http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/26/letting-go-2/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/26/letting-go-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 justine Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:33:35 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1664#comment-3278 Predicting how we will feel/think/behave in 10, 20, or even 30 years about our "babies" and the choices they make is so difficult when they are little! My son is planning on traveling "out west" to join the Conservation Corps and I am left reeling when I pass by his baby pics hanging on the wall and think "I grew, and carried, and birthed, and nursed this person who can now travel to the other end of the country!!!" And my daughter just attended homecoming...all glammed up and looking so beautiful that it took my breath away! Accepting that at some point they are no longer in need of your moment-by-moment presence, your hugs, your breasts, your ever-watchful eye is really hard...but ultimately really rewarding, too when I get to see the things they do and say "I helped them become this person!" Predicting how we will feel/think/behave in 10, 20, or even 30 years about our “babies” and the choices they make is so difficult when they are little! My son is planning on traveling “out west” to join the Conservation Corps and I am left reeling when I pass by his baby pics hanging on the wall and think “I grew, and carried, and birthed, and nursed this person who can now travel to the other end of the country!!!” And my daughter just attended homecoming…all glammed up and looking so beautiful that it took my breath away! Accepting that at some point they are no longer in need of your moment-by-moment presence, your hugs, your breasts, your ever-watchful eye is really hard…but ultimately really rewarding, too when I get to see the things they do and say “I helped them become this person!”

]]> http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2009/10/26/letting-go-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Sarah Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:59:19 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=1664#comment-3277 :'o) :’o)

]]>