does your stomach tie in knots when you hear your baby cry?

no matter if you know they are fine and being held/taken care of by daddy or grandma? i think i'm going to get an ulcer!

 

Yeeeees! I always feel like I have to "save" them from evil daddy/grandma/friend. I have, however, learned to tune out the car seat cry. Without fail, they scream like they've been abandoned for 7 hours whenever I take them somewhere in the car. I just tell myself that there's nothing wrong, they HAVE to get out of the house some time, they're loved, taken care of, and I am not a bad mother...and then I put my earplugs in j/k.

 

Yessss,

I compare it almost to nails scratching a chalkboard but it is actually not as negative a thing as that (but equally as powerful). It is more of a positive feeling like you want to save your baby. It is like the baby's cry causes every cell in my body to tingle. What until you have multiple children. I will be holding both of my babies and my 2 year old will be playing and I will swear I hear another baby crying in the other room. I think I am going crazy and I look at my husband and say, did we have three and I have forgotten or what?

 

Yes, definitely.

Although as they get older, I've found it's gotten easier to tolerate!

 

Yes, it's some strange animal-like reaction....you just get a physical response and want to run to them. However, I've learned over time to tune some of it out and put it in perspective. There are times we've let our daughter cry for her own good (get her to sleep) and it certainly paid off in the long run. I also think when they turn 2 and start crying for "Mommy or Daddy" it gets even harder for a while. That really pulls on the heart strings. But, there are many things we have to do as parents for their own good and sometimes blocking out the cries is the best we can do for them.

 

OMG! I actually catch my breath whenever I hear one of my girls begin to cry. In fact, in the middle of the night, even at this age, if they do one of those crying-in-their-sleep cries, my husband will grab my arm because he knows I bolt upright. Pure instinct because I am hardly even awake.... I can feel my ulcer growing too!!!

 

I am the same way. And I have to say that the sound of any baby crying - on tv, movies, at the store - gives me that same reaction. I have to fast forward through some tv scenes because I can't stand to listen to the crying & not be able to help. It's so bizarre. I never had that feeling before I had the girls.

 

Oh heck yeah. I can't tell you how many times I broke out into tears (and still do) if they are upset.

 

YES! Guess it's a mommy thing!

 

Yes, many times during those beginning months!

 

Yes!!! it is in knots RIGHT NOW! DH is out of town and I've been putting them to bed by myself. My sweet girls just used to happily turn over and go to sleep, and now they SCREAM at bedtime because their routine is different. It makes me really upset. I can't enjoy my dinner because my stomach hurts so much. We did CIO, and they do go to sleep pretty quickly (within 15 minutes of first screams), but I HATE hearing them cry.
Ugh, I still feel sick.

 

YES, and especially when they were newborns, I would get sick to my stomach, and get hot all over. It's like natures crazy way of making sure we respond to our babies in need. It does get better though as they get older.