crazy hormones or just new mother hen syndrome?

[madymama]

I wanted to know if anyone else is as crazy as I am as it would make feel a bit better... (and how crazy does that sound...)

Ever since my little monkey was born I find myself incredibly emotional when it comes to children matters (hence my insistence with the petition to get paedophiles off the streets).

What happened to Casey Mullen totally destroyed me for over three weeks... The sad part is that she is one of so many (a child dies at the hands of his or her carer every week in England - 52 000 a year worldwide)

Anyway, I felt very sad when something bad happened to a child before but now it's like i want to take every unloved, uncared child in the world under my wing and love them for ever! My hubby, and other friends, keep on telling me I can't change these things and that there is nothing I can do... But my point is that if everyone thinks this way, then yes, nothing will ever change!

I have wanted to adopt since I was 9, but I feel even more strongly about it now and I am seriously considering fostering kids. I know I can't change all of it but I really want to do my bit.

Now, going back to the hubby and other friends, they seem to think that this is too extreme.

Anyone else in here showing the same types of "symptoms" or is it something I should start worrying about?

 

[SarahH]

I think it's totally natural hun.

I was in town on wed with Arianna and met my friend who said she'd take her while I had my eye test at the opticians.... my friend is a full qualified doctor and I still paniced about leaving her with her - even tho it was only for 30min.

Whenever I see something on TV about a child getting hurt I cry my eyes out where as before, I'd get sad but not let it affect me so much!

 

[foxymum]

i am exactly the same, i watched this programme on Sky about adoption & it was heartbreaking, i decided that i had to adopt kids when my lot are a bit older just to give a few kids a happy life.
it breaks my heart to think of some of those poor babies/children that have awful lives

honestly it upsets me so much i can't watch or read anything to do with hurting children & any babies that are neglected i just wish i could bring them home with me & love them.

 

[Urchin]

I can't watch anything about kids in hospital or anything anymore.

I cry at birth videos too

 

[glitzyglamgirl]

yep me too, I get very emotional and angry when I hear stuff on the news about kids being abused etc, I just dont understand why people think they have the right to hurt kids in anyway and I get really vocal about it too, shouting and swearing at the TV.

I think that knowing how much we love our own children and how hard we work to protect them, well..........if anyone hurt my kids id happily do life.