So emotional about this 😭
Baby is due any day now and my first has just turned 3.
I learned recently that kids typically don't remember anything from before the age of 3 so I feel like all of our time and special moments as just a family of 3, and all he's ever known to this point, will essentially be erased 😭
I know it's not really erased. I know every moment has still shaped who he is and even if he doesn't consciously remember it it has all still imprinted on him but it just kills me that everything up to now, our whole life together so far, just goes??
Hate feeling so emotional 😭😭
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I feel this 🥺 but also as I’m preparing for the inevitable mum guilt about having to split myself between two children, it’s helpful to think that my little one will always remember life with his little sister. Hopefully he won’t recall any feelings of upset sharing all of the attention that has been on him until now.
My eldest was 3 almost 4 when i had my 2nd, and he still talks about when we were a 3 or stuff he did at 2yrs. It depends on the child, we have lots of photos about the house and did him a photo book of just us 3 so he has got memories triggered from those too. My youngest is 2 and wont know any difference when shes older of being the middle as my baby is due any day. However, again she has a photobook of just us 4 x
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So emotional about this 😭
Baby is due any day now and my first has just turned 3.
I learned recently that kids typically don't remember anything from before the age of 3 so I feel like all of our time and special moments as just a family of 3, and all he's ever known to this point, will essentially be erased 😭
I know it's not really erased. I know every moment has still shaped who he is and even if he doesn't consciously remember it it has all still imprinted on him but it just kills me that everything up to now, our whole life together so far, just goes??
Hate feeling so emotional 😭😭
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