re: What's your favorite stage so far?

Probably 6 months. They are so stinking adorable at that age.
My son is 4.5 and I am really enjoying this age. He's such a little man.

Newborn-2 years I loved.

I HATED the 3-4 stage.

5-10 has been great, but both my kids started getting a little mouthy around 7.
But at the same time, they start getting more idnepednant and can self-entertain for a bit.

Teen years are soemthing else, they gain a lot of freedom and independance, but the consant flurry of activity, gossip, friends, who said this and who did that, needing to be driven here and there, but it is also cool to see them progress on to becoming their own person.

My daughter is only 2.5, but so far I've loved the past 6 months surprisingly (we haven't really hit any terrible 2s yet!)

I hated the newborn stage with a passion. I had a super colicky baby and dealt with PPD, so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. Funny though, horrible newborn but so far my daughter has turned out to be the most mellow, easy going toddler

I really like anything between 18mos and teenagers. I love my teenager and she's a great deal of fun, and every stage before too. I enjoy tweens and teens a lot actually.

THe only stage I really don't like is infancy. They're just kind of these weird, head-lolling blobs devoid of personality. I know not everyone agrees but I don't feel particularly connected to babies in the way that I do toddlers and older children. I take care of them and love them and all, more instinctually than not, but I really get excited when they start walking/talking/really interacting.

I loved about 6 weeks to 3 months bc she would nuzzle her face into mine or my neck and it was so cute. But I'm loving her current age which is almost 14 months. She can talk, knows some colors, listens to commands, knows all her toys, follows me around, waves and gives me kisses