What is/was your biggest "mommy" fear?
Mine was originally that I had no idea whatsoever what to do. Not even an instinct.
Now, it's more how do I hold it together with all of them? How can I give them all the attention and time they need? Will they resent me for not giving them every second of my time? What about when I want to be left alone-is that a right or a luxury that I can't afford?
Mine was originally that I had no idea whatsoever what to do. Not even an instinct.
Now, it's more how do I hold it together with all of them? How can I give them all the attention and time they need? Will they resent me for not giving them every second of my time? What about when I want to be left alone-is that a right or a luxury that I can't afford?
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on Aug. 20, 2007 at 2:17 PM
my biggest fear is that she won't have a happy life. iknow that hubby and i will do whatever we have to to make her happy while she is with us but someday, lord willing, she will leave us and i just don't want her to ever be scared for her life. thier are some really creepy sick people out there.
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on Aug. 20, 2007 at 3:40 PM
That was my biggest fear too! After being miserable and pregnant, I thought I was so ready to have my son already. Then after he was out and I was holding him, I felt an overwhelming sense of "What the hell was I thinking?" I didn't think I was ready and I didn't know how I was going to make it, but we ended up working things out and like I said before, I've just grown so much as a parent as my son grows. I don't think it's all about instict, it's about learning and growing with your child and learning your child's needs.
Now the next step, school, is my biggest fear. I don't know how he'll do and how he'll react, but I have a feeling he'll love it. I can't wait to make that next step, but at the same time it scares me.
Now the next step, school, is my biggest fear. I don't know how he'll do and how he'll react, but I have a feeling he'll love it. I can't wait to make that next step, but at the same time it scares me.
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on Aug. 20, 2007 at 4:57 PM
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One of many of my fears is having 3 teenage girls, 18, 16 and 13!!!!!!!
My greatest fear was always wondering if I was going to be able to provide all that they would need. Attention, clothes, food, shelter, the right schools, school fees and supplies, dances and dresses for said dance, cars, the dreaded insurance....COLLEGE.....
As babies I just feared that I wasn't doing everything "right". Why do all the dang rules change every two to three years?? Just to confuse people?
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts". ~ Winston Churchill
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on Aug. 20, 2007 at 5:33 PM
My biggest fear is that I'll be a failure as a mother, that my kids won't like me when they're older, that they'll rebel against what I'm trying to teach them, and that I'm a bad mother for wanting to be left alone sometimes.
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on Aug. 21, 2007 at 1:54 AM
Coming from an abusive childhood, my biggest fear is that I will treat my kids like my parents treated me & my brother. I am conscious of it all the time, but upbringing has a way of rearing it's ugly head. Thankfully, I have controlled it & not the other way around so far.
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on Aug. 21, 2007 at 10:51 AM
My biggest fear was that I'd hit a wall and stop caring. I've seen it happen, firsthand...a loving, wonderful mother that just gives up one day because she can't take it anymore. I don't want that for my babies.
Of course, I'm afraid of something happening to myself or my husband and having someone else raise them.
When you're a parent, there's really no end to the fears.
Of course, I'm afraid of something happening to myself or my husband and having someone else raise them.
When you're a parent, there's really no end to the fears.
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on Sep. 13, 2007 at 4:17 AM
My biggest fear right now is just that I won't be able to provide for my family. I don't want us to go the rest of our lives always struggling. It would be nice not to have to worry so much about money.
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anyone who has had baby before please help
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on Aug. 20, 2007 at 2:10 PM