If DC goes to daycare...

isabella22

Does anyone else still feel like it is Christmas morning when you go to get your child?  DD has been going for 18 months and I still get butterflies in my stomach when I am on my way to get her (or home if DH picked her up).

Last night I had to make myself stop running down the icey sidewalk   I was just too excited.  I felt like a child, lol...

kevschickee2

nope cant say that I do lol

Mrs.Saxy

kind of.  I know when I see DS I'll forget about all my work stressors.  His smile and run when I see him makes me so happy.

JCS2007

Most of time, yes.  He has such a genuinely happy reaction to seeing me it makes my day so much better.

august06mom

I still do get very exicted when it's time to pick him up. I can't wait to see him.

neesernicole

yep. and when she wakes up in the morning.  maybe not so much at 3 in the morning but....

xbrooklyngrl

Yes, I feel like I'm going on a first date!

and ditto Neeser! lol

TxGal

Yes! I am a big dork. I have been known to run to our parking garage. LOVE my girl!

Bluesmoothee

I still feel this way and my baby is 3.5 years old. I literally cannot wait to leave work and at 5 I'm practically running to the car. I can't wait to get my hands on her!!! It is like Christmas morning. Although when I get into her room, I always pause because I love to watch her playing and interacting without knowing I'm there. But when she turns and sees me and her face lights up and she yells, "Mommy!" it's definitely the best part of my day.

 The way I describe having a child to my non-mom friends is that it's like that feeling you have when you first fall in love. The butterflies, the constant anticipation, the obsessing about that person and thinking about them non-stop. That's exactly what it's like, but that feeling never goes away. (Although I hear it goes away when they become teens...ha!)

Kelly Madonna

Yep, I usually cannot wait to go get her by 3pm.

true_norskie

TxGal:

Yes! I am a big dork. I have been known to run to our parking garage. LOVE my girl!

Ha!  Me, too! 

That genuine, euphoric reaction out of DD when she realizes I'm there is the best thing in the world!

My favorite "excuse" to make sure I leave work on time (if a meeting is running late) is to say I have to leave for an appointment...  I don't finish the sentence, but it usually ends with, "with my kids!"