so my daughter turned 10 today and as happy as she is i can't help but feel a little tinge of sadness. ahh they grow up so soon. so what age did you feel that little tinge of sadness or did you not? :)
i also have to add that when my son entered kindergarten, i remember just totally tearing up. :)
i am like a kleenex commerical. lol
my daughter just called (her and her brother are in california with grandma and grandpa) to tell me they surprised her with a trip to monteray. she was over the moon and every other word was "mommy this/mommy that". my heart is smiling so bright right now. thanks for the replies, they made me smile as well.
This is going to sound lame but I cried myself to sleep the night after preschool graduation... I just couldn't hold it anymore so compared to me you are superwoman
This MAY be Debbie Downer or Uma Uplifting depending on your view.
My son almost died last year (a LOT, as in hospitalized for ages) at ages 8&9. Since then? He's here with me, so I don't give a darn. He's 'himself' (we had friends in Chilsrens whose low oxygen kids suffered brain damage so will always be "kids"), and alive, and I am so happy and blessed and hopeful to get to see him grow up!!!
I had a LOT of twinges during toddler years I STOMPED on. I don't believe anyone brings on anything, but my 33yo cousin is LFA, and never progressed beyond toddler years. So every time I got sad about "my baby" I jumped on that thought and shook it to pieces like a dog. I DO NOT want my son to be a baby, child, "forever". I've seen that (and my aunt who beats herself up for wishing my cousin could be a baby forever, thinking god listened to her prayers a little too closely).
I am so THRILLED, happy, over the moon at each new stage. So blessed and lucky, and excited to be able to watch my son grow into a man.
well...my one and only baby boy starts kindergarten 2 weeks from today.
i'm with ya sister!
It is not an age so much of a stage my daughter has reached in life. She is less than a foot shorter than I am, weighs over half of what I do, and already wears deodorant. She is 8 years old. :'( My little girl is no longer a little girl however she will always be MY little girl. Know what I mean? :) Enjoy your kleenex moments. I'm sure I've got quite a few coming my way in the next few months.
My daughter turned 10 in April, and I had a very hard time with it. I think of all the birthdays, 3 and 10 have been the hardest for me. 3 signifies the end of babyhood, and 10 signifies the beginning of the tween years. Blech!! My youngest will turn 3 in ten days and I am not a bit excited.
My dd is 9, but very small for her age. I guess I don't get upset as she gets older because she's still small and a mommy's girl... I can still pick her up (only 49 lbs).
I'm happy to see her grow and get older. I had her in my mid 40's and I want to make sure i'm around until she hits adulthood. I'm a health nut, but it's always a thought in the back of my mind.
When she turned 13, 16, 18 and 21. She will be 24 this month. Now, I just feel old! But I look good!!!
It was a little different with our son. He was a our baby so it was tougher with him I think. When he started school, when he turned 13, 16 and 18 as well. It was really hard last summer when he went away to boot camp and this past January when we took him to Kentucky for college. He's not my "little man" any more. He's my "big man"! HMMMMMM!!! I can't believe he will be 20 in September. Wow!!!
I have enjoyed all of the phases my kids have gone through. I have loved being their mommy. It was the best, hardest, most rewarding, least rewarding job I have even had and I would not change it for anything.
Happy birthday to your fabulous tween. Hang on, because it just goes by so damn fast!!!
My GD turned 10 last March and I too felt like time is going too fast. She and I were talking about just this subject yesterday and she made the comment "Well, I have to grow up sometime." My response: "Does it have to be now?"
The time goes by so quickly. I see her becoming this awesome tween and look forward to her future, but also mourn the days gone by!
My daughter is turning 10 in a month, and I haven't yet felt any sadness over her growing up. To me, it's so great to see her growing and maturing, to see how her mind is developing and to have hints of what a wonderful young woman she will become. I'm certainly in no hurry for her to grow up, but I don't mind it that she is. (But then, I am not a very emotional person to begin with.)
I totally get what you are saying. I feel sad for EVERY birthday...cause they'll never be that age again.
BUT some ages I am not ALLLL that sorry to see go (hello 3-4 I'm talking to you LOL)
It's kind of part of realizing that someday I will have to let them go, but as parents, that's our job!!
I dont know that I have felt sad about my children getting older. I think I was sad when my oldest went to kindergarten. Not that he got older.
I felt the same way when my daughter turned thirteen last year. She turns 14 next month. :( They grow up so fast! Especially when they start Highschool! (my daughter going to 8th grade though! )
aww :( my daughter turns 10 in 3 weeks!!! double digits!
