To cry when I hold my sleeping child because I love them so much?

[Bellaboosmum1]

Sometimes when I'm holding my sleeping child, I hold them so tight and think about how much I love them and I end up weeping. Am I alone?

Yeah, I did that.

Then again, I cried at Yellow Pages ads.

Oh yes yes! I used to worry I loved my DC too much! But there’s never too much love imo.
I also love my DH but probably don’t tell him
enough.

My mum likes to tell me about when I was little and she’d shouted at me and sent me to bed because I was being a brat (at bedtime), she used to creep into my room later, look at my sweet sleeping little face and weep

Just wait until you drop them off at uni or similar. We did this last year in the middle of the pandemic and I thought my heart would break. DD is our only child. I still think about when I had to get up in the night to feed her and rock her to sleep afterwards. It goes so fast. Cherish those times.

Totally normal.

@Bellaboosmum1 just checking in - do you still do this SIX WHOLE YEARS LATER?!

ZOMBIE 🧟‍♀️ THREAD!

Anyway, I still do it sometimes with my 9 year old, how did DH and I create such perfect kids?! (I don’t with the 12 year olds they’re too big and smelly now )

My daughter broke my nose yesterday. I still love her. OK at 13 it kind of implies her life is going down a very dangerous path. But I'm sure the vipers will tell me that's all on me.

No, never did that to my kids when they were 6-7 !. Too heavy to pick up and they had school the next morning.

@JackieTheFart

This thread was my reference point I suppose when trying to guage if my current emotional state is the baby blues hence resurrecting it.

Even though I'm actually happy and crying because of loving newborn baby I'm really overwhelmed with the emotion too if that makes sense!

@Flittingaboutagain day 5 I was a wreck! I was just so happy to finally have him in my arms after IVF, a high risk pregnancy and instrumental delivery.

Mainly, I loved him so much I couldn't contain it. This hit me like a tonne of bricks. The love is still there, but I sort of expect it now. 😂

It was accompanied by odd sentimentality too, such as thinking I was really going to miss going to the obstetrician (I was totally unreasonable in this. My obstetrician was so overworked that he tried to take my blood twice in one appointment.)

By day 7 I was far more myself. DS is 3 months old now and I'm having so much fun with him.

Aww I did this......well at least I did with my eldest and would have with my youngest if she had ever actually fallen asleep lol.

But in all seriousness yes I did and still do, I love them so much my heart could burst with it.

YANBU, me too 🙋🏻‍♀️

@Goatcoat

It's wonderful to be taken aback with how amazing they are. Incredible really.

Its amazing no other love compares , it completely knocks you sideways .I don't love anyone in the way I love my sons (20's) . And I don't care who knows it . My Husband can get behind the queue .❤

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Ah that's so reassuring thank you @ValidUser. It's just these feelings have hit so hard and feeling out of control enough already

I’ve never done this. I love my baby very much but once he’s in bed I’m buzzing for my evening off. I hope I love him enough I feel a bit wobbly now.

@JackieTheFart hello again 👋 after 6 years! Yes I still do! Especially with my youngest DS6. He was a rainbow baby born exactly a year after the day I miscarried and whenever I hold him I can feel the one we lost deep inside his soul somewhere. Such a privilege to be a mum x

I’ve not done this, I’m happy they’re asleep is that bad

I do always cry at school plays and if they sing in a group to make up for it - like I’m leaking tears

Aww 🥰

@Flittingaboutagain hello lovely, I just saw your message and had to reply. Are you ok? How many days old is your baby? My milk came in on day 5 (woke up and suspected I’d been given a boob job overnight) and my emotions kicked into next gear. My health visitor said it was baby blues. It lasted about a fortnight. High anxiety, panic and regret, overwhelming worry about my baby and not sleeping so I could watch her all night, morbid thoughts about how fragile she was, horrible stuff. Hormones are a bitch. Please message me privately if you can, if you need a friend to talk to. xxx

@MarshaBradyo 😂😂 no, it’s not bad! Oh the school plays! Especially when everyone claps at the end 😭

@Drivingmeupthewall if your username is because of your child, then I totally understand! 😉 Open the wine. You’re a good mum. You deserve it xxxx

I'm so glad this zombie thread was resurrected, it is lovely to read!

16Drivingmeupthewall no, that is as normal as crying. I do a bit of both: sometimes I creep in and stare at them sniffling a bit, other times I look forward to a drink and hours without kids!

That’s very sweet of you to reply. I hadn’t realised it was a zombie but good to see you back!

My name is about my massively overbearing inlaws… 😂 my baby is a dream. Slept through since 6/8 weeks, eats well, just a generally lovely little pip. I adore him. But I didn’t plan him and I worry sometimes I’m not enough. I will probably well up at school plays and things so maybe that’s something.

@Drivingmeupthewall ah, so glad your little pip is so good. Please don’t doubt yourself, of course you are enough. You are his mum and that means you are perfect for him and he was made especially for you. It was meant to be.