To tell you my baby loves me?

[Fluffballs]

Just that really, I took my 8 month old swimming today, after a two month break. Turns out the pool has become quite frightening to her in that time. Instead of crying or screaming, she wrapped her arms and legs around me, like a little koala, and buried her head in my chest. After a 10 minute cuddle she was ready to splash away.

And I was hit with such a distinct wave of, "Oh my god she loves me!"

Of course I never thought she didn't, but I have definitely thought,
"Wow she loves milk."
"She loves silly faces."
"Yep, she loves ewan the sheep."

This was the first time I thought, she loves ME

Hope you don't mind me sharing, I'd love to hear your happy baby stories. I'm off for a cuddle.

Oh it's the best feeling isn't it, nothing will ever beat it. My 3y old DS ha started to say "I'm your best friend mummy" and I love it every time! Oh and when he came up to me randomly and said "you're a lovey mummy"

One of my children is affectionate, one is not. My child who isn't tactile demonstrates love in far, far more subtle ways. They are nonetheless much cherished.

@paintedfences that’s so sweet, but now I’m also in the mood for olives and feta 😫😂

Yes it’s lovely when they tell you as teens unprovoked they love you. My ds16 is quite the pita but sometimes I can be quietly making tea and he asks “are you ok?” For no outward reasons. He seems more tuned into me and things like his younger siblings grinding me down than anyone. He also comes up behind me and gives me bear hugs for no reason. Of course he’s not perfect but I know he genuinely loves me and tells me so. It’s a unconditional pure kind of love. He doesn’t care I’m fat with frizzy hair and look a mess most days. He loves the me inside with no strings attached. That’s pretty mind blowing really. I guess I did something right

I've got my 3year old DS sleeping beside me snuffling away & this has bought tears to my eyes. Sometimes I think the little moments we share are so magical & I'm so joyous reading these to know it's not just us.

contessa
That's just made me smile

My 4 year clambers into bed every morning v and says "I need snuggles with you mammy" 😍 and my 2 year old will now say to me "I have cuddle?"

The way both insist on clambering on my knee... run at the door when I walk in... it's lovely!

My 13mo gets a dopey face on when he wants a cuddle and smooshes his face into mine. And I know it's just for me and not DP

My youngest who's 8 has autism he's also non verbal but how he loves his cwtchs with me, he'll grab his blankie and come and sit in my lap and snuggle in. The way he looks at me ❤️ you can really see the love. He knows his mummy has got him

This poem broke me the first time I read it, sums up mother-child love to me:

Today I left some dishes dirty,
The bed got made around 3:30.
The diapers soaked a little longer,
The odor grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilled the day before
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints there on the wall
Will likely be there still next fall.
The dirty streaks on those windowpanes
Will still be there next time it rains.
Shame on you, you sit and say,
Just what did you do today?

I held a baby till she slept,
I held a toddler while he wept.
I played a game of hide and seek,
I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess that's true.
Unless you think that what I've done,
Might be important to someone
With deep green eyes and soft brown hair,
If that is true... I've done my share.

That's lovely OP. I hope it lasts forever.

My baby is 40 - a big tough man smothered in tattoos. Last week I gave him some " tough love" advice...this morning he rang to thank me for being so honest with him. His " I love you Mumsy ! " made me feel just like you did at the swimming pool.

I don't have children but I have 2 nieces who I adore. Despite the fact they're both teenagers I still get regular 'I love you' messages on WhatsApp from them. Gets me every time

I've been up with 8 month old DD since 3am. She doesn't want to go back to sleep because she just wants cuddles and to give me those amazing sloppy kisses where they basically just suck your face 😂

She had a rusk the other day and I couldn't work out why her hands were so clean when she'd finished. Turned out she'd wiped them on the front of the sofa. I didn't care because I loved seeing those messy little handprints. Motherhood is weird and amazing.

Read your OP and it made me happy!

My DS is only 3.5months but oh my do I love him like nothing I’ve ever felt before.
He had his vaccinations this morning and he has needed me to hold him pretty much all day since.
Currently is snuggled into my chest sound asleep.
I don’t mind though. I could hold him for ever

This is such a lovely thread. Enjoying the mini love stories so much

When I went into early stages of labour with DD2, DD1 (just turned 4) came up to me and whispered "Mummy, I love you more than the moon and the stars", and then a few minutes later "Mummy, I love you more than the fish in the sea".

DD2 is now almost 1, and when I am breastfeeding her at bedtime she often pulls off, climbs up, throws her arms round my neck, and shows her love for me by biting my chin. It is quite painful and I ought to discourage it but I can't bring myself to as it is her way of kissing me!

Aaaw such heartwarming stories (and my God that poem @Honsandrebels - hit me hard and I'm a little choked up now as my house is currently a tip thanks to toddler twins and 4 cats and I was beating myself up something chronic this morning!).

My twins are 2yo and it took a long time to form bonds for them as they spent 4 months in NICU and so - whilst I loved them implicitly, it's taken a while to get such lovely interactions with them. DD is such a Koala with me now - she used to be all about her Dad and I barely got a look in - but DS, apart from allowing me to cuddle him since he became mobile, I never really got much from him, not that we should expect to but I hope that makes sense to others here. He's practically non-verbal (but improving slowly) and in the past few weeks he's gone from barely staying still long enough for a cuddle to the following:

Curling up on my lap for a hug when he's sleepy.
Actually kissed me last week for the first time (before I was getting bitten mostly in his attempts to show affection).

Then last night... it was so simple but it melted me, he wasn't settling for sleep - DD had already conked out (and thank God that when they're asleep they can withstand pretty much any noise!) but he was kicking his headboard on his cot and making it very clear he was not ready for sleep.

DH had done their nighttime routine as I'd managed to injure my shoulder by sleeping funny and after a day of running around after them he told me to put my feet up and he'd sort it (no arguments there).

So after giving it 30 minutes after DH had tried to settle DS I trunched upstairs (a bit grumpy i'll admit) and went in, he tried to hum some of the bars of 'You are my sunshine' which is the song we sing every night. So I sang it for him and as I did he grabbed my hand and started stroking his own face with it, up until last night he didn't let anybody touch his face for long, he'd settle himself with his comfort blanket but last night he wanted my hand... and at the end of the song he placed his cheek into my palm and curled up and fell asleep. It's one of those moments I wish I'd been able to film because I doubt it'll happen again any time soon, but for my DS, hyper cheeky little boy that he is, that was the biggest 'I love you Mummy' I could have asked for :D

Have had lots of tears reading this...even though I’m in an open plan office.

My son is 16mths and when I’m putting him to bed at night i always ask him for a hug. He’ll lie his head on my shoulder, pat my back and say aaahhh aaahhh. It melts me very time.

He’ll also hug my legs while I’m standing washing dishes.

I’ve started telling him out loud “i love you” so I’m hoping he will pick that up soon too.

@NaviSprite that just made me cry - that's beautiful.
What a wonderful little family you have

@NaviSprite That’s got me choked up on the train. What a beautiful moment for you and your little boy

I still remember my Gran telling me to make the most of every little moment when my first DC had just been born. She told me it flies by and before you know it they’ll be leaving home and maybe having families of their own, she had a tear in her eye as she said it. I almost didn’t believe her because of course he was going to stay tiny forever and always be my baby.

He’ll be ten in a few weeks and I have already cried about it, however lame that may be. A whole decade, I can’t fully wrap my head around it. It feels like two minutes since he was a tiny baby in my arms but also simultaneously like a lifetime ago.

Yeah my 11 month old came up to me the other day, took my arm in two hands and buried his face into it then took my hand put it on his cheek and made little coo type noises. I cried. He's a very energetic let me go little boy so this affection off his own accord just melted my heart.

Of course she does, you are her world. Lucky you off to cuddle your baby DD, my two DS’ are 18 & 16 now but still love a cuddle now and then, I have loved every minute of the journey, being a mum is awesome, enjoy.

That’s lovely Fluff!

Dc5(2) has started saying “lub you name” & “lub you too”, completely unprompted over the last month. I forgot how wonderful & heart melting it is when they start saying it