The Pregnancy Journal

Steven's Aunt Bernadette gave us this great little journal called "The Pregnancy Journal". In it are blank pages with random pregnancy related questions along the top. Some are easy (Q: What are your favourite baby names? A: Anything not top 500 so the likelihood of our kid having a common name in grade school is slim to none.), some require more thought (Q: Are there any political issues you care about more now that you're pregnant? A: Uhhhhh...) but all are important to reflect upon and, when this child is ready to be a parent himself, would offer great insight into where he came from and the thought put into raising him.

Question 1:
Which stage of childhood will be the most fun and which will be the hardest?

I have always LOVED the mischief, knowledge, curiosity and mayhem that the twos and threes bring with them. I love how they do naughty things to test but are easily forgiven because they are still practically babies. I love their jerky motions, their exaggerated facial expressions and their fanned out fingers. I cannot wait for the twos and threes!

Since we're having a boy, I'm not sure what stage would be the hardest... I know that as a 14-17 year old, I probably stressed my parents out A LOT for a myriad of reasons(as did most of my girlfriends/cousins). I don't know what a boy child does as he ages that would make parenting them more difficult at one stage than the next. As I understand it, adolescence becomes easier when you have a boy because he is far more enthusiastic about doing his own laundry (especially his own bedding) in his teens ;)

I think I'll need Steven's help for answering this half of the question...