Intense Emotions

[ChocolateMouse]

Hi there,

Is this normal? My DS has just turned 5 months old and I have, ever since he was born, been overwhelmed by this intense emotion of love for him. I realise it's normal for me to love DS, it's just that the intensity of it is so that it brings me to tears when I look at him sometimes and DH thinks I'm being silly and shouldn't be like this. I think he thinks that it's not normal for a mother to get this emotional over.

Just wondering if there's something wrong with me.

Thanks.

Jammi - that phrase has just made me cry! In a nice way.

Motherhood hit me hard. I was unprepared to feel like this, its an incredibly vulnerable (but brilliant) emotion.

My husband has admitted (in a very grown up way) that its hard to no longer be the most important person in my life. I told him to give it 15 years and I'll be back ?! He is ok with it really I think.

Oh and I also say "Oh I could just eat you!" to my 6 month old, I do get funny looks from people!
Hubby told me to refrain from saying it in public!

Thanks AbbeyA . From all the responses to this I now know that I'm not alone and that it's normal to feel this way. How sweet is that - to get like that with your teenagers; what do they think of it?

pamelat - I thought that I was prepared for motherhood - you know, all the physical and practical stuff but nothing prepared me for the emotions that I felt once DS was born (and still am feeling). I agree about it being a vulnerable as well as brilliant emotion .
I say that too - and in public!!! It's true, I do often feel that way but surely that's normal too isn't it??

Ooh, I recognise this! I had a hard time with DS1 (2.5), adjusting to motherhood was a shock, he was the crappiest sleeper and bf'ing took ages to get established, and despite all of that, I still fell absolutely tip top, head over heels in love with him, and still very often get such a rush of intense love for him that it is like a body blow, almost painful. And when he fell and broke his arm, I thought I would die from the anguish and guilt.

And now I am going through it all over again with DS2 (0.5) who is quite the most edible bundle of scrumptious plumptiousness I have seen since DS1!

My dad has just been visiting for the weekend (he lives hours away from us) and I am sure i bored him rigid by banging on about the DSs and saying "Aren't my babies amazing!" in moony tones...

My teenagers humour me a bit! They get irritated that I can't get to sleep until they are in. I find that I am very emotionally bound to them.