I'm a mom moment

venussapphire · October 2012

What was your first or most memorable "i'm a mom" momment?

I think my biggest was when DD was crying and crying and DH tried everything. Turns out she just wanted ME to hold her. It made me feel so good. When she was first born it felt like all i was good for was feeding her so it made me feel good to have her love me so much she just wanted to be near me.

what was your moment?

RedRose87 · October 2012

I realized I had that special "mom" thing when my cousin was trying to rock him to sleep, and he wouldn't fall asleep, so she insisted he was not tired, even though I kept saying he was. Finally after 10 minutes I took him, sat down, rocked him for all of two seconds and he passed out. Just needed mommy

thatoneredhead · October 2012

When my mom's giant dog barked and scared my LO so bad (he cried worse for that than his shots!)

I was getting ready so I came running from her room because Id never heard him cry like that. She was trying to calm him down, but as soon as I took him, he settled down. We went and snuggled on her bed and made it all better

My whole life, if there was a problem with a baby in our care, my mom was the one who took care of her. Now it's me and it's cool but weird!

drbethc · October 2012

This will forever be in my memory as the most memorable. After delivering LO, they gave him to me to hold and he nestled into me as I tried to nurse him. The hospital staff took him from me to give him a shot and he screamed and cried, as soon as they gave him back to me, he stopped and just cuddled up to me. The staff gave him a shot in his leg while I was holding him and he didn't even notice because he was so comfortable.

alizabethanne · October 2012

Mine was right in the hospital. We were finally discharged and we were walking to the car when it hit me I was a mom and she was forever. I went in not knowing anything and I went out with a few new skills and the rest was up to me. I was so so sooooo nervous!

mkflower3000 · October 2012

A small part of me also loves that DD calms down the most for me, although it can be very tiring too

Unfortunately mine was a couple of months ago when DD got a really high fever randomly and had to go to the hospital for a few days. We first took her to the local ER, but they apparently don't really deal with kids (?) so they had her transported to the bigger hospital an hour away. The worst part was that they did all these awful procedures, needles and everything, but they screwed everything up so it had to be re-done at the second hospital! They kept poking and prodding and waking her up to do it all when all the poor girl wanted to do was sleep. When they finally found a good vein in her foot (after sticking her a whole bunch of times everywhere else first), they put her on an IV and an immobilizer that left sores on her foot and her toes! It was horrible and I was so mad at them... It took all I had in me not to freak out completely, grab my baby, and run out of the hospital with her. I think feeling that intense anger and protectiveness over her really showed me how much I loved her.

Luckily everything turned out OK in the end, although we still have no clue what made her sick!

unaveragejane · October 2012

I think mine came when DS was about 3 or 4 weeks old. I was exhausted and felt like he was screaming all the time. We tried soy formula and gas drops, and finally we resorted to trying Alimentum. It was so thin that he spit up and choked on it when DH was changing his diaper. I didn't even stop to think and realize that DH was handling it -- I just flew across the room, grabbed DS away from DH, and made sure he was okay. It scared me so much! Afterward I just sobbed, even though DS was fine. I also apologized to DH for basically pushing him out of the way, but he totally understood that it was just a "mama bear" reaction.

StarFlower110 · October 2012

My mom moment was my MIL was holding DD and she was crying. I came beside her and once DD saw me, she out stretched her arms and leaned towards me ready to come to me. It melted my heart!

khill86 · October 2012

Mine have been just little moments, like wiping drool away with the bottom of my sweater, holding a giggling DS above my head and watching a big pile of drool fall on me and not caring, nursing DS in a room full of people and not caring at all who was there or what they thought. Just little things like that, I stop for a second and think I'm really someone's mom now. Oh, plus seeing DS's face when I've had to put him down for a few minutes. When I come back and he sees me, his eyes open wide, and I get a huge smile! Of course at the hospital, I felt that way when they put DS on my chest, but it was so much more of a surreal, emotional moment. It's the little things now that I stop me for a second.

Gismo123 · October 2012

My mom moment has been when he gets his shots. He does that awful cry and I put him on my boob to help soothe him. He forgets why he's crying and goes to town with the milk lol

It makes me feel good knowing I can soothe him so fast.

Zilelabelle · October 2012

I think mine was at the hospital when I had to sign about a million things at checkout. They handed everything to me, not DH because I was the mom. It made me feel all warm inside.

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