Where Are My Babies?

@Juliaacv (57964)
Canada
November 10, 2026 1:31pm CST
My babies, or twin granddaughters to be exact, are now 4 years old. But to me, they will always be my babies. They like it when their Nanny calls refers to them as that. Three years ago this month I bought two matching carseats. It was a 'big deal' that I found two of them that matched, so many things were in short supply as a result of the pandemic, but I managed to get a matching pair. And they are good up to a certain height and weight. Willow has graduated. She no longer fits safely into the carseat that I bought. She has outgrown that seat. Our DIL forsaw this happening and picked up a matching pair of high back booster seats. The child is only buckled in with the lapbelt of the car. She will be in this seat for a few more years, there is another height/weight/age requirement. Harper is still my baby and has to grow a bit more in height to graduate out of her seat, but I don't think that she is far behind.
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6 responses
@AmbiePam (132921)
• United States
2h
You kind of want them to stay small forever, but you also can’t wait to see how they progress as they get older. It’s nostalgic, but exciting (at least to me).
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
2m
They have grown so much. I have just a couple of pictures of them in their carseats.
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@AmbiePam (132921)
• United States
37s
@Juliaacv Oh my goodness. So cute!
@dodo19 (48630)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
2h
It's hard to believe they're 4 already. Where did the time go?
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
5m
It flies by, they will be 5 come late January.
@rebelann (119061)
• El Paso, Texas
2h
4 yrs old and already in school, I doubt anyone in 1953 even considered 4 yrs olds as ready for school. Too bad really because youngsters that age are a whole lot smarter than they were believed to be at the time.
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
1m
I still think that all day every day for JK is a bit much for 5-year olds, but the generation after me pushed for this as the mothers wanted to work and get out of paying for daycare.
@LeaPea2417 (40059)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2h
Are they in pre school?
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
30s
Here they start regular full time school at the year that they turn 4 years old, in Junior Kindergarten. I think it is too early for all day every day, but that is the way it is.
@RasmaSandra (102240)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13m
Now that is what I call growing like weeds, Boy has time flown,
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
5m
Yes, I remember buying them, and thinking how will I ever get these two huge boxes into our car. I had to drop the backseats so that the cargo space and the back seat area would allow me to close the back gate. I went to a carseat clinic to have an expert check them and make adjustments.
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@JohnRoberts (109340)
• Los Angeles, California
1h
They grow up before you know it.
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@Juliaacv (57964)
• Canada
15s
They are growing up so quickly.