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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.

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I find watching the news tough these days. Sad pictures of small children in war torn Syria break my heart and happy pictures of children being brought of earthquakes alive make me well up. Whilst I was t oblivious to it before it never affected me like it does now.

Now when i hear a baby cry, i feel gittery wanting to help the child, full of support for the tired parents, concerned for those around with auditory sensitivities like my own son. Its no longer just a cry and i hear so many different types of crying - before children a childs cry was just a cry. Now its shouting out instructions.

I've always been sensitive but I'm a lot worse now
I cry at sad things; happy things, when the children are sad it makes me cry too!
When I see ds helping dd or saying nice things to each other - I cry.

So basically I spend a lot of time crying. I can't listen to news stories about children being hurt - my dh is a policeman and he gets really upset afterwards when he has to deal with child related incidents.

I've always been a soft, but now even more so. If I see images of a child in distress, my arms actually physically want to reach out to hug/protect.

I'm another one who can no longer cope with stories involving children being hurt/abused.

But I've also become much less tolerant of personal attacks on people in public life, particularly politicians- I don't mind their actions being ripped apart but find it hard to hear/read insults about their looks etc.

I've always been a little on the sensitive side but having children has taken it to a whole new level - I even cry watching adverts on TV now! What I never realised is how much it would hurt me when I see my children hurting (emotionally rather than physically) - I am definitely only ever as happy as my saddest child...

My children doing tiny little things which bring me such joy. Excitement from them seeing or doing something new like going through a tunnel on a train. I didn't realise what happiness I would get from their delights.

Since being a parent I am sensitive about time. How much time I have to spend with my daughter and partner. How much time we have to do fun family activities together. When you and your partner work full time it gets harder and harder to do the fun things outside of the every day to day.

I love to read my daughter her story every night and have my 10 minutes of cuddles. She is getting older and this time with her precious to me :)

I know...very soppy..

I always used to have a wry/sarcastic/ philosophical view of most things..... Was just watching MIB with DH and ended up in tears at the end when J finds out about his father, that would never have happened pre-children. I got softer after having our first but have now hit peak softness after having a late loss and then our rainbow baby 5months ago, combined with lack of sleep and the daftest things will melt me.

I've always had a softer side when it came to children, even with children younger than me when I was still a child

I feel more empathy towards all children now, and when I see children being difficult or behaving badly my first thought is to wonder what happened to make them that way.

I can't bear to watch TV adverts or documentaries about child suffering of any kind.

I'll never forget when my first child was I think about 5 days old dancing her around the living room to the song that was playing when she was born. I was overwhelmed with a feeling of love and absolute wellbeing, just her warmth, smell, cuddles, it was lovely and it turned me into such a softy. I was always quite emotional but now I have tears in my eyes about anything lovely involving children or anything sad too. I wouldn't change that as it has made me warmer and I went on to have three more!

I have become so sentimental since becoming a parent. I always cry when watching the movie, it's actually embarrassing. Even adverts make me well up, particularly Christmas adverts. At the school leavers' assemblies i am in floods of tears and it's not even my children who are leaving. God only knows how I will survive their assembly, but the kids will probably ban me from attending.

I can't watch any adverts/programmes with child neglect or abuse in as I can't stop crying. It never used to bother me before.

I used to love holding my children's hands when they were toddlers as it made me all emotional. Now I like lots of cuddles and kisses.

I am so much more understanding these days. I find myself being much more empathetic towards, not only children, but other people too.

I also love seeing others achieve. I love seeing someone who has really tried hard succeeding. Melts my heart!

Before I had the children I was a very carefree and rarely worried about anything. Now I am a worrywart. I worry about absolutely everything. I am turning into my mother!

Sometimes tears just spring to my eyes watching my children play together. Also makes me less judgemental of adults thinking that they were a tiny child once. Don't get me started on Long Lost Family...

Since having my baby, any images of children suffering in Syria has me sobbing. The heart wrenching image of drowned Alan Kurdi makes me despair at mankind.

I cry at anything to do with children when I watch the news or hear of a child being ill or injured as you cannot help thinking of your own kids.

I cry at any mention of children suffering, Aleppo being a case in point. I used to think I would take no nonsense from children but it turns out I'm a soppy wimp!

I'm more aware of how other childrens plight in the world has an effect on me

The news definitely makes me think more and worry more about my childrens future.

I am much more sensitive to adverts on television showing children or families in crisis. i cant watch children in need or such like without breaking down :-(