Tell Fairy Non Bio the ways being a parent has brought out your sensitive side - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[PoppyMumsnet]

Fairy Non Bio is sponsoring the Mumsnet Talk App and is interested to know how being a parent has brought out your softer side. Maybe you used to consider yourself a bit of a hard cookie but since having a child, all that has changed. Perhaps you never used to cry at films (or even adverts) or go a bit gaga over puppies, or worry about the smaller things in life? However, since becoming a parent you’ve found yourself sobbing over EastEnders or reacting to a baby's cry at 100 paces.

Here’s what Fairy Non Bio has to say “Fairy Non Bio is good for anyone who wants a softer, more sensitive wash (that still leaves clothes clean!). Its gentle formula promises to be kind to both your clothes and your skin. Fairy Non Bio believes in the power of softness, and the strength that comes with showing your softer side.”

So, to celebrate the Fairy Non Bio sponsorship of the Mumsnet Talk App, they’d like you tell them about what things you're sensitive to now that you never used to be in the past. And what specific things about being a parent have brought out your sensitive side? Download the Mumsnet Talk App and share your story with Fairy Non Bio.

All those who post below will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 John Lewis voucher.

Thanks and good luck

MNHQ

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[user1476542217]

I have always been a bit of a softy, but I am an even bigger one now! I cry at films a lot more, especially inside out!

[toodles60]

Once I had children i was much more sensitive to any news concerning children. it's almost like i now have an affinity with any child that is hurt or upset because i can picture how i'd feel if it was my own child. Before i Also after the birth of my second child

[beckyinman]

I can't watch a film without crying! Even comedies

[imustbemadme]

I was NEVER soft before I had kids, now I'm useless. My youngest brings out the sensitive side of me most, she is very affectionate unlike my eldest and will hug you for ages, it's lovely.

[sarahsnail]

I'm much more sensitive and supportive to others now, the mum you see just about to have a melt down in the supermarket with a toddler in tow.....once upon a time I would have walked past her vowing to never be a parent like that.......... 3 little ones later and many, many supermarket tantrums, you can now find me nodding, smiling at the mum having the meltdown... a secret code as if to say, I know how your feeling right now :-)

[tubbyj]

Used to be much more black and white about things, were I now see the greyer side and the need to take peoples emotion onto account

[carolineandryanandseb]

I can and will sob at the least thing on TV; people winning quiz shows, people not winning quiz shows, people who have good reason to be happy, people who are sad. It literally takes nothing to get me going. I'm now officially a softy. Must be pregnancy hormones again, although they never seemed to go away from 5 years ago either!

[lolamia91]

The news and the thought of what is going to come of the world makes me alot more sensitive. What does the future hold for our children,

[cookie09]

Since having children i'm sensitive to all the horror stories going on in the world. It makes you realise how lucky you are and not to take anything for granted. Just to live each day as your last as you never know what is round the corner. I've lost track how many times i end up blubbering to the evening news.

[MillyVanilli222]

I'm definitely more emotional nowadays! And also more understanding of the struggles other parents face.

[Rufus6]

I always shed a tear at school plays, nativities and concerts, I can't help it even when my own children are not in the show. Adverts with children and pets too bring out my weepy side - I am sure I didn't used to be so soppy, but I am so emotional since having children. Pass the hanky!

[iamsaranna]

I end to be able to read body language a lot better now, have also become more sensitive to noise !

[marshgirl]

I can relate to more things to do with children now than I did before. I think I try to put my family in the situation being played out then it feels so much more real.

[TLAF]

I can be so cross with my kids, but then if they come to apologise and give me a cuddle I melt instantly.

[angiehoggett]

I had a dangerous and adventurous side but I find that has got much more gentler as I worry more about them and being here to look after them!

[loubymain]

I used to be able to watch films or TV series that involved children dying or getting hurt, since having my daughters I just cannot, no matter how much people recommend them. I cannot watch any child suffering without imagining my own daughters in that position. So I am much kinder and caring to children than I was ever before. I also find myself coming to people's aid if they need help, just because I would want someone to do the same for my child...

[Croker62]

I never thought it was possible to love anyone as much as I love my children.
I find myself getting very upset if anyone try to harm them or say anything upsetting to them.

[cocochips]

I have always been sensitive, but the kids make me blub at the tiniest thing

[Themilseys]

I have always been quite sensitive but once I had children, my goodness, I even cry at adverts now. News items about illness, programmes about loneliness and even films with a happy ending - I'm a blubbering wreck! My family have got used to it and sure they must think 'Oh here she goes again' but that's just the way I am now.

[PoppyMumsnet]

Thank you to everyone for posting! Congratulations to Maketeanotwar for winning the voucher!

[yourgrace]

Made me more aware of other peoples feelings