Surely other mums don't love their kids like I love mine?

[luckiestgirlintheworld]

Or is this something every mum feels?

I look at DS1 and just think he's the most amazing thing in the world and can't believe how much I love him. I must love him more than other mums love theirs? But then my mum says that's how she feels about me and my siblings, so perhaps it's what all parents feel?

But then I'm always kissing him and laughing at him, and I don't really see many other mums like this with their children, so perhaps not?

Not sure what I'm getting at with this thread really- just musing I suppose.

No it's just you.

The rest of the mothers in the world are merely fond of their dc...

Yeah the rest of us just tolerate our children...

Is this the female version of the orange one?
In answer to the op no you are the only person who loves your child I only tolerate mine

you're right.

in fact, Joan Crawford is my parenting idol!

I can barely stand to be in the same room as mine.

However, mine aren't special so I don't feel the need to kiss them or laugh with them.

So if you don't laugh at them and kiss them all the time you don't love them?

Aw.

You are mylene klass and I claim my five pounds.

at Joan Crawford

I don't hug mine unless I can't avoid it, like at the school gates or if he has fallen over in public.

You bloody vipers.
Actually , reading back I do sound awfully smug and not half as light hearted as I meant to.

What's the orange one?

You laugh at rather than with your child. Oh dear

So what is it about you that makes you capable of deeper love than everyone else?

Or is it your child that is different - your child inspires deeper love than other people's children.

Or maybe, you know, you're just being ridiculous.

Nope just you.

I'd quite happily trade DD in

He's only 18 months so we don't really get the same jokes yet :)

Actually, reading back again, perhaps it's not clear.. When I said 'is this something every mum feels?' I meant the thread title... Obviously all mums love their children, but does every mum think 'I love mine more than other mums love theirs?'

I don't even like mine. I don't think anyone else could handle them though (they are feral, and never stop screaming) so I've got to put up with them.

Well done for admitting you sound bloody awful. Not only do you imply that you have a better bond with your dc than all other women, you imply we're all somehow emotionless and undemonstrative and don't forget men in all this too.

It's good of you to recognise how your op comes across

For the record, yes of course the vast majority of us love our dc in that fierce, visceral, overwhelming way.

Don't make sweeping assumptions about how people show that love though. Different parents and different children find different paths. My autistic niece would have her day ruined if you kissed her or laughed at her. Do her parents love her as much as you love your boy? Of course they do.

Instead of musing and wondering about other people not comparing to you, have you ever thought about how amazing it is that the world is full of such feeling? As you watch your sleeping boy with fierce pride, billions of other parents are doing the very same thing all over the world. I think that's pretty incredible.

Mine are shite, I want to swap them for better ones that I might love more.

I sometimes secretly think all the other mums must be jealous, because I have the most beautiful little baby boy in all the world . But then I remember that I pushed him out of my fanjo, so I'm going to love him best.

I thought this thread was going to be about a friend of the op....Not the op herself being "mum of the year"

Please come back in two years time and give us an update about how funny he is when you've had a day of tantrums and has tried to bath the cat, drawn on the walls and threw your phone down the loo.

Better still come back when he's a teenager. They are delightful then. I'm sure you'll be spending all his teenage years laughing and kissing him.

I never did that Elle, though I think I'm in the minority. Apparently, you're supposed to think your baby is way more beautiful than other babies. My friend recently had dc1 and admitted whilst still in hospital that she was sure the midwives were all jealous and the other mums were disappointed. I never felt an ounce of that. Maybe because I think all babies look like potatoes and I included my own in that.

18 months you say?

Come back in a year.

And yes, you sound awfully smug. The vast majority of parents love their own dc just as much as you love yours. FFS.

I think people are taking the op a bit too seriously!
On a rational level I know my dc are probably average looking and everyone thinks their own children are the most beautiful. But even knowing that doesn't stop me thinking "yeah yeah but mine really ARE the most gorgeous" and feeling sorry for the rest of you :o

Aww I felt this way through the baby years, don't worry - it wears off ;)

Nah, I'm completely impartial to mine, particularly at 6am on a Saturday morning.

It's just you op. Sorry

If it's any help, I feel a bit sorry for you as you haven't got my DC.

Yeah, wait till they are teenagers, smelly and gobby.