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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[HeadFairy]

I'm a journalist and see so many horrific images from raw rushes and hear details that are mostly kept out of the news. I was definitely much more able to cope with those sorts of things before children. The most memorable was the trial of baby P's mother. He died when he was 18 months old and DS was that age during the trial. I remember sitting in an edit suite sobbing after reading the judge's summing up which had so many terrible details in it. I bawled my eyes out only last week at the terrible pictures of children starving in Yemen.

[HeadFairy]

I'm a journalist and see so many horrific images from raw rushes and hear details that are mostly kept out of the news. I was definitely much more able to cope with those sorts of things before children. The most memorable was the trial of baby P's mother. He died when he was 18 months old and DS was that age during the trial. I remember sitting in an edit suite sobbing after reading the judge's summing up which had so many terrible details in it. I bawled my eyes out only last week at the terrible pictures of children starving in Yemen.

[HeadFairy]

I'm a journalist and see so many horrific images from raw rushes and hear details that are mostly kept out of the news. I was definitely much more able to cope with those sorts of things before children. The most memorable was the trial of baby P's mother. He died when he was 18 months old and DS was that age during the trial. I remember sitting in an edit suite sobbing after reading the judge's summing up which had so many terrible details in it. I bawled my eyes out only last week at the terrible pictures of children starving in Yemen.

[asuwere]

I cry at films now whereas I rarely did pre children.

[WishesAndPixieDust]

I've always been sensitive but once my dd was diagnosed with asd at the age of 3, I realised how frustrated and upset she was and that brought a whole new sensitive side to me. The small things she learns are total victories and make me almost cry!

[bambooleaves]

Adverts and stories of others children's' plights make me way more emotional than pre-kids!

And the heartache I feel when one of my kids is having problems- it wasn't only my daughter that cried after her disastrous school disco!

[bambooleaves]

Adverts and stories of others children's' plights make me way more emotional than pre-kids!

And the heartache I feel when one of my kids is having problems- it wasn't only my daughter that cried after her disastrous school disco!

[CopperPan]

I am not really more emotional since I've had dc but I think more carefully about the future of our planet and put more effort to do things for charity. I do more voluntary work to support children in our community and I take part in more charity events like coffee mornings and fun runs.

[MakeTeaNotWar]

I can't bear watching or listening to the news any more. All the warring, terror and destruction in the world makes me dread the future that we are creating for our children.

[Calphurnia]

Having to see the world through her eyes has made me be more aware of how I speak, the words I use and the messages I might be sending.

Being pregnant made be calmer, as I was aware of being stressed and the affect it could be having. Growing a person was far more important than anything else I had ever done

Our GP recommended Fairy non bio when my DD was diagnosed with asthma. Just bought another bottle of Fairy, has the fragrance changed?

[CheeseEMouse]

I can't watch anything upsetting about children at all now. I'm also a complete softy when it comes to looking at other people's new babies - makes me a bit wistful

[IHaveAToiletBrush]

I have become sensitive to children crying can't bare it and really upsets me where before I wasn't to bothered.

[UpOnDown]

I cry at films like Dumbo.

[choccyp1g]

Same as the first poster; I can't use Fairy for washing up anymore as it makes my hands raw.
I daresay the washing powder would be ok, but won't risk changing from Persil non.bio the one that works just fine.

[Givemecoffeeplease]

I just cried when DS1 kissed me on the mouth. My husband has D&V and I've had two kids misbehaving today whilst he is in bed. And then DS1 was all lovely.

This is a new low in the sensitive mush I have become post partum.

(And I used to be so judgey about mouth-kissing your kids!!)

[hungryhungryhippos]

Everything

[themumfairy]

The news. Ive always got emotional watching children suffer in countries at war etc but since having my own kids i can't hold back the tears. Absolutely breaks my heart.

[Crocklebog]

School plays make me well up!

[Titsalinabumsquash]

I cry at everything now! I used to roll my eyes at the sensitive criers of the world but now I blub at songs,books,films,to programmes.... the list is endless!

My children running at sports day, sobbing.
My child leaving primary school, sobbing.
Seeing my 4 children curled up together watching a film, sobbing.

It's embarrassing, it really is!

[BeeMyBaby]

I used to love scary horror films and now can't bear watching any of it.

[KARMAisaBtch]

Sensitivity- mine is physical

Indigestion and heartburn which I don't have before to the highest level.

Apparently, hormones during pregnancy and lactation period are causing these.

My tummy is now sensitive esp when I had fallen asleep an hour after eating dinner ( It happens when I am bf my baby at night time and I also falls asleep immediately after her) guaranteed after three hours, tummy is ever so painful then I will be sick, every bit of the food thrown out.

Horrible feeling! But then again I can do something about it, don't fall asleep after eating!!

[YorkieDorkie]

My DH and I were scrolling through the horror section of Sky Movies and came across a film about a psychotic babysitter - we both looked at each other and realised that since having our little girl, we cannot watch anything remotely involving children or babies without becoming blubbering wrecks!

She has just reminded us of how precious life is and how we all need a little TLC every now and again. She's all that matters to us so we all look after each other a little better these days .

[lilyboleyn]

I can no longer be around people who are eating meat. Because sob that animal was someone's baby.

(Scuttles off to get a grip)

[nippey]

Seeing other children fall over or crying really bothers me now, used to just be mildly annoyed at the noise or amused at the falling!

[GiraffesAndButterflies]

I can't watch bits of programs where women aren't coping well with motherhood. Eg Nashville, Homeland. If you're having a baby on TV, everything needs to be perfect for the first 10 years at least, no PND in my fantasy world please!!