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Naomi, 42, consultant, three sons of 15, 11 and 7 years old, and a girl of 3 years.<\/strong><\/p> \"I work at home to combine work and family life. Having a girl after three sons makes me super happy. During\u00a0the first time, I worked so hard that I missed my son's\u00a0first steps. For the last of my children I want to live through the\u00a0entry of her\u00a0kindergarten life and playtime. Around me, I have only forty-something year-old friends who can't get pregnant, so I don't brag about\u00a0my happiness. That's my only daughter, I want to give her\u00a0everything I didn't have. After Elena, who will do the fairy colouring while I'm in a video conference? Who will ask me how a doll made its way to her\u00a0for Christmas? She walked slightly later and she loves pink, so everything is rosy in her\u00a0room, even the curtains and shoes. At 3 years old, she still has a\u00a0bottle, and a blanket, so I'm in no hurry to see her without it. I was very focused on being a parent with\u00a0career, entrusting the household\u00a0to a housekeeper. My mother is no more a grandmother than she was a mother. In a way, I feel like I'm repairing my own childhood. \"<\/p> Sybille, financial analyst, 43, with a son of 18 years, a 16-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son.<\/strong><\/p> \"We were not considering a third child until my husband had a serious health glitch. When his health\u00a0was\u00a0restored, we wanted a fresh start. I was 36 years old when the\u00a0desire for\u00a0a baby was manifested. During my pregnancy, my elders and my husband said it would be\u00a0too much trouble, because of my age. When Martin was born, my children were amazed. He gave us light in our lives. He's\u00a0the center of the world to us. He walked at two and a half years and we could not even see where the problem was. When the teacher told us we should go to the speech therapist, we thought she was overreacting.\u00a0I can't live without him. Pyjama parties are not an option. A birthday pool party is okay to go, but he's not allowed to\u00a0swim. I even dreamed he had to repeat\u00a0kindergarten. In the family, nobody calls him by his first name. It's always \"my baby\", \"sweetheart\", \"little buddy\", \"my love\". He's always fed up about it!\"<\/p> C\u00e9line, editor, two sons of 22 and 19 years, and a girl of 10 years.<\/strong><\/p> \"Joan is my only daughter and is also the child of my second marriage, the fruit of our love. Quickly separated from my first husband, I had my children in\u00a0the first marriage and they were only 4 and 2 years old. There was\u00a0the benefit of it happening early but also the stress of separation for weekends and holidays. My husband also has been through a divorce before we met and saw his other son only every two weekends. What I\u00a0enjoy is having this little one full time. Joan is the cement of our stepfamily. Her older brothers, her father and I support\u00a0her in everything she loves, including skating, museums, workshops and cartoons. In the evening, there is the ceremonial hug, relaxation and reading time. I try to make my time with her\u00a0last by buttering her\u00a0bread, accompanying her to bike to school, to pick out her clothes for the day.\"<\/p> Myriam, 44, humanitarian program manager, three girls of 22, 15 and 13 years, and two sons of 18 and 9 years.<\/strong><\/p> \"I am young at heart and the ideal confidante; this is not the opinion of my children. Younger, I was like my mother, centered on my job, my hobbies, and I was very involved\u00a0in sculpting and painting. With the latest Florin, I'm the opposite. In the morning, I dress him and in the evening I give him a bath...he's only 9 years old. Sometimes he protests, throws me the occasional \"But I'm a pre-teen!\" My husband also reacts and laughs it off. With this little one, I easily give in. I keep his\u00a0toys and stuffed animals, in case one day he would like to have them again... On the walls of his room, Florin wants to paste posters of football stars, but I put up his little drawings. To see him grow is to see me grow old. With the addition of\u00a0school, friends, etc. I have trouble accepting that eventually I will not be at the heart of his life. \"<\/p> \"HE GAVE US LIGHT\u00a0IN OUR LIVES\"<\/span> <\/h2>
\"SHE'S THE GLUE THAT BOUND OUR\u00a0FAMILY\"<\/span> <\/h2>
\"TO SEE HIM GROW UP, IS TO SEE ME GROW OLD\"<\/span> <\/h2>
\"I CAN'T ENTRUST HER WITH ANYONE\"<\/span> <\/h2>