Weeping tears and snot

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My children (aged 14, 12 and 9) for some reason asked me to read me some of their toddler books this evening. We started with Owl Babies, which they loved but which always made them cry, then they asked for Paper Dolls, which they loved but always made me cry. I must have been able to exercise more self control when they were little, but when I read it to them this evening I couldn’t hold back the tears. AIBU to weep every time I read this? It made Ds1 cry too. Are there any other toddler books which are so much of an emotional rollercoaster?

Alpaca.

We got Paper Dolls from the library recently and I had a wee weep about it!

I bought oh the places u will go for my 4 yo DD for Christmas after reading on here how good and emotional it was.

She looked at me strangely all the way through as if wtf is this mum. Thought it was quite gibberish myself until the last page, then I had to hold back the tears. She would’ve cried too if she were still listening, she’s a very emotional wee soul, cries at anything with feeling. Bit like me 😂

Me too Yabadee. Love Oh the Places You’ll Go - can’t actually read it out loud, too many tears!!

Oh god - Mog dies???? I just thought he stopped the burglar and saves the baby from the car 😭

On the Night You Were Born gets me every time, closely followed by The Crown on Your Head by the same author.

If the moon stays up until morning one day, or a ladybug lands and decides to stay, or a little bird sits at your window awhile, it’s because they’re all hoping to see you smile

😭😭😭😭😭

Dogger.
And ‘Butterfly Lion’ which I didn’t read until I first taught in ks2 and I properly ugly cried in front of 30 8yr olds that and every year after as it was on our curriculum so there was no escaping it... love this book but it’s too much.

I have been warned off ‘Paper Dolls’ and ‘Once There Were Giants’ by people that know what I’m like.
Adding ‘Goodbye Mog’ to the banned list.
I get too emotionally involved!

😂 I googled paper dolls to see what the fuss was about and a book about a serial killer comes up ... for a tiny split second I thought wtf kind of loons are on MN!! 😅. I am gonna assume you all are not reading THAT to your dcs and it’s the Julia Donaldson one 🤦🏻‍♀️