[supafamous]

I became a dad at 43 (4 years ago) and it's definitely physically tough to be a new dad in your 40s - I just don't have the energy that a 20 or 30 something would have. Starting so late also meant that my kid is going to be an only child (my wife is now 45 and IVF is not an option and her eggs are largely too old now). The lack of sleep really sucks when you're in your 40s. I didn't want to start a family this late but health issues, a miscarriage and a lack of work-life balance led to it.

It also sucks for the grandparents (in their 70's) as they have even less energy to play with the grandkids - none of them can really handle more than a couple hours with my kid and a lot of it is fairly sedentary type of activities.

OTOH, I have the both the wisdom and money that I didn't have when I was younger - I can often spend my way out of things and I'm much more emotionally stable than I was in my younger days.