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Q: Bad Mommy
asked by: ladylee70 on September 21st, 2007
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This is going to sound so horrible. I feel more connected to my lil' one than I did with Nathan at this age. Nathan really didn't make a lot of eye contact with me. He really didn't seem to care who was holding him. He was interested in the world around him more than people. He was dx with Autism at age two by three different professionals. He even had symptoms at age 3 months due to the lack of eye contact. He really didn't want anything to do with people until he was around three. He has since been undx because all of his symptoms miraculously went away. He is very social now.

Brian makes so much eye contact it's so precious (and completely normal). I see what I didn't have with Nathan and feel guilty that I feel more connected with Brian. It is very hard for me to be away from Brian when I am at work for just two days a week. With Nathan, I didn't really have that hard of time. I just can't explain it. It must be the eye contact. Brian smiles at me a lot and coos at me. Nathan never did. He rarely babbled when he got older.

So, that's that. I feel like such a bad mommy for feeling this way.
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Fairy Godmother
replied on September 21st, 2007
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Hi Sweetie! Me Fairy*godmother
NO< you are a wonderful Mother........You feel differently because this is a completely different child. Thats the reason you aren't suppose to COMPARE children...well so and so crawled at this age, or this baby got teeth at this age or this child smiles and interacts differently....of course they do. All babies have dferent personalities and those personalities make them UNIQUE. So you feel closer and different with Brian, could also be because of the trauma you went though with him before he could make it home from the hospital. Where as Nathan, the little man with the personality,will be outgoing and won't be as "needy". Doesnt' make you a bad Mommy.............You love both of them but in a different way.... Its natual because they are two different boys. Please throw guilt out the window..... and stop beating yourself up about this.You have a wonderful family.....I am older and much wiser! I am your Fairy*Godmother! HUGS!
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tigresacanela24
replied on September 21st, 2007
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My mother told me once that she always felt closer to me than both my brother and sister. I think it's normal. She said the same thing that Fairy*Godmother said, that all children are different and because of that you love them differently. I don't think it makes you a bad mother, just a normal one.
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Bridget
replied on September 21st, 2007
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Re: Bad Mommy
ladylee70 wrote:
I feel more connected to my lil' one than I did with Nathan at this age.


i think this is the key phrase. you have a wonderful bond with nathan now, right?

circumstances are different, so based on how nathan was as a baby and how brian is now, it's probably only natural to feel more connected with brian now.

you are a fantastic mother!
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sillyakchick
replied on September 26th, 2007
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I felt completely differently with Geneva as an infant than I did with hannah. I was kind of indifferent with Hannah because she, too did not want to be close and held all the time, and when she did, we didn;t have those long "love ins" that Geneva and I had when she was an infant. Now, Hannah has worked her way into my heart and I do feel much more "bonded" to her than I did at first. She's almost 16 months old and I am just now starting to feel toward her what i tyhink I should have felt when she was a newborn. Each child is different, I guess. You know that you love Nathan as much as you love Brian, and you know deep in your heart that you are a great mom. I think some kids are harder to get to know sometimes, based on their individual temperaments. Please don't feel bad about yourself. You love your boys equally. I am sure there will be times down the road when I am closer to one of my girls than the other, based on what's going on and how they are behaving and developing.
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PghMom
replied on September 26th, 2007
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You are NOT a bad mommy! Like everyone has said, You can't compare your children or your feelings for either one. You love them both differently. I know what you mean because my son hugs, giggles, smiles and is so loving, yet my daughter is more reserved and serious. I love them both so much and have a different relationship with each one. I once felt like you did, but then it occurred to me that I didn't love one more than the other, but I love them for the individual quirks and personalities. It's harder with my daughter to get a hug, but sometimes it just comes out of the blue. It's an effort and it's worth it. But sometimes with my son, it felt like I loved him more because he was sooooo easy to please and get hugs or smiles from. But the truth is, they hold a equal and separate special place in my heart.
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Becky
replied on September 26th, 2007
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i connected with logan much better when he was newborn than layla at his age

as long as you love them that's all that matters
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