Am I too "sappy" of a mom?

Awwww…..You are not a sappy mom!! You love you kids like most of us do!! I am moving and spent the weekend in the crawl space and a box of Kleenex sorting through and packing all my kids baby toys!! Tough to let go of some of those treasured items!

Yes. But there’s nothing wrong with that. That is, until it starts to bug your kid.

A lot of people I know tell me they wish their kids were still small. My daughter is 3½ and when she was a baby i used to wish she were bigger, so i wouldn’t have to deal with the heavy baby carrier. I used to wish she could walk because that thing was so heavy and cumbersome. Now she does walk and I have fond memories of her being in the carrier, with the blankets and her little sleeper outfits. When I look at little baby clothes, it’s hard to imagine that she used to be that small.

You are incredibly incredibly normal. I pity the Moms who don’t cry sometimes.

If he is currently over the age of 30 then it is something completely different :D

You are far from sappy. It is natural to feel like this. I do the same as I look through old photos. They go through various stages of growth and you will feel this at each major stage. The toughest so far for me was between 1–2 grade when they start going into the “age of reason”. Its a whole new ball game.
Enjoy the memories always. Tears like that are good.

I’m about to graduate college and my mom still gets a little weepy when I do more growing up. It’s perfectly normal to feel this way. Truthfully, I get a little teary myself when one of my friends’s kids starts to grow up.

Thanks! It’s good to hear this is normal. It seems like something I should realize but, I’m not too sure what normal behavior is…
my son was in the NICU for almost 3 weeks. I had a really rough time and people had told me I was becoming too emotional and overly attached. They were worried about my ability to “cope”. I was hoping the bittersweet feeling I have about him growing up was normal and not me having trouble “coping”

My oldest just returned to college after spending Christmas break with us, my daughter just turned seven, and my 16 year old son came home with a hickie on his neck. I was almost in tears for each of these moments. You’re normal. ;)

No. You sound like a wonderfully loving Mom.

We parents all feel sad and weepy at each stage in our children’s lives.
Even when they grow up and leave the nest we cry.
Just a natural reaction if we care – so your tears are perfectly normal.
You sound like a lovely mummy… but I am sure there will be more tissues needed in the years to come… in a nice way of course :))

Me, I’ll take a sappy mom over any other kind anytime!

I think it’s lovely and simply shows that you love and care so very much xxx Sappy for me all the way! x

Not sappy at all, pure love and the want to keep it the same. It’s hard when there is change even when it happen to be about growing. The years do go fast. Make sure you chronicle everything try scrapbooking then the memories become even more special. I did this with my daughter and actually gave it to my BFF for Christmas and told her that she could fill it up and give it back to me so it’s about our lives and our children as we spend alot of time together.

If you’re sappy then so am I. I got a little bit weepy when I ran across a recent box of baby blankets for our youngest (who is now 6). And every time I watch the kids either performing in a school event (like band concerts, choir concerts) I get a bit tearful (happy tears), too.

There is something about those tiny clothes…folding them up to put them away is a bit touching because it’s hard to believe they were THAT small… <sigh> Yes, seeing them grow up is a bit bittersweet.
Back when I had babies (they’re all school-aged now) a friend with older children and grown children told me: “There is something to love about each stage as your children grow older—each age will become your favorite.” ...And I’m finding this to be true. Even so, I can think of lots of times where I wished I could stop time for a bit.. and keep them that snuggly/small/younger age.

Sounds lovely to me.

I still do it…
You’re just fine.

@geeky_mama I cried at the last band concert, my kid on the tympani ; )

The worst is when you realize you haven’t picked them up to carry them or they stopped holding your hand when walking, and by the time you notice, it’s been months.

Nah, you are just treasuring those moments that you very well know will never come back. Your little angel is growing and entering different phases of life and you just want to hold on to them as much as you can. Enjoy every moment!

I try giving away clothes and can just envision one or the other of my children in the little outfit. I then lose it. I cry and can’t bear to part with the clothing. I don’t do this in front of the kids lol.
It’s normal. It’s hard watching them grow up.

I’ve never cried over that. But to each mom their own, you know?