Feelings about future children

[sparassidae]

Just thought I'd share something that I feel, to see if it resonates with anyone else.

Part of being welcoming to new children, for me, it a curiosity about them. I can't wait to meet new members of my family. Part of this is because all four of mine seem to have quite different personalities (opposites at times) and I just feel this sense of excitement at the thought of meeting new people who will share in our love.

Really hard to put into words.

Anyone else feel this way?

 

[Sabertooth]

Just thought I'd share something that I feel, to see if it resonates with anyone else.

Part of being welcoming to new children, for me, it a curiosity about them. I can't wait to meet new members of my family. Part of this is because all four of mine seem to have quite different personalities (opposites at times) and I just feel this sense of excitement at the thought of meeting new people who will share in our love.

Really hard to put into words.

Anyone else feel this way?

We definitely had this sense at the beginning.

God gave me all the girls' names and one of the boys' names before the first one was born. He gave the rest of the boys' names to both DW and me as required.

Knowing some of their names ahead of time, I often pondered what they would be like based on the meanings of their names.

It really is God's show. If they are to ever live up to God's call on their lives, it will be because of His molding just like the rest of us.

 

[annaapple]

God gave me all the girls' names and one of the boys' names before the first one was born. He gave the rest of the boys' names to both DW and me as required.

Wow! How did God do that? We have struggled to find suitable names every time - and it's only been twice so far!

 

[Sabertooth]

Wow! How did God do that? We have struggled to find suitable names every time - and it's only been twice so far!

During our first pregnancy, we were looking for names, as one might expect. Many sounded great, but certain ones really stood out. In all fairness, we weren't sure which middle name went with which first name until it became time to give them.

We were really impressed that (living) girl #3 was supposed to have girl name #4, which led me to believe our previous miscarriage was girl #3, Anastasia Nike [pronounced nih-KAY, meaning "Victory of the Resurrection"]. We'll get to meet her later.

They're on my profile.

 

[jgonz]

I just always knew "someone was missing at the table". I knew that we would have another baby at some point each time...

I don't have that feeling anymore. The table has been filled, and the only spaces are from #3, who died, and my miscarriage 2 springs ago. But G-d is still in control of our family size... so who knows.

 

[CelticRose]

Hey, jgonz, that's exactly the feeling I always had! I still feel one might be missing but that may just be the ones I lost. I get a bit muddled.

 

[NoraLeigh]

Wow, I really feel this way about my new baby. It's interesting though, I didn't think too much about Ida's personality before I had her. But we were quite overwhelmed and excited at that point. This has been a calmer pregnancy so far... if that makes sense. I can't wait to see how similar the new baby is to Ida, and how different. It will be exciting to find out!