Will having a baby change me?

Question

I have a hard time being compassionate for people. Like I am super compassionate for animals who are abused and people who have diseases they can not control. But I’m worried I won’t have compassion for the baby. Like if the baby is non stop crying I don’t want to be annoyed I want to be compassionate. Anyone else worry about this?

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Everything you thought you knew or felt changes once your baby is born. I'm not a very patient person and quite frankly I'm a bitch but I have nothing but patience and compassion for my daughter, and always have.

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Sometimes you have to choose your response even if you don't "feel" it. For example my 3 year old daughter had an absolute meltdown over something that I don't even remember and yeah it was annoying the heck out of me because she was relentless and I wasn't going to give in and just reinforce the tantrum. So I felt annoyed. I'm human. But I still responded with compassion because I love her. It's ok if you don't always feel sunshine and rainbows, as long as you respond appropriately. My parents used to respond to me with anger when I was upset and it was detrimental to me and taught me to hide my feelings. But you can be cognizant of that and control how you respond, out of love and knowing better.

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Before my son I was afraid I wouldn’t develop an immediate  connection to my son. I never really liked children and being around kids would often “annoy” me. Well July 24 2016 all my child intolerance magically went away. I have all the patience in the world and going on play dates is actually enjoyable to me because I get to see the joy it brings my child. So relax and simply let motherhood take over.

Will having a baby change me?

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