Ontroerende post beschrijft precies de overgang van 1 naar 2 kinderen

nachtrust

18.02.2019 04:55

De komst van een tweede kind is een grote verandering. De meeste ouders vinden het bijna net zo’n heftige overgang als bij het eerste kind. In plaats van een focuspunt, heb je ineens twee kinderen om al je liefde, aandacht en tijd over te verdelen.

Fitnessmodel Sarah Stage, bekend van haar foto’s op Instagram, is vorige maand bevallen van haar tweede zoon, Logan. Een paar dagen geleden plaatste ze een foto met haar twee zoontjes, James en Logan. Daarbij plaatste ze een gedicht van een anonieme bron dat al enkele jaren rondgaat over het internet. Het gedicht beschrijft de veranderingen dat een tweede kind met zich meebrengt, en hoe je als moeder moet leren je liefde te verdelen tussen twee kinderen. Prachtig, en heel herkenbaar.

❤️ As I walk along holding your 2-year-old hand, basking in the glow of our magical relationship. Suddenly I feel a kick from within, as if to remind me that our time alone is limited. And I wonder: How could I ever love another child as I love you? Then he is born, and I watch you. I watch you having to share me as you’ve never done before. I hear you telling me in your own way, “Please love only me” And I hear myself telling you in mine,”I can’t,” knowing, in fact, that I never can again. I almost see our new baby as an intruder on the precious relationship we once shared. A relationship we can never quite have again. But then, barely noticing, I find myself attached to that new being, and feeling almost guilty. I’m afraid to let you see me enjoying him — as though I am betraying you. More days pass, and we are settling into a new routine. The memory of days with just the two of us is fading fast. But something else is replacing those wonderful times we shared, just us two. There are new times — only now, we are three. I watch the love between you grow, the way you look at each other, touch each other. I watch how he adores you — as I have for so long. I see how excited you are by each of his new accomplishments. And I begin to realize that I haven’t taken something from you, I’ve given something to you. I notice that I am no longer afraid to share my love openly with both of you. I find that my love for each of you is as different as you are, but equally strong. And my question is finally answered, to my amazement. Yes, I can love another child as much as I love you — only differently. And although I realize that you may have to share my time, I now know you’ll never share my love. There’s enough of that for both of you.~ author unknown

Een bericht gedeeld door MY FITNESS E BOOK AVAIL NOW (@sarahstage) op 13 Nov 2017 om 3:55 PST