Forget terrible twos, Christina Applegate is in the gnarly fours

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Sara McGinnis

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Christina Applegate is back in the movie-making game after taking time off to be with her and husband Martyn LeNoble's daughter, Sadie.

“After I did Anchorman 2, I asked for a year and a half off, which meant they weren’t allowed to call me about anything. And they didn’t,” the actress, whose latest role is in Vacation, recently explained to People. “I just mom’d it up.”

And these days, she picks and chooses carefully.

"I won’t take on a project unless the family can make the decision that it is worth the sacrifice of me not seeing Sadie all day long and uprooting everyone if it’s on location,” the 43-year-old star added.

All that time spent at home isn't necessarily rosy, however.

Christina Applegate went on to share she "barely survived" the terrible twos -- and things aren't getting all that much easier now that Sadie is 4½-years-old.

"The fours are pretty gnarls too," the cancer survivor explained. "She is pushing so many boundaries right now. I say, ‘Please put that down. Please put that down. Please put that down.’ It’s crazy man."

Now I'm well aware many feel the "terrible twos" have gotten a bad rap, but the stereotype was pretty true in my experience. I firmly recall believing have a 1-year-old to be amazing (not a baby but they're still amazed by the littlest thing) but things going downhill from there. Two was tough, and three was even worse.

I think though, for my kids, things started to get better around age 4. There was a few times they acted out because they were getting too big for their preschool but weren't yet old enough for kindergarten, but in general the tantrums had diminished and we could get through the day.

Funnily enough, I continue to readjust what I consider to be the most fun age. At first it was one, but later it became six (when they were still sweet and innocent but more independent). Now, however, I'm loving having a newly-turned-tween.

Here's hoping I'm wrong again, and the very best age is still yet to come!

What's been the best age in your experience so far? The hardest? Weigh in with a comment below!

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