I was thinking awhile ago as my four year old daughter gave me a hug how great it feels to be a mom, there is nothing more in this world better than the love your kids have for you and although life brings alot of stress and bills and hussle bussle at the end of the day when your kids are hugging you and saying i love you doesn't it feel wonderful?...it makes everything you do so worth it.....just thought i'd share that and ask how you feel about that....
2007-07-16 17:40:50 · 27 answers · asked by Nita and Michael 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
that is a good question. I am a single mom and just finished a trip to see the great granparents today. The drive was a total of 5-6 hours including stops. I am sweating and exhausted. Than I come home and here the neighbors upstairs. They are young and not tied down, they are laughing and joking and could (if they wanted too) just walk out the door to a bar or to a movie at any given moment, even just to the store or to a friends place. Here I am sending my daughter to bed so I can get the baby ready, so maybe I can get a half of hour of t.v. in before I crash. I hear the neighbors upstairs and wonder about my dating life. Do I really want to take a single, carefree guy and tie him down. I haven't had a 'day off' in almost a year. If I would have a day off, I would merely rent a movie, as all my friends have kids, because that is the circle I travel in. So this is my frame of mind after my LONG day trip, lol... and than I see your question. Is it worth it??? I have to say, hands down, without a doubt, YES. I love it. Not every day is like today and yes, it is (on an average day), the most fun thing to do in the world. Having someone call you 'mommy' or just come to you for a hug. Doing right by your kids where you were wronged as a child. To give without needing something back. To go to the park and sit there and watch them learn something new and they run up to YOU with pride in their face, knowing that you will share it with them. It is the best feeling in the world. Unconditional love with lots with smiles thrown in. Yes, sooooo worth it. Even on the rare days like today, lol...
2007-07-16 17:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've got 3 kids - 11, 10 and 2. Each one is different but all three are absolutely adorable. My greatest treasure are my 3 kids. No amount of money can ever make up for them.
I finish work early and I just love to go home. They may be doing their own thing but it's just nice being around them. The first thing they do when I go home is to give me a hug. Sometimes the elder two try to outdo each other as to who can give the first hug and the little one will come between them trying to push them aside so he can hug me. I kiss them both and then pick up the little one and just hug him and i keep kissing him and he'll just sit there in my arms soaking in all those kisses. Who in the world can make you feel more worthy than kids? They make me feel I'm special. They make me feel wanted. They even talk about me to their teachers and tell them how much they love me. Who can beat that?
And I? I just would give anything to see them happy. I believe in a 10 to 1 formula....love 10 times then correct once and it works. There's so much more I could say...my heart just overflows with gratefulness to God for my 3 kids (and my wife :-) of course)
2007-07-17 06:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do. I love how the tiniest things make them happy. If I get up early to make their favorite breakfast I turn in to "the best mom ever". The other day I let the kiddies stay up late to play some board games with me and my son said "I know this is one of the best days ever because I CAN'T stop smiling". Too bad we, as adults, are not that easy to please...LOL. My favorite is when they say "I love you" for no apparent reason. It is a great feeling knowing that you are able to make someone so incredibly happy just by being mom.
The other day my two girls had on their poofy Easter dresses and my son had on his best clothes as well. They were playing hide-and-go-seek in a rose garden outside of a hospital we were visiting. Seeing them run through these beautiful flowers giggling with joy took my breath away. I almost started crying at the sheer beauty of it. I felt so blessed to have these special individuals in my life. I take pride in the fact that I have raised such wonderful children.
2007-07-17 00:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tiffany L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And if we answer 'no', what will you do?
There are days when all my son has to do is hug me and yes, it's all worth it. However, then there are days like today: I have 2 weeks until my husband deploys, my son is being needy and clingy and won't even let me feed my 2 month old without wanting to give me wet, sloppy kisses every 60 seconds and begging me to tranform his Optimus Prime transformer from robot to truck every 5 minutes, absolutely NOT listening to a word I say and asking me the same thing over and over and over; on top of all that, I've gotten about 4 hours of sleep, I stink, all I've had time for is a cup of coffee in the 3 hours I've been awake and you know what?
Sometimes, having my son does NOT make it all worth it when all I can think is "I can smell my own b.o. and I have no idea when I'll be able to take a shower today." Don't get me wrong, most days I love being a mother. However, it's still difficult to reconcile being a mother with the reality of motherhood consuming EVERYTHING in my life to such a degree that I no longer have a self beyond motherhood. There are a lot of days when I want nothing more than cup of coffee and about 8 hours worth of adult conversation WITHOUT CHILDREN. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but those people who have decided to devote themselves 100% to their children will probably disagree with me and give me thumbs down.
2007-07-17 01:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by shoujomaniac101 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes!!! u r soooo right....
before i had mine i was scared , that i would go somewhere and forget that i had him leaving him there... but now that i have him, there's no way i could ever forget... and now that he's of walking/talking age, there would be no possible way that i could forget that he's with me, lol... for me being a new (at the time) it was just a fear, maybe cuz i had a dream once that i put my baby on the trunk of a car and drove off forgetting that baby was there til i was down the road.
o' those crazy dreams!!!
he'll be 5 next month (body wise), however mouth wise, he is 17.... there's nothing like him cuddling up to me when watching tv or sleeping... and it's so touching to watch him while he sleeps (making all kinds of face expressions).
2007-07-17 01:00:40 · answer #5 · answered by hunniebuggs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm 36 weeks pregnant with # 2 and my daughter that is a little over 2 years old.
I was crying for some reason.. and my daughter came up to me and gave me her bear and kissed my cheek. then she told me "no cry mommy i kissed it and made it feel better!" I just melted, I cannot believe how blessed I am to be able to have my family!!!
2007-07-17 00:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs Florek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well my little one cant come to me yet as he doesnt crawl or even walk as he is 4 months, but there are many things I love but the best two things have to be:
Number one (my favourite) In the morning when Daddy has gone to work and Charlie is in bed with me he will open one little eye and if Im looking at him both eyes then open wide and I get the bigest best smile in the whole world and it makes my day.
Number two (Daddy hates it) When I give him to Daddy for a cuddle and he looks at me and starts to raise his arms lol.
Charlie is our little everything!!!!
2007-07-17 00:47:47 · answer #7 · answered by Lucky Mummy to 2!!! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. For me it really hit when my son first said I love you. Even now, when I get all stressed out and I see him come running up to me and giving me a big hug and saying he loves me. The best destressing comes at night when it's his wind down time and he's cuddling with me watching tv.
2007-07-17 01:39:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both of my children were tyrants today! (One of those days where you retreat into your bedroom shut the door and think to yourself.. I am NOT the mommy) only to retreat out of the bedroom back into the living room to BE MOMMY.
But, after dinner, a bath - they both cuddled with me on the couch. My son put his cheek on mine and hugged me (he's 1 1/2) and my daughter just wanted to sprawl across my lap and would occasionally just look up at me and smile. Put them to bed- daddy put my son into his crib- and I my daughter into her bed. She held my hand for a few moments...
and I sigh and say "I love you..." and think it .. and KNOW just how much I love and appreciate my children! They truly are my sunshines!
2007-07-17 00:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by LuvMy2Kids 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they do, and as for the jerks that say they never want kids because they want all that extra time and money to be selfish with. Good. I think we'd all rather you not breed. We need alot less of the selfish people.
2007-07-17 00:48:16 · answer #10 · answered by Jackie C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋