Anyone else feel this way??

Question

My daughter is 19 months old. I think I may be more attached to the bottle then she is. I love seeing her with her bottle. She is still a baby that way. Last night hubby said enough and took it away. He gave her a sippy cup. She was TOTALLY ok with it but I wanted to cry! Anyone else feel like THEY want those things (bottles, pacifiers, etc.) more than their kids? Anyone else feel like their kids are growing up too fast?

Now don't say "she is old enough not to have it". I know that. That is why I let hubby take it. BUT... I did make me sad. Anyone else feel like that?

Answer 1

Wow, I figured I was the only one, lol! My son was just over two years old when we finally took the bottle away from him. I also loved seeing him with it....they are really only babies for such a short period of time...I don't know why people always seem in such a hurry to push them out of baby-hood.
My oldest daughter is 12, and I still consider her my baby, too. I think for some moms their kids are always their babies. Now, that doesn't mean I "baby" her--but new things that she goes through, like having her first "boyfriend," always make me sad and sentimental about how she is growing up. So, I grab a pint of ice cream, have a good cry and go on with my life...It is hard as a parent to let go of certain stages in your child's life. I think dads are usually ready the day after babies come home from being born to push the kid forward as fast as possible into toddlerhood, because they are more reliant on other people other than just mom at that age....I don't know.
What I do know is that you are certainly not alone in your sentiment about your daughter getting older...but remember, she is getting older--and better, too. Have fun with it.

Answer 2

I didn't have a hard time with any of this until my third daughter. She was 20 months old when she gave up the bottle(the other two were bottle broke well before that) and I had alot of people telling me she was too old and didn't need it. Well she did and I wasn't taking it from her. When she gave it up herself it was very hard on me because I felt that my "baby" was growing up way too fast on me. I want another baby soo bad but because of an ectopic pregnancy and tube removal two weeks ago we don't know if that is possible so right now especially all of her "baby" stuff she is giving up is extremely hard on me.(she is 2 1/2 now)

Answer 3

There are times that I feel the same way I have a 21month old son and I don't want him to grow up either and the hardest part was he had no choice but to grow up because right after his first birthday he got a brother so he has to be the big boy now and I think that it is hard on both of us....I just hope that it gets better. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I don't blame you if this is your "baby" (last one). I know this is a stupid analogy to make for you but since my "babies" are 20, 17, and 16 it's the only one I can think of.
When my youngest was 18 months old I had to have a hysterectomy and even though I was not planning on more children, it wasn't the idea that I couldn'tl have more children it was that I would never breast feed again.

Answer 6

I do feel that my daughter is growing up too fast but I dodnt want her to still have her bottle. She is 17 months old and hasnt had her bottle since 12 months. They have to grow up, if you dont let them it will cause problems in the future.

Answer 7

I don't think I felt that way about the bottle beacuse I was glad to not have to wash them any more and my sone never took a pacifier.

But I do feel sad when I see signs of him growing up. When he correctly pronounced the words guitar instead of giggytar and hospital instead of hopp-i-loo, I just about cried.

On the other hand I am so proud of how grown up he is getting I could cry.

Motherhood - go figure.

Answer 8

I feel your pain, my son just turned a year old & started walking so now he doesn't want mommy to carry him. He's growing up sooo fast so I can definitely relate to your feelings. Had a good cry on his 1st birthday because now he's not a baby anymore, my husband thinks I'm nuts!!

Answer 9

It's because you're afraid she'll stop "Needing" you. I think all mothers feel it at some point. We like them being totally dependant on us. Time for another baby? :)

Answer 10

could just be mom and baby attachment that you were upset that she had to change her ways of things