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Bittersweet feelings about DD turning One

meglewmeglew member
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I have been dreading this day for a while now.  Saturday, DD will turn one.  I am so excited about the little person she has become.  She is so happy, sweet and generally speaking a great kid.  My DH has been putting together a DVD with pictures from her first year of life set to music.  Well, I was tearing up just watching the first few months worth.  I cannot believe how fast this last year has gone.  It is sad to know she will never be that little again.  I am trying to live in the moment and be happy about where we are now, but sometimes that is hard.  I miss holding that itty bitty baby!  She seems like such a little girl now.  Anyone else feel this way?
DD #1 - 01.08
DD #2 - 03.13
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Re: Bittersweet feelings about DD turning One

  • Descanso*BrideDescanso*Bride

    Yes.  100%.

    I was telling DH the other night that it's not like I want him to be little again, but it's just bittersweet.  I love watching him become a little person, but it just goes by so fast!

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  • Descanso*BrideDescanso*Bride
    Happy almost Birthday to Madeline, btw!
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  • IOPBride2BeIOPBride2Be
    I was just about to post this same thing.  DS turns one tomorrow, and while I am so happy that he is such a wonderful, healthy boy, a little piece of my heart is breaking because I feel like I am losing my baby.  I've been walking through the house and looking a pictures.  So, so much has changed in one year.  I am clinging to the hope that this next year of his life will be as wonderful and fun as his first year.  They are amazing little people aren't they?
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  • franciscazfranciscaz member
    It does suck in it's own way!  I love my little man but I miss my little baby still.  You are totally normal!!!!
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  • KbratKbrat
    Count me in too- This time last year I was starting to push.  I just put the little peanut to bed and cried the whole time.  He will be one tomorrow!  I agree, I don't want to go back in time, I just love what a wonderful year we have had and love watching him grow and learn!
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  • chihuahua26chihuahua26
    I has such a hard time with him turning one. He's such a great kid, but I really miss those times when he was tiny. You're not the only one!
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  • Mc_NewlywedMc_Newlywed member

    Absolutely! ?Every time I thought about her birthday I started to get weepy. ?It went on for at least a week!!?

    Do you ever do journaling? ?Someone gave me a journal when my daughter was born and I decided to write her a note every month on her "birthday" and to continue it every year thereafter. ?Maybe you should consider a journal too. You could write exactly what you just told us and then every year write another letter to her. I think it'll be cool when they are older to be able to see just how much they were/are loved. ?


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  • MrsDR1015MrsDR1015

    I actually had a little breakdown the night before DD's first birthday. I was sobbing uncontrollably and I was trying to explain to my DH that it's not that I don't love who she is now, or even that I want her to be that little again, it's just that I miss those days...

    I know exactly how you feel... And every time your DD does or says something new over the next few months, you're probably going to feel another wave of bittersweet nostalgia wash over you again. It's all part of watching them turn from little babies into little people. *sniff*

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  • zoe_catzoe_cat
    It's definitely bittersweet!  I'm so glad I'm not the other one feeling this way.  I've been so wistful thinking about DD as a newborn.  I'm just trying to focus on how amazing she is now because otherwise it makes me want to cry at how fast she has grown and changed in the last year.
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  • MercierGirlMercierGirl member

    DS will be one on Saturday too! Ive been going through the same thing!! It is soooo hard! I was somewhat doing the same thing with putting his pics on a cd from each month and I was tearing up! Its soo funny you wrote this because I basically was telling DH the same thing last night! It kinda makes me want another one so I can hold a lil baby again! haha

     

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