Is it ok to feel sad...

[CONNEELY]

On the 5th dec my amazing dd was 1.I know i should feel happy and i do,but there is also a part of me that feels so,so sad.
I can not believe that she has celebrated her first year already.
How can such a huge milestone come and go so quickly.??

Conneely - I know what you mean and its perfectly okay!

I was so pleased that he was coming along so nicely, but there was a huge sadness at the fact that he was almost a toddler.

Don't worry, it'll go away and soon you'll be marvelling at your babbling toddler and telling everyone that "this is the best age ever!!".

yes it's ok to feel sad - I know how it feels - you have this strange sense of that special time of them being o - 1 never coming again.

But on the bright side you move on to other stages which are intresting and rewarding in their own ways. Don't worry.

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God I know exactly what you mean. Excepted I'm talking about my 11 week old!
He's growing sooooooooooo fast and has already lost that tiny baby look. I already miss the early days and last night was the first night he slept through so I'm not mad to want that again as we've still got it.

he's just so lovely!

Oh yes - I know where you're coming from. Lottie is 2 in a week or so and I feel really sad about that. She's a toddler and not a baby anymore. Having said that I also can't wait for her to be a bit older and have her run into my arms and say 'mummy I love you'.

I know i cant wait for her to tell me what hurts or why she is crying,but at the same time i want to wrap her up in cotton wool and to never let her grow....
She has achieved so much in a year but still it only seems like yesterday when her body length was half the length of my arm,where she would fall asleep in my arms..
I cant explain the love i feel for her,and the constant fear of something bad happening because my life now just seems to good to be true...

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Please try hard not to live in constant fear. I know it may be very hard not to for you, but it's such a waste of your energy and stuff. It'll be such a shame to look back and think about how much time you've spent worrying over something that won't ever happen and even if soemthing small does happen no amount of worrying over it will prevent it.

maybe it came out wrong...i worry over silly things etc,at moment still no teeth but am so scared that when dd cuts her first thru she will bang into something and knock it out...
Silly i know...I enjoy every second poss and she really is an angel...
I am the one out of familly who say let her do it herself,she has to learn..true my heart skips a beat when she wobbles but she as yet she has no fear and if i can help build her confidence up then i have begun to help her to become who she is today..

Yes know what you mean. But you'll find their personality comes out even more from 1 onwards and it's just fabulous to see. I love the fact that they are now more able to respond to you. I felt the same when ds turned one in October but I wouldn't change it for the world!

It funny how much time I spend saying 'it just keeps getting better', and it does. I thought 6 months was the best, and then at 8 months thought, oh not, this is the best stage and then said it again and again and again!

Oh, every stage is the best. They are just so lovely.

Conneely = I know exactly what you mean! My ds is 2 and both birthdays I have bawled my eyes out ( granted - I was already 'tired and emotional' from too much gin and the strain of baking... ). I've already started all over again with dd (5 months) - any milestone she hits, I'm blubbing - esp as she's going to be my last baby.