Comments on: Conflicted Emotions

By: Rudri Patel

Rudri Patel — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:12:38 +0000

It’s hard to see them grow up. My one and only is going to be in kindergarten later this year. I suspect I will be weepy and all sorts of inconsolable when the reality of it sinks in.

By: Robin Winkles

Robin Winkles — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:47:13 +0000

Such a great post, Missy! As someone who has seen their oldest AND their baby go off to kindergarten, let me put it my two cents. Hopefully it will ease your mind a little. 🙂 I won’t lie – that first day of kindergarten, I cried and cried. Second day, I cried even harder. It hit me on that second day that this wasn’t just a fun little camp that would be over in a week – this was life. From now on! It scared me to death! Third day, I went to Target. All by myself. That’s when the realization hit me. Our job as mothers is to raise our kids to be independent little creatures all on their own. That third day of kindergarten, I realized I had done it! I was reminded of that fact just a few weeks ago when I went to have lunch with my girls at school. As I looked around a school that’s somewhat foreign to me, I realized that during eight hours of every day, my girls are perfectly independent creatures – not only existing, but thriving outside of my protective walls. While it makes me sad to think they don’t need me as much as they used to, it makes me SO proud to think they don’t need me as much as they used to! I’ve done my job and I’ve done it well!

By: B

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:32:44 +0000

I had a hard time on A’s first birthday, though I do welcome toddlerhood and it’s new…challenges..more than some other first-time moms I suppose. Either way, I can’t even imagine sending her to kindergarten!

Though the thought of all that time to myself eases the pain…

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:29:20 +0000

Oh girl! You are singing my song!! Our oldest turned 12 over Christmas…12! He gets to drive in 2 years!! He just learned to walk….well, in my head. He was just a baby holding my hand and now he’s looking at girls (ahhh!), and hanging out with friends (boo!), and texting non-stop. IT went so SO fast. Enjoy every minute…..

By: Poppy

Poppy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:48:06 +0000

Oh I hear you. I swear my ovaries ache when I think I’ll never have another baby. Then I remember I’ll have more freedom and they don’t hurt anymore. I so get this post!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:55:17 +0000

Yup…today when my 2 year old peed on the potty, I jumped up, squealed and then cried.
Not one of my finer moments.
I am continually blown away by how fast they grow. My niece? Who I’ve known since birth, is now 12. The other day she was wearing mascara and had straightened her hair and my head was all “12 years ago, your bare ass fit in the palm of my hand”…

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:17:58 +0000

I know how you feel. I only have a 4 year old son and I’ve been waiting for the day where he could do everything himself (get dressed, brush his teeth, etc) and now that he’s starting to do a few of these, I miss him asking for help :(. I start wanting another baby, but then I think, do I really want to start over?

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:09:11 +0000

Are you kidding me, woman?

Do you know who you’re talking to?

I have saved their first toothpaste tube they ever used.

Feel sorry for me, very sorry…I shall have no reason to go on, once they fly the nest.

By: Tania

Tania — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:50:18 +0000

Ha! I could have written this a couple of years ago when Jakob started all day pre-k. I was talking with my friend’s mother yesterday when I stopped in to meet my friend’s new babe (5days old)….and she asked me how Jakob was doing. I mentioned that he was going to be 6 in March. We continued to talk and the feeling went away. But then in the car on the way home it hit me. My baby is going to be 6. Holy Sh*t. Heartbreaking. He is becoming such a little man – so independent (and stubborn), he is grown up so fast. I had to stop the car and have a little weep session.
But then I look at him and listen to him and I am pretty proud of how he is turning out. LOL

A full day without your babe will be heaven! LOL I look forward to school day Monday as soon as I pick him up on Friday afternoon! LOL

hugs.