When did you first feel like a parent?
By toe_ster
@toe_ster (770)
United States
May 30, 2007 2:39am CST
I remember after I had my first son, Icame home and it was so surreal. It didn't sink in that I was a mother. Besides physically seeing him, I didn't feel any different. It wasn't until he was much older. He was just learning to walk, and tripped over his own feet and fell face first onto the fireplace. There was blodd pouring out his mouth. I calmly got an ice cube and took him to the sink. I rinsed out his mouth and gave him an ice cube. My husband was freaking out, and I started singing songs I knew he liked. My husband was getting more enraged that I was not freaking out. But seeing me calm,my soncalmed really quick. I gave him a popsicle and went to the bathroom to clean up.Once ther i broke down and cried. I was freaking out. Thats when it hit me. I was a mom. Its what they do. They stay calm cool and collected when inside they are freaking out. I couldn't believe it took 9 months to make me feel like a real mother and not a glorified babysitter.
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@cheekyvods (164)
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30 May 07
aw bless thats so nice (not about ur son hurting themselves though). i cant wait till i get that feeling i was supposed to have my abby on the 7th june but my waters broke last nite :-0 just playing the waiting game now
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@samson1967 (7414)
• India
30 May 07
I felt the parent feeling when my spouse gave me the message that she is conceived.
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@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
30 May 07
You aren't even a parent until the child is actually there, in the flesh! How do you know what the feeling is like if the baby is only a tiny speck inside your partner?
@rapolu_cs (1184)
• India
30 May 07
When my son started sucking milk for the first time from me,it is wonderefull expierence and i felt to a respnsible parent fopr the first time and always when i console him i feel very proud and thankful to god for making me a mother and for the joy iam enjoying with him.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
30 May 07
I don't really know when the Mother feeling came on, i think it was when my daughter was around 5 months old & she was saying mmmmmmmmmm a LOT, the next thing i knew, out cam MUM!
I was just so happy & she was very proud of herself. I think that's when it kind of hit home that i was actually a Mummy & my daughter knew it was me!
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@nica269 (1395)
• United States
30 May 07
I felt like a 'mom' yesterday. I was taking a shower and my husband was watching our lo. He was just playing on the floor and all of a sudden just started crying. Dh picked him up and changed his diaper, but from the bathroom I heard his cry and I instantly new it was his 'i'm sleepy' cry. I called my husband in and told him that he was tired and to give him a bottle and put him in his swing, and as soon as he did that he just calmed down and knocked out. It was an awesome feeling because until that day it hadn't hit me that I new his cries...and only mommies (most of the time) can tell what they need. I WAS a mom from that moment on.
@xyprist (4)
• Philippines
31 May 07
it was when my first baby had a first sick.. i was really worried that time!i really was nervous that time. i dont know what to do and wishing im the one who's sick and not my daughter.. that time i realized how much i love her and to be afraid. i dont want my child to get hurt even to the tip of her nail..
@toyhamarz (124)
• United States
30 May 07
I remember feeling like I was babysitting for the longest time lol! It really didn't sink in. My husband went on deployment 1 month after the baby was born and I remember feeling like everything just felt temporary, like eventually someone else was going to take over everything. The first time I really felt like a mom was the first time my son started choking something. It was a few days after my husband came home, my son was 7 months old and we had been opening presents. They were in the living room and I was in the kitchen. My hubby started yelling that the baby was choking. I ran in the room, didn't panic, just stuck my finger in his mouth and fished out the piece of wrapping paper the baby had stuck in there. My husband looked at me and said, so how many times has that happened? I was said never. And that was when it hit me. I'm a Mommy, and I have instincts now to handle a situation calmly and then freak out once I realize everything is ok.
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