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Donbean · 05/10/2004 20:59

you will all probably think me really sad,but today i sat just watching my little man with what i can only describe as complete amazement. I still cant believe he is here and that he is mine. I actually started to cry i felt so overwhelmed by the feelings i had!Having never been a child friendly person i just cant get over how my outlook has completely changed. No one told me about this,nobody has ever tried to explain what it is to be a mum,every day im blown away by it!Any one else feel the same?

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sponge · 08/10/2004 17:34

God who doesn't feel that way? But only about my own kids, other people's are horrible .

alexsmum · 08/10/2004 17:51

As I'm reading this thread(complete with lump in throat)I'm watching my two boys.Ds1(4) is sitting on the floor watching tv and ds2(13months)is standing behind him with a big smile on his face stroking his brothers hair.I could just burst with love for them both.
You have to feel this way, otherwise there is no way you could cope with the all the demands children put on you.Imagine doing everything you do for your children if you didn't love them with the intensity you do.I think it would be impossible.
I always 'knew' I would love my kids but I couldn't have imagined in athousand years how MUCH I love them.

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Donbean · 11/10/2004 19:44

was just smelling DBs hair after his bath, wish it could be bottled...bliss

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steppemum · 12/10/2004 17:09

definitely not a thread to read when you are pregnant, too many hormones, I'm sitting here blubbing away!

I remember at the hospital, that in the cot next to my bed was this exquisite, fabulous, interesting, beautiful, enchanting little boy that obviously stole the heart of anyone who saw him. I felt really sorry for all the other mums, because they just had ordinary babies in their cots!!!!!

BadHair · 12/10/2004 17:37

Blimey, even I've gone all misty-eyed and I have a heart of lead.
Have 2 hours to go at work but now badly want to get home to see 'em both.

sweetkitty · 12/10/2004 21:59

wow it's got me too sitting here bawling my eyes out - no one can tell you about the love you have for them, I've been lying holding DD for 2 hours and could barely put her down.

thanks for the lovely post xx

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Donbean · 26/10/2004 21:13

keep um comming you soft lot!!!!!
Went to buy DH birthday pressy the other day to give him from DS and started to fill up in the bloody Disney store when i was thinking of what i would write in the card and gift tag on his behalf, and thinking about DH's reaction to it!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

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MrsDoolittle · 26/10/2004 21:26

OMG This thread has taken me completely by surprise Two minutes ago I was moaning about the price of houses.
Now after reading this thread and particularly Schmaltz post I am a complete blubbering wreck.
This would never have happened to me a year ago

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Donbean · 26/10/2004 21:34

hehehehe! you need a good cry every now and then dont you!

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Spamhead · 19/11/2004 23:07

Yeah, and us Dad's get it too! Just got back from India, and apart from being great to see my kids after two weeks away (16 month old son would not let go of me for half an hour, four year old DD not at all phased, just rather excited and showing off that she could hop), I was profoundly affected by seeing kids living rough on the streets in Delhi and Calcutta, seeing sixteen year odl grils living in the red light district in Poona with kids of their own by their "customers".
When you have kids of your own, you can't just look away, you think "if these were mine, I would not be able to do nothing about it". Keeps me foucssed on what matters, being a Dad.

dawnie1 · 19/11/2004 23:19

SBRS - that is the most beautiful thing I have ever read. I am crying my eyes out because I have the most beautiful baby in the world and only you have been able to put into words some of the things that I feel for her. Its so terrifying but its the most special thing that can ever be. Thank you

mishmish · 20/11/2004 00:27

when DS was born I felt like a scary tiger with her cub and totally blown away by the intensity of it all. I love watching the effect he has on other people too - especially older women. One said to me, "oh, you got the mixture just right".

heymissy · 20/11/2004 02:23

Throughout time....when I say to my dp your mother and father held you like this, he smiles so knowingly, everything I discover with my dd makes me think of my mother discovering the same things with me. When I marvel at my dds character, I think of how many mums and dads and families have marvelled at their babies and children in just the same way, year after year, day after day for so so long. I showed my sister a picture of our mother holding me as a babe in the same way as I hold my dd now, my sister was speechless which is a rare thing!

KateandtheGirls · 20/11/2004 02:31

Just an FYI - SchmaltzButRelevantSchmaltz's post is beautiful, but it's not original. I have had that email a couple of times.

Still, doesn't mean the message is any less real.

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