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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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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.

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It is very upsetting to see anything about children being abused on tv I cry at them all the time.

I live a healthy lifestyle, i train, eat healthy food & count calories on a daily basis. Since my baby started weaning i started seeing the way we feed, food & the world on a different perspective. When i struggled to make her eat half grape i realized that food is energy and energy is life. We need to be grateful everyday and use only the energy we need from the world.

Being a parent has made me more sensitive to children in difficult circumstances in this country and others.

Becoming a parent really changes your whole outlook on life, not just at home but everywhere, you become a lot more emotional and empathetic.

It has made me into a real softie, I want to help people more now, I get very upset at the thought of people struggling, I am far more sensitive about my parent's happiness and well-being now too

Im more patient now and find I enjoy childrens programmes!

I cry when watching films or TV programmes all the time now. Some books set me off too. Even at bits that aren't meant to be sad!

This means that I actively avoid watching films which are meant to be sad as I just wouldn't be able to cope!

i cry at anything sad

Crying at films about deaths in famillies - makes me sob now - i never i used to be like that!

Any news reports involving children affect me soo much more than before I had my children. I seem to be hypervigilant to this.

Im softer in all reguards in my life, I cry at sad things, I cry at happy things, Im more generous with my time, and I always try to help people out when their stuck, before I had my children It was always about me me me, now Im always last on that list, and I don`t even mind.

Since my son was born 7 months ago, I find myself occasionally just looking at him and crying because I love him so much. My husband thinks I'm going mad!

I guess it's similar to other people, you generally care more about kids and it's awful to see them upset, be it yours or someone else's.

I've always been a terrible crier who wells up at sentimental adverts and end of year sports montages. Parenthood couldn't possibly make me any worse in that way but I'm less willing to read books with grim endings, and during both pregnancies I used to prepare myself before watching new episodes of ER by reading recaps to check whether there were any terrible things happening to babies or pregnancy women which I should skip.

I also need to prepare myself for school nativity plays with entire boxes of tissues - they have a disastrous effect on me.

When you become a parent you become acutly aware of how your actions inpact on your children so you become so much more sensitive of whats right and wrong,

I've always been a nurturing person but since becoming a mother I find it almost impossible to say "no" if asked to help child or young person - or even if I just spot they need help. At least I've got a good reputation among the DC's friends for helping out when needed - though they also know my rules!

I really don't like babies crying now. Strangely enough when DD was a few months old and DS was two and a half he led me to a pram in Boots which had a very upset baby in it and said, "Baby's crying, Mummy." I explained that the baby's Mummy would help it but he took some convincing that I shouldn't solve it's problem.

Seeing a child being sworn at in public by there parents breaks my heart, I just want to go over and cuddle them. No child deserves that.. Also having children has made me want to foster to help children that dont have a loving family. xx

My husband & I were both very selfish being married for eight years prior to the arrival of our daughter, but immediately became very sensitive to all children's needs. Not sure if it is instinct, but we saw the world in a whole new caring light.

Having a child who has Aspergers has really made me aware of my own mortality, and planning for my sons future is crucial. None of us know what the future holds for our children, but when the odds are stacked against them, you have to do your utmost to make sure they have the best possible start. I am a born worrier too, which doesn't help, but I am so aware of news stories, FB posts that highlight cruelty, crime....I could go on! Luckily my OH is very grounded and sensible, and often points out the obvious to me.

I've always been more than average sensitive/empathetic but having children has intensified that 10 fold!

Gosh, I'm a crying mess with most things now I'm a mum!! I can't even watch the "sponsor a dog" advert on the telly without getting through a whole roll of tissue!! I was fairly hard faced before kids but years & years of TTC & 3 attempts at IVF softens you a bit. I never thought I'd be lucky enough to be a mum so I put on a front of "I don't want kids anyway" which was soooo untrue!! Fast forward a few years & I'm the softest person I know!!!

I find I'm more sensitive in general. When my children are worried or don't seem themselves I over think what is wrong with them. If they have fallen out with friends, I worry. If they are ill I over worry about them. I feel like I want to wrap them up in cotton wool. I find that even watching programs about babies or kids can upset me.

The myth that having a child makes you an emotional wreck is not a myth!
I don't know how it happened but Eastenders, programmes with unwanted dogs and even Jeremy Kyle have been known to have me grabbing the nearest box of tissues.
Who would have thought it? Me, raising a child, has bought out a kinder, soppier me!

I'm not so sure about this, I'm a very sensitive person but I always have been. In many ways I had to toughen up to be a parent in order to cope with it. I was exceedingly sensitive after my son was born, taking everything to heart. But as well as all the loving soft cuddling side of things there is a part that needs to deal with things too.

There were early signs that I was becoming a big softie in the early stages of my journey to parenthood - I remember crying whilst watching 'Strictly' when I was pregnant with my first son and watching every episode of 'A Baby Story' that I could get my hands on (proceeding to sob my way through them). What goes around comes around though; we were watching 'Strictly' on Saturday and my middle son said 'Mum, something about this song is making me all teary!' I think when you become a parent you just become so much more aware of all of the risky things 'out there' and how they can impact on your little/medium-sized/big ones!