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So is this it now? Am I just going to cry about random things to do with my child forever?

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TotoGum · 10/12/2021 14:51

Anyone else still doing this? My son is 10 months old and I still randomly cry over various things to do with him. This morning I was listening to Christmas songs and the thought of him being all excited for Christmas in years to come made me burst into tears 🤣

So is this it now?

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Cam2020 · 10/12/2021 14:53

Yes, sorry 😂

MedusasBadHairDay · 10/12/2021 14:55

Yeah sorry 😂 I wasn't the crying type until I had kids, now I find myself frantically brushing away tears at the slightest thing to do with them. I think they've broken me 😂

KingJeremyTheWickedd · 10/12/2021 14:55

Yep! Sent my 18 month old DS to the childminder this morning for his first ever Christmas Jumper Day and saw him and all his little friends dressed up then came home and sobbed!

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BlazingRufus · 10/12/2021 14:59

Totally. If I ever need to cry on demand I just have to remember when I was brave enough to buy my sons first set of clothes (a few months before his birth) - I sat on a bench and wept tears of joy, and typing this has done it again Grin Enjoy!

DropYourSword · 10/12/2021 15:02

Probably!
The night before his birthday always tears me up. Hearing the song that played as I gave birth. Watching him sing his little heart out at the school play.
So many times I’ve been a bit teary and I really wasn’t much of a crier before he got here.

MistyFrequencies · 10/12/2021 15:03

Yes. I was never a crier. I cried the other day because my boy (3) put his own school bag on and toddled into preschool without trying to hold my hand; he's growing up. And because my 4 year old had a whole elaborate plan about getting toys to all the kids who won't have any at Xmas. She's so nice.

TisTheSeasonToBeVegan · 10/12/2021 15:05

Until they’re teens...then you’ll be crying with the stress they bring. 🤣

thelegohooverer · 10/12/2021 15:07

Yup. And you also have the eye rolling to look forward to when they figure out why your voice goes funny when you’re reading aloud to them.

hiredandsqueak · 10/12/2021 15:25

Yes and it never goes away either. My dc are adults and yet I still get teary over all sorts of stuff and dgs sets me off regularly as well.

LaTomatina · 10/12/2021 15:35

I have this toy, a little cat on a string, that used to hang over the changing table, you pull the string and it plays a lullaby.

My mum saw me using it to entertain my eldest while I changed him and she said to me "oh you'll cry when you find that accidentally in 20 years!"
My youngest came out of nappies 2 years ago, eldest is nearly 10.. I'm not sure what became of the lullaby cat but it'll be in the house somewhere... And definitely, it's going to make me cry when I find it!!!!

Allaboutthefood · 10/12/2021 18:06

I had the radio on last week and this song came on that only gets played at Christmas and says "when a child is born". I was holding my 3 month old at the time, looked at her and sobbed. Sobbed when that song came on in the car a couple of days ago again!!

Cam2020 · 10/12/2021 18:59

FGS this thread is making me tear up and none of these anecdotes are even mine Blush. Too relatable, though.

RaoulDufysCat · 10/12/2021 19:01

It wears off. I have a fifteen year old and I definitely have not cried about anything to do with her for quite some time.

TheWayTheLightFalls · 10/12/2021 19:18

Yes (sorry). My four year old is preparing for her first nativity service at nursery and was practicing Little Donkey at the breakfast table this morning. I had to excuse myself and go off for a little cry. Then I remembered that one day her siblings - two months old - would, god willing, one day also sing Little Donkey, and I had another cry at that.

AnyFucker · 10/12/2021 19:20

Aye.

I stopped for a few years when mine grew up but I am back to square one after the 1st grandchild came along. In fact, I am worse as I have more time to get maudlin Smile

Motnight · 10/12/2021 19:24

Yes. My dd is 23 😂

Kleptronic · 10/12/2021 19:31

Mine's nearly grown and I still have a lip wobble whenever his kitty rattle surfaces. Or a milk tooth. I stashed them in bizarre places.

doubleshotcappuccino · 11/12/2021 01:35

Sorry .. yes and mine are six foot and the eldest is 18.. still the odd cry at words they used to mispronounce which became a family tradition.. photos on the fridge of when they were babies .. little clothes i kept .. baby blankets .. Christmas especially brings back lots of happy memories ..

Anordinarymum · 11/12/2021 01:45

Just wait until he is in school performances. You will be in bits :)

MrsTerryPratchett · 11/12/2021 01:49

My broken-nosed, shaven-headed, bit of a dodgy geezer in a past life, black belt DH cried at High School Musical the other day. When I met him, he didn't EVER cry. Me and DD ruined him. Grin

DD is a steely-eyed spacewoman and laughs at him for it.

Mummy1608 · 11/12/2021 11:28

This thread is so relatable! I thought it was the sleep deprivation that was making me so sensitive and teary...but it seems like it's just parenting lol

MedusasBadHairDay · 11/12/2021 11:31

@Anordinarymum

Just wait until he is in school performances. You will be in bits :)
Oh god, I can't cope at school performances, especially as DS used to have a speech problem and still struggle with a stutter, so seeing him stood up there speaking clearly and confidently.. I don't stand a chance 😭
GougeAway · 11/12/2021 12:17

The theme tune to In the Night Garden gets me. Mine are 14 and 11 and Christmas isn’t what it used to be. I miss them already and they haven’t left home yet 😢. They are great company and fun to talk to but I miss the adorable cuddly ness of the toddler years, even though I found it so hard at the time.

SmellyOldOwls · 11/12/2021 12:26

I'm crying reading these posts even! My DS who is 4 is like my right arm but I can't get used to the fact I have a baby DD. I had 4 miscarriages on the way to having her and I feel like I'm going to wake up and she will have been a dream. I love them both so much. If I had to step in front of a bus to save them I wouldn't think twice.

Unsuremover · 11/12/2021 12:26

Yes, I’m crying at everyone sharing their things that made them cry. Ds is learning about WW2 and his great granny was telling him her memories and I could see he was trying very hard not to cry to not upset her, so then I cried instead. Then he said one day he’d be the great-grandad and would tell the little children about covid.