Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 11:59     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Anonymous wrote:I would turn off this feature on your iPhone so you stop getting reminded randomly. That way you can choose to go down memory lane when you are in the right mood.

My kids are 4 and 7 and I mostly just want them to grow up. I’m so unbelievably tired. Like I am never NOT tired. I’m more tired than I was when they were babies. I don’t like being a parent.


This is so sad. I'm sorry.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 11:51     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Op ... you want your babies to grow up, make happy homes, and have babies! More babies to love!!

I'm sure you want to do all you can to guide good things for their future. How about you steer your mindset this way -- that the best way you can do the best for them -- is to promote joy for the here and now, and their future selves.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 11:51     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
I would turn off this feature on your iPhone so you stop getting reminded randomly. That way you can choose to go down memory lane when you are in the right mood.

My kids are 4 and 7 and I mostly just want them to grow up. I’m so unbelievably tired. Like I am never NOT tired. I’m more tired than I was when they were babies. I don’t like being a parent.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 11:47     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
OP, you will mourn this. Other parents will mourn other phases more.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 10:26     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
I only realized the truth of “the days are long but the years are short” after having children.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 10:20     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm also really not doing well with this, at all. I try to think about all of the fun stuff life has in store for us but all I can think about is them getting older and needing me less, until they leave me someday.

Now I'm crying.


Awwww pp im the same! That’s why I started this thread.
iPhone does not help!
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 01:17     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Yes. I'm also really not doing well with this, at all. I try to think about all of the fun stuff life has in store for us but all I can think about is them getting older and needing me less, until they leave me someday.

Now I'm crying.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:42     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Yes, I have terrible nostalgia. My oldest is 37 and my youngest is 27. Sometimes I just look at old pics and my heart hurts. I miss those days (even though I was stressed during them!).
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:41     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Anonymous wrote:I felt that way especially when they entered elementary school.


Yes!!
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:31     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
I felt that way especially when they entered elementary school.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:25     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Anonymous wrote:I am not coping well with the passage of time (quite a significant issue overall) and specifically as it pertains to my kids getting older. They are 7 and 10 and whenever the iPhone reminds me of them being younger (constantly) I just feel like I painfully miss them as babies. Anyone else? Urgh.


Yes same!
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:15     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
My 13 year old is basically a man, taller than his Dad but he is still such a small child inside. It's harder to bring the child out, but he does every so often. I love him so much and the person he's become. I don't miss him only because that little boy is still there.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:05     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
Anonymous wrote:When they are 17 and 20 you will look back at when they were “babies” at 7 and 10. They will always be your babies, love them for who they are now. How sad would it be if they never grew up?


I know!
But still
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 00:03     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
When they are 17 and 20 you will look back at when they were “babies” at 7 and 10. They will always be your babies, love them for who they are now. How sad would it be if they never grew up?
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2023 23:56     Subject: Do you miss your ‘babies’?
I am not coping well with the passage of time (quite a significant issue overall) and specifically as it pertains to my kids getting older. They are 7 and 10 and whenever the iPhone reminds me of them being younger (constantly) I just feel like I painfully miss them as babies. Anyone else? Urgh.