I think all the time they've got a zest for life, we'll try to keep them going, don't we? Yes we're at the lifting stage as he like to cuddle in bed for a bit a night. He's learned to wait while we lift him up & he thinks he's the king now! No room for a stool because of his huge orthopedic bed at the bottom of ours! But he does have folding steps to get in & out of the car. They are a game changer & he mastered them in a couple of days. The things we do eh?!