A friend once told me that yes you love each and every one of your children but each love towards them is different. She is a mother of four children and at the time I couldn’t understand what she was telling me. I was pregnant with my second child at the time. What she was trying to explain to me was a portion of motherhood I had yet to experience.
It wasn’t until my third child was born that I thought back to what she said three years ago and realized “This is what she meant.”
Of course I love each and every one of my children. However, the kind of love I feel for them is different just like they are unique.
Loving your each child differently doesn’t make you a bad mom or parent. On the contrary, it is part of being a parent. Once we realize this and accept it we no longer feel guilty or think to ourselves “I’m a bad mom/parent.”
Love is unique from person to person.
Mom of Three 