Does anybody love or feel fulfilled by parenthood most of the time?

[BerstieSpotts]

Starting to get a bit jaded following recent threads on here. It seems like a lot of us are struggling and finding it hard. Just wondered if we could have some hope!

If you really, genuinely, enjoy it and love it most of the time, please tell me about it! What age are your DCs, anything you think makes it easier, anything in particular you love.

8 months and 3 years. I love it, and genuinely can,not relate to people referring to the early years as some kind of endurance test, to get through rather than enjoy.
Hard days, yes. But even the hard days have at least a handful of happy moments.
Almost every evening, dh and I wax lyrical about how wonderful they are.

Hmmm difficult to say really. Yes I love them and love being their mum but it's hard. It's the hardest job ever because you are so emotionally invested in it, it is all-consuming. Sometimes I look at them both and I am utterly fulfilled. I feel like there's nothing else in the world I'd rather be than their mother. However, sometimes I look at the state of me and my house and wonder wtf I was thinking!

Parenting is very up and down I've found. Complete moments of utter bliss followed by crushing panic and worry over everything to do with them. I would never wish I didn't have them so I am happy to be a mother and I appreciate how much easier it all gets as they get older. The first couple of years are horrifically hard, emotionally and physically. The toll it takes on parents is huge. I also have stupidly high standards for myself as a parent so inevitably I feel like I have 'failed' them a lot which is hard to deal with.

..sorry meant to say DS1 is 6 (and fantastic and truth be told yes I do feel fulfilled and happy at all times to be his mother) DS2 is 22 months and we're getting there! (not that I love him less but the physical work and the whinging is hard to handle) ....I am pleased he's here though and he has completed our family and I know one day the 'hard' work will pay off.

I love it the vast majority of the time. I was only lucky enought to have one DC, and I think in a lot of ways that makes me appreciate him more. I think in some ways it is a lot easier and less stressful with just one. I still have time to enjoy my own hobbies, as well as having enough time for DS.

yes love it most of the time, its hard if you are sleep deprived especially as they get older you expect it for first few months and you had hoped they would sleep my DD is almost 4 I took 3 years maternity break and loved it, I now work part time. DH found the first 18 months harder as she could not talk but now she talks all the time they have a great relationship

my daughter is content and happy and only been momentarily clingy I enjoy her company and love watching her grow and learn, but I have other things too, DH, my work, friends, church etc, however much I love DD she is an only child and I am not a 24/7 entertainment manager I have always encouraged her to amuse herself and play on her own sometimes, now so long as she knows I am around she will happily play and sing and imagine things for an hour or so

obviously there are times when it is just hard work and frustrating, the mornings I work and have to be out early she wants to sleep longer not eat breakfast etc and when we can be more relaxed she is awake with the larks