of Minti.

I got quite sick and am on the slow road to recovery.

It's been tough on my little caboose kiddo, who doesn't like mom disappearing from the routine. But her dad and big sisters have been terrific--and I am finally on the mend.

 

Hello ladies....just dropping by and spreading some cheer. I noticed there's not been an entry since Jan...so I'm leaving one to say G"Day ...hope you're all doing good.

My son will be 4yr on Monday 12th March btw... ( tomorrow for me..lol )  

We love celebrating birthdays in our household.....probably because when hubby and I were kids our families didn't seem to show much notice until we were in our teens or a special numerical age.So every year...wether it's mine.....my husbands.....or either of our children...we always make a big deal about it and decorate one special room in the house with party streamers,balloons.. etc and have a great time together before partying with friends elsewhere.

Take Care ladies...and have a great day...I know I will

Turns out, the World's Oldest Mom lied about her age.

Yes, Carmela Bousada is 67 years old, which makes her the world's oldest mom. But, she told the U.S. fertility clinic where she received treatment that she was 55 years old. Their cut off age for treating single women is 55.

Bousada told the Associated Press that she believes a woman should become a mom whenever she is ready to become a mom. She also acknowledged that maybe things weren't done the best possible way but that it was the only way to achieve her dream of becoming a mom.

I'm still mulling this one over.

The first thing that comes to mind is that her doctors were not working with an honest medical history, which put her and her unborn babies at an even greater risk--and she was already a risky mom-to-be if she was 55 years old.